Avoiding guilt and condemnation?

heatherfb · #1 26th May 2009, 09:04 AM

Just wondering on your thoughts on this. I have always struggled with guilt over every little thing that I do wrong. I now realise that those feelings are not from God because Jesus paid the FULL price for all of my past, present and future sins. Since discovering the power that there is in confessing God's word and realising that ALL the promises of God are Yes and Amen I have from time to time found guilty and condeming thoughts coming if perhaps I have doubted something or I have perhaps spoken in unbelief. I know that this is a ploy of the devil but just wondered if any of you have experienced this and how you deal with it. I tend to rebuke the thoughts and remind myself of who I am in God but often worry that it could be very easy for me to fall into another type of religious bondage.
(Hope that ramble makes some kind of sense!)
Heather x

KingZzub · #2 26th May 2009, 11:00 AM

You base your righteousness on what God has done, not what you have done.

It is really that simple.

Will say more later, have to go now!!!

ShaunJ · #3 26th May 2009, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by heatherfb

Just wondering on your thoughts on this. I have always struggled with guilt over every little thing that I do wrong. I now realise that those feelings are not from God because Jesus paid the FULL price for all of my past, present and future sins. Since discovering the power that there is in confessing God's word and realising that ALL the promises of God are Yes and Amen I have from time to time found guilty and condeming thoughts coming if perhaps I have doubted something or I have perhaps spoken in unbelief. I know that this is a ploy of the devil but just wondered if any of you have experienced this and how you deal with it. I tend to rebuke the thoughts and remind myself of who I am in God but often worry that it could be very easy for me to fall into another type of religious bondage.
(Hope that ramble makes some kind of sense!)
Heather x

I have been in Christ for 5 years now and I struggle with these type's of thoughts every day. My problem is, if I'm not reading my bible, or a book about it, I have those thoughts of..."You know you should be reading your bible!"

It has gotten so bad in recent months that I stopped doing everything. No video games, no novels, just me and my bible. Not a bad thing to do, but I have gotten burnt out.

I have been trying to do a study on this subject. I know it's not right to think this way. God isn't a nagging house wife!

J4Jesus · #4 26th May 2009, 09:31 PM

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

I lived with the feeling of condemnation all my life. But when I read this verse after I got saved it really freed me and I didn't have to feel that way anymore. It was like a heaviness left me. Jesus did not come to condemn us!

No matter what we do, pray, read our Bible, the enemy will aways come and try to condemn you and say you are not 'doing' enough, emphasizing works. You didn't do that right, you didn't say that right, bla bla bla .
HE is the excuser, not God. Don't listen to Him!