God's Promise When We Feel Guilty

Thought for Today - May 11
God's Promise When We - Feel Guilty
By: Robert A. Searles

     Appearing before the judgment seat of God - how do you plead – guilty, or not guilty of sinning and breaking the laws of God?  The prosecuting attorney, our accuser, which is, by the way, our own guilty conscience, if you will, bears witness, and makes stunning accusations against us before the throne of God.

     Whether we want to admit it or not, we know that the witness of our own conscience is true – that we are indeed guilty of disobeying and sinning against God.  If we plead not guilty, we make God out to be a liar, because the Holy omniscient God has already declared that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.  “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

     When we try to hide our guilty conscience from God and others, and try to justify ourselves by our own good works, we fail miserably, and we end up bearing a heavy burden of guilty feelings on our shoulders.  Living with this heavy burden of guilty feelings on our shoulders day by day, not only effects us, and makes us miserable, but it also effects the lives of those around us as well.

     Why not plead guilty before God.  Confess our sins, rely on God's mercy, and claim his promises for the remedy of a guilty conscience.  God has given to us precious promises to relieve our soul of guilt, and restore fellowship with himself.

     Sin not confessed, causes us to be banished from God and from his fellowship, but God has made adequate provision  for us to be restored. 

     “For we must needs die, and are as water spilt upon the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him.” 2 Samuel 14:14.

     God in his mercy and love, has from the foundation of the earth, devised means whereby he can forgive sins and set the guilty free, and draw them back to himself.  “If thou Lord should mark iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand, but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.” Psalm 130: 3,4.

     God offered his son, who knew no sin, to suffer the penalty of our guilt by his death on the cross, and by his resurrection, justified all who will believe and receive him as Savior.  “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.  For the law of the spirit of the life  in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” Romans 8: 1,2.

     “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inhereit the kingdom of God?  Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminite, nor abusers with themselves with mankind, nor theives nor coveteous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.  And such were some of you:  But you are washed, but you are sanctifed, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God.” 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11.

     If any one who may be reading these lines is plagued and cast down with a heavy guilty concience, please believe and accept the promise of God.  “If we will confess our sins, he is just and able to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1: 9.

     O Sinner, please accept Christ today.  Drop the heavy burden of guilt from your shoulders and go free.  Oh! Sinner, go free!

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