Our Self-Pity Doesn’t Help Us, Part 1 (TMF:2270)

Friday, January 19, 2024
Peace to Live By: Our Self-Pity Doesn’t Help Us, Part 1 (TMF:2270) - Daniel Litton
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       I’m going to tell you a secret. Actually, I hope it isn’t a secret for you. But the truth is that Jesus has made us perfectly righteous in the here and now. Because we are in right relationship with God the Father as a result of our belief in Jesus, that means we have access to all of God’s power at our fingertips. That includes power over guilt inside of our minds. Probably it is true that you came to know God out of guilt. I mean, there had to be that foundation of sin that had built up inside of you, and you came to the point where you knew you couldn’t do it yourself—you couldn’t make the guilt go away. The beautiful thing is, is that when we give up guilt, our minds have a tendency to begin thinking in the right way. The rivers inside our minds start flowing in the right directions, and we have room for positive thoughts. Having come to God, we have relinquished our guilt. In doing that, we have a new identity that isn’t saturated in guilt. So, we’re not a ‘small’ person anymore because God has raised us up. The Bible even says he has seated us with Jesus in Heavenly places. Pretty remarkable.