Next time feelings of guilt and shame burden you, look to Jesus and His cross to see that your sins have been removed from you and paid for by Jesus. Wash away your guilt and shame in the blood of the Lamb. You have been justified and declared righteous by God because of Jesus. By grace, Jesus has set you free from the guilt of your sin.
When the fear of God's anger floods your mind, and you imagine that you are so terrible there is no way that God could forgive you, look to the cross and see your gruesome sin hanging there in the body of Christ receiving the punishment you deserve. And then hear Jesus yell out in a loud voice, "It is finished!" meaning "Paid in Full!" Your sin debt has been erased, friend. "Shake off your guilty fears." The Father has received "the bleeding sacrifice" of Jesus in your place, and pardoned you because of Him. Jesus' wounds plead for your forgiveness. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus has justified you! You have nothing to fear because you are in Christ. Receive the love of God as it flows from the cross of Christ and let it cast out all your fear so that you can move forward in faith!
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness. (Romans 4:5)
Question: How does looking to Jesus and believing in Him relieve you of the burden of guilt?
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Joe writes, "Jesus paid it all! My sin, guilt, and shame are taken away and played on Jesus! As I look to Him and believe this, all condemnation falls away, all fear falls away, and all need to probe something or work a doing better falls away. Instead, I begin to realize that in their place, there is full acceptance (Eph. 1:6) in the Beloved (Jesus). I am free. The guilt and shame places chains on me that are not supposed to be there. When I look to Jesus my chains fall off." Alana writes, "Because He loves me, Jesus took my sins upon Himself, and therefore I have nothing to be guilty of. My sins are gone and forgiven by the blood Jesus shed for me. Thank you, Lord, for your steadfast love for me. Thank you, Lord, for giving your life for mine. Thank you, Lord, for showing me what true love and mercy are. Lord help me keep my eyes on You. Help me Lord live for You each and every day. Amen."
Jeromy writes, "By looking to the cross of Jesus and seeing Him there dying, breathing His last, for me and my sins that have flooded me with guilt and shame, I find forgiveness. Blessed forgiveness. Thank you, Jesus, for paying the full price for all my sins. For taking it all. Thank you Jesus. Thank you for reaching down and bringing me up from my slavery, setting me free, washing me clean, and making me be blessedly clothed in Your righteousness. Thank You Jesus!"
Sophia writes, "Guilt- what a tool of the devil. Guilt brings us down and stops us from praising God and living for him. It makes us forget that we are forgiven and are looked at as righteous through Jesus! For OUR sake, he made him to be sin WHO KNEW NO SIN, so that in him, we might become THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. That’s such a dramatic change. Thank you God, that I don’t have to live in the guilt and shame of what I’ve done, of the sin I commit, of the times I let you down. Lord, You look at me as righteous. Thank you that you send me – “your very heart”- to the father on your account. Take the burden of guilt from me and bring me joy and peace instead through your love, so that I may continue to praise you and live every day for you."