Comments on: Should You Say “Goodbye” To Guilt?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:05:23 +0000

Guilt comes from the heart knowing when it has done wrong. If one is brought up correctly, then this is a normal occurance. If the parents aren’t involved in a childs upbringing or they aren’t brought up right, the sense of guilt will be skewed.

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By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:17:28 +0000

Gosh there are allot of posts so ill keep mine short…

I think that as a Christian we should focusing much more on the things mentioned…
we should be driven to lives of holiness by passion—passion for God, passion for the lost, passion for the Gospel, passion for each other.

i think we get seriously caught up on what we are doing wrong and what we have to fix rather than striving to more like Christ…

hence we can end up getting caught up in a downward spiral of depression and guilt that it actually stops us doing what is right and what God has planed for use..

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By: Preston

Preston — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Let us keep in mind that God has created mankind with a conscience and for good reason. Man naturally and instinctively knows when we have done something sinful – thus we know that we are guilty before God. But those who have repented and are living holy before God should no longer be under guilt – as for what is there to be guilty of?? However, when we do stumble the Holy Spirit is there to convict us and led us back to repentance. The difference between conviction and condemnation is when God brings us under conviction he tells us specifically what we did wrong and how to rectify the problem. The Enemy brings condemnation by making broad statements and never giving us a solution on how to repent or resolve the problem. Depending on if your sinner or saint – guilt can be a good thing. For if a sinner no longer feels guilt within their heart, they most likely have a hardened heart and that is a dangerous thing!

By: theepiphany

theepiphany — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:43:14 +0000

Hey – I recently did a post on this exact topic,(Two Kinds of Regret) after just reading http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1233_2_Kinds_of_Regret_Godless_and_Godly/ from John Piper’s site and it made me view regret in a much more clear, resolute way. A summary – guilt/regret is normal, what is important is what results from it. A constant weight of guilt can motivate goodness that is empty and careless, deprived of appropriate passion and more obvious to observers of our life than we think.

By: unitedwelay1

unitedwelay1 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:45:43 +0000

A sense of duty should not be tied directly to religion. Feel guilty about what you do to or do not do for your fellow man. Feel guilty if you walk by a homeless person on the street and don’t givethem the quarter in your pocket as you walk into Starbucks. Feel guilty about yelling at your kids when you had a bad day at work. God doesn’t require a time limit on prayer. The bes way to honor God is to do you best in everything you do every day and ask forgiveness from those around you when you don’t measure up.

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Cycleguy’s Spin » Blog Archive » Motivation — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:10:32 +0000

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By: telepathicpebble

telepathicpebble — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:26:04 +0000

Guilt is a necessity. Like Ying & Yang. We should not make it for ourselves, but instead happen upon it when all is quiet. Of course balance must be maintained with everything, guilt is just another feeling to learn from, and to remember.

By: andrealudwig

andrealudwig — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:46:45 +0000

When I became a Christian, I had a lot of guilt that first year or two. I asked the pastor and his wife a lot of questions, like: “Is it okay to wear makeup? …Take birth control piils? …Buy expensive furniture like leather couches? …Let my kids participate in Halloween? I’m not kidding. Everything was under my scrutiny. I re-evaluated everything. My pastor was very helpful. He said, “I want you to learn what it means to have Freedom in Christ.” That has stuck with me all these 18 years.

I agree that not all guilt is bad, as many of you have said.

For some reason I think of this passage:
~ 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 ~
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

These days I welcome the guilt which is legitimate and repent quickly, but I reject the guilt which is about things over which there is no need to apologize or feel guilty. Hurray for Freedom!

By: Mike in Milwaukee

Mike in Milwaukee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:13:09 +0000

I have been acquitted. Who can condemn me?

I look into my heart and see a divine courtroom scene. A boatload of evidence has been presented that shows beyond a doubt that I am guilty. When I am asked if I have anything to say, I admit my guilt and heartily express my sorrow for having so badly missed the mark. I even mutter some heart-felt and hopeful promise about turning about – changing direction.

The very first time this courtroom scene played out in my life, before the echo of my remorseful words had faded, my acquittal and freedom were announced. And I was speechless at what Christ had done for me. I’ve been told that at this same moment there was thunderous rejoicing in heaven. How cool is that?

Sadly, as the perpetrator of various and sundry subsequent sins, I have returned to this courtroom more times than I wish to count. And yet each time, my wonderful, spectacularly perfect Defense Attorney (who, by the way, does all of this pro bono!) stands between my conviction and my punishment. This continuous flow of grace makes these visits to the courtroom less about guilt and more about counseling. More about issue-awareness and course-correction. There is relief, renewal and still more rejoicing. Oh yeah, and peace. Sweet peace.

The Wiley One hates all this. From time to time the wretched worm will show up – when court is not even in session – when I’m peaceful and not dwelling on the past. With a sneer he sticks my smelly mile-long rap sheet under my nose and spouts bile about my felonies. He wants to know what I plan to do about them. “Just how do you expect to pay for all this crap?,” he wants to know.

I used to listen. I used to even consider long-term repayment plans with interest-bearing good works. But my Counselor has since advised me not to enter into these discussions with that pitiful excuse for an angel. Instead, Jesus told me I need merely present my acquittal papers – the ones written in his blood – the ones marked, “paid in full.”

And so, sure, guilt has its place – but only in the divine courtroom. And in that place, I have been acquitted. Outside of that courtroom, who can condemn me? No one. I am free.