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do you feel guilty every time you sin?
if you know something is wrong and you do it, do you feel remorse and shame every time?

you dont need to give examples, although you may if you'd like.
just a simple yes or no will do just fine.


discussion also welcome.

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Typically I do immediately after. Depending on what it is though, that guilt doesn't really last. As soon as I give it to Christ, the only reason I'd feel guilty is if for some reason I actually want to continue feeling shameful and guilty (which sometimes I do). Sometimes I want to mope in my shame and feel awful about what I did, which I'm sure the evil one loves. But through Christ, coming to Him in repentance is supposed to be the end of our burdens, not the first step. When we lay that burden upon His shoulder, He is more than happy to bear it for us through what He did on the cross, and allow us to live free.
 
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Yep - Guilt is one of my biggest struggles (I've actually been told several times that you can tell I grew up in the church I did because of my guilty conscience)...even when I confess it to Him and I know He forgives me...it's like I hold on to it..like I'm addicted to feeling guilty or something...don't know

Though, with His help, I'm getting better about realizing that guilt isn't from Him...more and more so it's becoming just remorse and a feeling that leads me to repentance. And more and more I've been able to let go of the guilt after I repent and let His mercy and forgiveness wash over me.

still such a long way to go though.
 
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maybe i'm a terrible person, but no I don't *always* feel guilty every time i sin. Sometimes I'm not even aware until long after the fact that I am sinning. And there are times when i'm being rebellious and I know what I'm doing is wrong and I just don't feel any guilt. Its an indication that my heart isn't in the right place though, hence why we shouldn't rely on feelings to tell us if something is right or wrong.
 
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hmmm, well I don't think guilt is a good word for it. Guilt is hard to get over and move on from. I have experienced guilt and it usually makes me feel defeated and why try anymore. I don't think guilt comes from God. I think conviction is what we should feel when we have sinned and God does bring conviction in our lives. We know when we have done wrong- that it is wrong, when it has grieved God and then we recognize that we need to repent and turn from habitually repeating it.
 
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Typically I do immediately after. Depending on what it is though, that guilt doesn't really last. As soon as I give it to Christ, the only reason I'd feel guilty is if for some reason I actually want to continue feeling shameful and guilty (which sometimes I do). Sometimes I want to mope in my shame and feel awful about what I did, which I'm sure the evil one loves. But through Christ, coming to Him in repentance is supposed to be the end of our burdens, not the first step. When we lay that burden upon His shoulder, He is more than happy to bear it for us through what He did on the cross, and allow us to live free.
This is a lot like me.
 
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To the OP, yes.

have you ever done something that you know you should feel guilty for but dont?
do you believe that you should ever feel guilty?

A few times I might have...but the guilt would catch up to me and then I'd be flat on my face, crying for mercy and forgiveness from God the Father.

Hmmm...dunno how to answer the other question, TBH. :sorry:
 
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I hold the stance that man is in a constant state of right standing with God (if he is saved), but that because his mind is not as holy as God's mind is, and has a loooooooong way to go to get to the level of loving that God loves like, that man is also kind of in a constant sin-like state (just that it isn't counted against us), in that we sin all the time but either don't realize it, or aren't able to do better than it until we learn more of God's truths. It's hard to love a certain way on a regular basis unless you actually know how to and understand why you are doing it. Just like playing a video game- maybe you get lucky one time and win, but until you learn the lessons and really know how to play it right, you probably won't consistently win. In the same way, we sin/don't show love like we would ideally be able to until we learn how to do it right. ...Anyway, along that line, I know that a lot of things just take time to learn to get better at, and so there is no reason for me to continually feel guilty about something when I know God is teaching me about it.

That said, I typically only feel actual disappointment in myself if for some reason I know what is right, know how to do it, and I have the full ability to do it, but for some reason I don't (in terms of moral things). But, honestly, a lot of times I realize the reason I did it wasn't because of some blatant "want to go against God" feeling inside me, but often because of fear from what someone might say or how they might act toward me, or maybe because I had a need in my life that wasn't getting met properly like it should have (like if I'm way overworked, or way too incredibly bored with nothing to do, or not being valued by the people around me), and simply knowing that the reason/motivation for me doing something wrong was that a need wasn't getting met makes me feel a lot better, because I know I can prevent future mistakes by asking God to help me get that need met properly.

Anywho, overall, I have very little guilt in my life. Of course, I think I do very few actions that would suggest a need for a guilt feeling, so that is part of it. The other part of it is just realizing that I am a child of God, and as a child of God, that God already knows that I'm going to be making mistakes as I learn, and that it isn't an issue, because basically all children make mistakes as they are learning and growing. It's part of the process (or at least in our imperfect world it currently is).
 
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Yes, if its something small it doesn't last long though. Big things stick with me for a while, still dealing with one from a few days ago pretty harsh.

I have problems letting them go, giving them to Jesus, or whatever I'm supposed to do. The whole not being able to forgive yourself deal I'm guessing.
 
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have you ever done something that you know you should feel guilty for but dont?
Guilt for me is on a scale. Sometimes, when I know I've done something really bad, I get some very severe guilt. Other times, like if it's a habitual sin that I like anyway, it's just the knowledge that it's wrong that sticks out without that big punch to the gut. Now, that may eventually work on me, but if any feelings are there, it's a minor twinge that can be easily dismissed.

do you believe that you should ever feel guilty?
Yes, we should all have a healthy sense of guilt. We should not let it go to the extreme, like self-harm over an ill word. That's when Satan is running away with it. Of course, he's just as happy with the people who kill in cold blood too.
 
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Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Rom 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
 
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According to Romans we should all be able to come to that point.

And we all will, someday. Philippians 3:12 and personal experience tell me that it will not come easy and I will probably die before that day comes. But, since I'm going to die in the Lord since he holds onto me, I trust that after I die it will come very quickly, and from that point forward, I will never sin again.
 
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