People live burdened by guilt. They feel condemned by things they’ve done in the past. They’re ashamed of sins they still can’t seem to shake.
Why do they live wracked by guilt? Because they choose to.
We can choose guilt or, through Jesus and what he did on the cross for us, we can choose grace. “But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law ... We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are” (Romans 3:21-22).
It's amazing. We have sinned. We are guilty. “Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin.” (Romans 3:24-25).
