The Bullet of Dealing with Sin: Guilt Removed (Part 2)
Somewhere each person must find forgiveness for not being what he knows he ought to be. Confession is a human necessity. All true confession has two sides to it. First, the negative side simply admits wrong and gets guilt off your chest. Secondly, the positive side looks to God for strength not to sin.
Guilt wants to stay hidden. It breeds best in isolation. Only in the humiliation of honest confession can we be freed from our guilt. Confession ends our endless circle of self justification.
Being honest with God and others deals a death blow to phoniness and pride. Many a husband and wife are living in agony because they refuse to admit where they are weak (phoniness) and view themselves as 100% right and their partner wrong (pride).
Finding forgiveness is one of life’s most glorious experiences. But confession must come first. As a start I’d like to confess to all my readers that old H.D. McCarty has too much pride and too many phony moments. I hope you all forgive me and love me like I am. God has done this for all Christians and it’s a great relief to experience His kind of love and forgiveness.
A man, in his phoniness and pride, tells others to change and then he will love them! Jesus has said, “I LOVE YOU!” And then asks, “Will you change?” It’s foolish to resist an offer like that!
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