Guilt and Shame

Guilt and Shame touch every heart.  For me, it is probably my biggest battle.  It is a battle against half truths and flat out lies about who we are.  The full Truth is that Jesus Christ bore our sin-shame and victimization-shame on the cross.  He took the punishment we deserve.  He took the shame that results from our sins and the sins of others against us.  But will we accept His gift?  Will we accept His forgiveness and/or accept His healing and give that shame up to Him?

Jesus rose from the cross. Shame remains nailed to the cross.  In His resurrection, Jesus conquered sin, Satan, death, hell and absorbed the wrath of God. We can be freed from our guilt and shame if we would only give it (and ourselves) to the Lord Jesus.  You can be freed from guilt and shame if you surrender it (and yourself) to the Lord Jesus. 

Recently the CCEF (Christian Counseling and Education Foundation) and Ed Welch have been speaking out on topics of guilt and shame.  In October there will be a conference where teachers will be addressing shame.  Check it out.