Guilt & Sins..

Have you ever done something wrong and later felt bad about it? That is guilt. We feel guilty over the wrongs in our life almost daily, that’s because God gave us a conscience. Conscience is something which enables us to tell the difference between right and wrong. And we won’t feel right until we’ve covered it up. That’s the same with our search for an eternal being. Most religions emphasizes on doing good to cover up for all our wrongs, the more good you do, the more points you get in order to enter heaven. On the other hand, guilt remains forever on our stained sheet of life. like an ugly black blot of ink. No matter how much good you’ve done, the blot of ink remains. Sometimes we can escape getting caught, but we can never escape the guilt of sin. It is built into the fabric of life. It is guilt that makes us run when no one is chasing us.

We long to be free. We want to be free from oppression. We want to be free from ill health. Basically we just want to be free ourselves from guilt of sin. However, only the blood of Christ has true cleansing power. When we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, believing that He died to pay the penalty for ours sins, then we are truly free. The feeling is like a big burden has been lifted from our shoulders. The bent shall finally walk straight. Christ has removed the blot of ink forever. 1 John 1:19 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. The psalmist can never adequately give thanks to God who has removed his transgressions.

Another trouble many people have is that after they’ve confessed their sins, they don’t feel forgiven. They look to their feelings for assurance that God has forgiven them. What they must understand is that the assurance of forgiveness doesn’t come from feelings but from the Word of God. Feelings are always deceptive; God’s word is true. When we confess our sins, we can know that we have been forgiven, whether we feel it or not. Now that’s the power of His cleansing blood. It’s our choice to take or reject it.

What’s yours???