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Oct 3, 2022 · According to the Bible, we are all guilty before God (Romans 3:10, 23). The fact that a person may not “feel guilty” does not affect his or her guilty status legally or morally. From the moment Adam and Eve broke God’s law against eating the forbidden fruit, guilt entered human history (Genesis 3).
- False Guilt
Once the sin has been repented of, the result is a rejoicing...
- What is a Scarlet Letter
How to get right with God. Home. Content Index. Sin. Sexual...
- Is Forgetting The Past Biblical? Does The Bible Instruct Us to Forget The Past
We are not to forget everything, however, in the sense of...
- Repentance
Repentance in the Bible involves a complete change of heart...
- How Can I Get a Clear Conscience
For those with a biblical worldview, the conscience is the...
- In Christ
He exchanges our list of sins for His perfect account that...
- False Guilt
On one hand, the Bible assures us that God is sovereign and all-powerful, and nothing happens that is outside of His control. No matter where we are or what we’re doing, God’s presence still surrounds us.
- The World, The Devil, and Our Consciences Seek to Condemn Us with Guilt.
- Conclusion
- Application Questions
A. The world charges us of being guilty of hypocrisy, intolerance, self-righteousness, and other sins.
All of us have heard unbelievers complain, “The church is full of hypocrites!” The answer is, “Yes, but what will you do with the claims of Christ?” We’re all prone to put on a false front so that people do not see what we’re really like. Sometimes, we may not deliberately deceive others, but at the same time, we don’t correct their misconceptions in our favor. “Pastor, what a man of prayer you are!” I should correct you by saying, “I struggle and often fail to be faithful in prayer!” If I do...
B. The devil charges us as guilty when we fall short of God’s holiness.
“Satan” means adversary. “Devil” literally means “one who throws things against you.” He is called (Rev. 12:10), “the accuser of the brethren,” “who accuses them before our God day and night.” Job 1 & 2 gives us an example, where Satan accuses Job before the Lord of being righteous only so that he will enjoy God’s blessing and protection. There is another example in Zechariah 3:1, “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right...
C. Our consciences charge us with guilt when we know that we have sinned.
Someone has called the conscience a faults alarm: It goes off to let us know our faults. The conscience by itself is not a reliable guide. Sometimes it may be overly sensitive. Some with a weak conscience feel guilty over things that the Bible doesn’t even label as sins, producing false guilt (1 Cor. 8:7-12). Or, sometimes a believer agonizes over something that is a sin, but he blows it way out of proportion. On the other hand, some have calloused, insensitive, or seared consciences (Eph. 4:...
In John Bunyan’s autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, he tells how he went through several years of wrestling with his guilty conscience. He shares this helpful and practical insight (The Works of John Bunyan[Baker], 1:35-36, paragraph 229): But one day, as I was passing in the field, and that too with some dashes in my conscienc...
How can a believer distinguish between true and false guilt? How should we deal with each of these?Can Christians be overly obsessed with confessing every minor sin? If we don’t confess even minor sins, will our conscience grow more sensitive or more callused?How can a professing Christian know that he is one of God’s elect (2 Pet. 1:10-11)? Will this lead to pride? Why/why not?Are believers capable of committing seriously wrong sins? What is the unpardonable sin?Jul 10, 2023 · For centuries, theologians have disagreed about God’s absolute control over everything, others emphasizing our freedom to act on our own. The reason they haven’t agreed is because the Bible teaches both God’s sovereignty and our human responsibility.
Mar 3, 2015 · Like it says in Romans 1:18-20 that God has given mankind sufficient evidence that if we do not believe in him, we are “without excuse.” God has given us sufficient information that his existence is obvious, but not so absolutely overwhelmingly obvious so as to remove the element of choice.
Feb 2, 2024 · Theologians have debated for centuries about God’s absolute control over everything versus mankind’s freedom to act on its own. The question people long to have answered is whether everything that happens to us is already determined by God.
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May 11, 2010 · Here’s the tricky part: we should feel guilty sometimes, because sometimes we are guilty of sin. Moreover, complacency as Christians is a real danger, especially in America. But yet, I don’t believe God redeemed us through the blood of his Son that we might feel like constant failures.
