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Guilt is mainly caused by the way we think about God’s expectations of us, our sin (mistakes), and the remedy for our sin. Guilt enters as a thought, which creates a feeling, and then we live by that feeling. But here’s some more good news: We don’t have to live by our feelings or make decisions based on our feelings.
If we’re smart, we won’t believe our feelings when we know they don’t line up with what God tells us in His Word, and God’s Word tells us that Jesus has paid the price for the forgiveness of our sins and removed our guilt.
We need to see ourselves in Christ and identify with Him as our substitute, who paid the price for the cleansing and forgiveness of our sin. Our identity is no longer “sinner” but “new creation in Christ,” and there’s a difference between our “who” and what we do. I like to look at it this way: My children don’t always do things that I like or agree with, but they are always my children. It’s the same way with us and God.
What keeps us from knowing who we are in Christ is thinking more about what we’ve done wrong than what Jesus has done for us. We have to stop thinking about what we’re not and start thinking about the progress we’re making in our relationship with Him.
If we’re smart, we won’t believe our feelings when we know they don’t line up with what God tells us in His Word, and God’s Word tells us that Jesus has paid the price for the forgiveness of our sins and removed our guilt.
We need to see ourselves in Christ and identify with Him as our substitute, who paid the price for the cleansing and forgiveness of our sin. Our identity is no longer “sinner” but “new creation in Christ,” and there’s a difference between our “who” and what we do. I like to look at it this way: My children don’t always do things that I like or agree with, but they are always my children. It’s the same way with us and God.
What keeps us from knowing who we are in Christ is thinking more about what we’ve done wrong than what Jesus has done for us. We have to stop thinking about what we’re not and start thinking about the progress we’re making in our relationship with Him.
Corinthians 5:17 ~ (KJV)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.