Do you deal with guilt and condemnation? Have you repented a thousand times and still feel guilty? You are not alone. Many people struggle with guilt and condemnation. Join Susan and me as we talk about this debilitating condition and look into the Word of God for the solution. There is an answer, and a way out, and it comes through the Word of God.

Notes: OVERCOMING GUILT AND CONDEMNATION

Christian or non-Christian. Maybe it’s something from before you became a Christian. Maybe it’s a personal failure, a broken relationship, a destructive habit, pain you have caused others.

Reading: Jn 8:1-12

Text: “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.” (John 8:11, MEV)

MT Jesus is not a condemner, He is a Savior.

Condemnation (katakrino) to give judgment against. To Judge worthy of punishment. Difference between conmemnation and conviction. Conviction is essentially bringing to light an error or sin. Conviction is good because it shows you that you need forgiveness and change.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:16-17, MEV)

“Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. (John 5:24, MEV)

HOW TO OVERCOME CONDEMNATION

1. You must be born again. (John 3:7)
2. You must receive your forgiveness. (Romans 8:16) No matter how many Pharisees say that you’re condemned, it Jesus says you are forgiven, you are forgiven.
3. You must walk in the light of your salvation. (John 8:12, 1 John 1:7)

HOW TO WALK IN THE LIGHT “go and sin no more.”  

Choose to follow Jesus

Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12, MEV)

Agree with God’s Word

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:31-32, AV)

For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (John 1:17, AV)

1. Think like a child of God. (Rom 12:1-2)
2. Talk like a child of God. (2 Cor. 4:13)
3. Act like child of God. (Eph. 4:17)

WHEN YOU SIN, CONFESS IT AND RECEIVE FORGIVENESS

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1John 1:9, AV)

CONCLUSION

Receive His forgiveness today and go and sin no more.

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