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Introduction
Read article from Christianity Today
May 22, 2008
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“Maria Sue Chapman, Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter, died Wednesday evening from injuries sustained when a sports utility vehicle hit her in the driveway of the family's home near Franklin, Tennessee.
She was 5.
A recent photo of the Chapman family with Steven holding Maria
The girl was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by one of her teenage brothers around 5:30 p.m., authorities said.
The teen's identity was not released.
Laura McPherson, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, told The Tennessean that the girl was airlifted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, where she was pronounced dead.
"It appears to be a terrible accident," McPherson said, adding that no charges are expected.
According to the Associated Press, several family members witnessed the accident, but the Tennessean report said only two children saw what happened.
McPherson said the entire family was home at the time.”
What would you feel if you had just hit your 5 year old sister with a car?
Many emotions: Guilt, regret, sadness, grief, despair, shock, Condemnation
Today I want to talk about guilt.
The reality for every christian is that we still sin, but what happens God’s love for us when we sin?
What i want to present to you today, is that regardless of how far we feel from God, He is always ready to run back to us.
First, let’s take a look at what scripture says about sin in our lives...
Forgiveness, Now and Forever
The reality of sin in the Believer's life
Paul says in Romans:
23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Everyone has sinned at some point, but should we expect to keep on sinning?
John was writing to believers when he wrote:
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
and also:
My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one.
Sometimes we are surprised at the things that come into our heads, things we say, and even some of the things we do with our hands.
But God is not.
What God says about that sin
John also wrote about our sin:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
He himself is the atoning sacrifice,t for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
God is aware of every sin you will ever commit before you do it, because Jesus paid for every one of those sins at the cross.
This is the core message of the gospel, Jesus paid for your sins so you didn’t have to.
We can continue to bring him our sins, and He will forgive us since He paid for it already.
So that’s it?
It’s that simple?
Yes and no.
That’s all it take for an action standpoint, but what do we do about our guilt?
our sense of shame?
What do you when you just don’t feel like you can face God after what you’ve done?
This is what Paul says when writing to the Romans:
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus
No condemnation, none, not of any kind.
This is the concept that I want us to grasp today.
This does not just speak of God not taking any legal action against you for your sin, this is also God attitude toward you.
Lets take a look at an example of what this looks like...
The Prodigal son
· The Prodigal son
lets read what Jesus said:
11 He also said: “A man had two sons.
12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’
So he distributed the assets to them.
13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.
14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.
15 Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 He longed to eat his fill from the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.
17 When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
18 I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.
Make me like one of your hired workers.”
’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.
But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion.
He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.
21 The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father told his servants, ‘Quick!
Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
23 Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast, 24 because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’
So they began to celebrate.
25 “Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 So he summoned one of the servants, questioning what these things meant.
27 ‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 “Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in.
So his father came out and pleaded with him.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’
31 “ ‘Son,’ he said to him, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’
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What the Son felt
Lets grasp what this sin has done to his father:
An inheritance was usually gained when a father dies, and his belongings are divided up among his sons (sometimes daughters, they they had their own special perks).
The younger son asked for his inheritance now, so:
He is saying he would rather his father were dead already,
He is demanding that the father would sell one third of all he owned, and give the money to his son.
After the father gave what the son demanded, he went far away and wasted it on wild “prodigal” living.
What we would conciser a “party life”
The money would go toward thing like, intoxicating substances, prostitutes, wasteful luxury, and sometime gambling.
When they money was gone, a famine came along
Food became very expensive.
He was so desperate, he took work that was detestable to a Jew, the lowest of the low you can get.
Open Question: What do you think the son must have felt after this?
Possible answers: Intense shame, guilt, fear of his father’s reaction, doesn’t want his father to know everything that happened.
What The Father Felt
Open Question: What do you think the father is feeling?
Possible Answers: Hurt, angry, bitter, sad
Lets try to understand the father’s reaction when the son came home:
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