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The scene was the 24th JDC court.
Two men were on trial for armed robbery.
An eye witness took the stand and the prosecutor got up to begin his questioning.
First he asked the eyewitness, "You were at the scene of the robbery?"
Yes, answered the witness.
"You saw a vehicle leave at a high rate of speed?"
Yes.
"Did you observe the occupants?"
asked the prosecutor.
Yes.
The prosecutor in a booming prosecutor's voice said, "And are those two men in this courtroom today?"
At this point the defendants raised their hands and sealed their fate.
Let's admit it.
The truth is, All of us at some point in our lives have to honestly say "I did it."
There are things we've all struggled with.
We're all in the same boat.
We're going to be talking about guilt today
Obviously, when it comes to the way we evaluate guilt, there are different degrees of guilt.
Some people commit crime they deserve to do the time.
This is justice.
But are talking about God's kind of justice.
Recognizing the fact that whether it's one sin or many in our lives we've all slipped, we've all sinned and we're all in the same boat.
Let's deal with this together and recognize that God has an answer.
What is Guilt?
Psalms let’s us know what it feels like...
The purpose of guilt is not to make you feel bad…
Guilt is a warning light.
Story about the guys daughter who burned her engine up...
Guilt is a warning light to let us know something is wrong.
Too often we try to act like nothings wrong until we are in way deep.
There are two kinds of guilt
Genuine Guilt
Shame
This is like thinking that the light is wrong…
We need to understand that often false guilt in our lives, if we struggle a lot with this, is the result of incidences that may not have been your fault.
Some of the people who struggle the most with false guilt, struggle because they were caught up in the circle of someone else's sin at some point in their lives.
It may be a parent, a friend, a physical, mental or emotional abuse.
But somehow, maybe even at an early age, you were caught up in the cycle of someone else's sin and you feel that you just can't get that out of your life.
For instance, you may have grown up with manipulative parents who manipulated you with guilt.
There are also times that false guilt is there because you just can't get past your past.
People say when they're feeling this way.
"I've asked God a thousand times to forgive me and I just can't feel forgiven."
That's when you can't get past your past.
Probably all of us have dealt in some ways with false guilt.
What we need to understand today is that false guilt is very popular among church goers.
It's a great thing in church.
It produces a faith with more walls than doors.
There's no way out.
It closes in on you.
It's been a problem for those who've been trying to find the truth of God for a long time.
How do you tell the difference?
Three tests.
Three tests that will help you and I determine whether this is true guilt or false guilt.
1.
Is the focus on people or is it on God?
Dr. Paul Tournier, "False guilt is that which comes as the results of judgments and the suggestions of men."
True guilt is that which comes as a result of divine judgment, what God thinks about the situation.
If you're struggling with false guilt, you're going to find yourself striving a lot for approval.
You'll be an approval junkie.
You need other people's approval to make you feel better about yourself.
It's a daily fix that you need.
And you need more and more to help you feel better about yourself.
The real problem with this, when you're struggling with false guilt, is you live a lot of life worn out.
Why?
If you have to live up to everybody else's expectations to get their approval, that wears you out.
A lot of you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Is it people or is it God?
2. Is it vague or is it specific?
Sometimes people will say something like this, "It's this cloud of doubt... a fog of guiltiness..." and they don't know how to get rid of it.
When you ask them what it leads back to, what's the struggle they're facing, they really can't say.
Almost all the time when it's the vague, foggy feeling of guilt, it's Satan talking to you and not God.
God, when He wants to tell us we've done something wrong and help us get it right, He does it like a pinpoint of light, not this vague cloudy thing.
When God wants to speak to me about something, He's able to do it like a pinpoint of light.
He just does it everywhere I am.
I hear a sermon and it's on that subject.
I turn on the radio -- somebody's preaching on that subject, or singing a song on that subject.
I watch a TV show and it's on that subject!
Everything is about that.
God does that.
So is it this vague feeling of guilt that you don't really know where it's coming from or is it God's pinpoint of light saying, "Here's what is wrong and here's how to get it fixed."
3. Rules or relationships?
When you're struggling with false guilt the big feeling is, "I broke the rules."
When you're struggling with genuine guilt the feeling is, "I hurt someone.
(PS 51:4) David said Against you and you alone have I sinned… David was convcerned with his relationship to the Lord.
That's the difference between the two.
The rules become more important than the relationship.
So it becomes a religion rather than a relationship.
In church it becomes duty rather than desire.
False guilt blinds us to the miraculous work of God and it binds us to the rules of men.
Which would you rather have?
Whatever kind of guilt we're dealing with -- true guilt/false guilt -- we've got ways of dealing with it and God's got ways of dealing with it.
Our way of Dealing with Guilt Gen 3:7-12
Shame
Hiding
Blame
God’s Way of handling our guilt: GRACE
We confess our sins.
Confess them to God
Confess them to someone you can trust…
Trust God’s Character.
Accept God’s forgiveness.
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