Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Guilt
haha watched a sermon on tv that i think is worth sharing. Trying to recall what i have learnt on it.
Guilt is a feeling of responsibility to what you should do. It can be civil guilt, biblical guilt or psychological guilt. Ultimately, you feel guilty when you do things which u shouldnt do, ie. sin, and it is good because it is the work of the holy spirit.
But is it right to hold on to guilt?
From John 3:17-16...
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
Therefore, we are free from condemnation because Jesus' blood has washed away our sins.
However, if we are still holding on to guilt and unable to disconnect it, even after Jesus has pardoned us, it is the work of the devil to keep us away from the grace of God.
And should we feel guilty now?
In 1 Peter 2:24, "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we may die to sins and live to righteousness; you have been healed."
If we accepted Jesus, He has taken our sins and acts as a substitute to take the blame of our sins. And now we have the stamp of "not guilty" on our self. He has paid the price.
In Romans 5:16, "the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgement followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift folowed many trespasses and brought justification."
And if Jesus paid for one sin, he paid for all of them. And if he has pardoned our sins, he will never bring it up again and use it against us. But IF he did bring it up again, it is to remind us of what God has done FOR us to get us through the guilt in order to strengthen us.
To conclude, guilt is good because it makes us realise our sins. But we have a God who can pardon our sins, in past, present, and future, because of Jesus who is our substitute to pay the perfect price of our sins. Therefore, we are free from condemnation and should rejoice because of the Grace that God has given upon us.
hmm... a sermon which i think is worth mentioning haha... Amen to that.
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~ It's just a goodnight and not goodbye ~
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