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September 19, 2021 | Dr. Jim Bradford | 2 Corinthians: Gritty Spirituality - Good Guilt, Bad Guilt
September 19, 2021 | Dr. Jim Bradford | 2 Corinthians: Gritty Spirituality - Good Guilt, Bad Guilt
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David Brooks, New York Times
"Religion may be in retreat, but guilt seems as powerfully present as ever.…There is sin but no formula for redemption.”
"Religion may be in retreat, but guilt seems as powerfully present as ever.…There is sin but no formula for redemption.”
Good guilt: Godly sorrow = Conviction
Bad guilt: Worldly sorrow = Condemnation
Bad guilt: Worldly sorrow = Condemnation
GOOD GUILT'S SAVING POWER:
Conviction => Repentance => Salvation
Conviction => Repentance => Salvation
2 Corinthians 7:13a
By all this we are encouraged.
By all this we are encouraged.
BAD GUILT'S DESTRUCTIVE POWER:
Condemnation => Death
* You feel hopeless
* You want to give up
* You never seem to measure up
* You are emotionally exhausted
* You are behaviorally paralyzed
* You are spiritually insecure
Condemnation => Death
* You feel hopeless
* You want to give up
* You never seem to measure up
* You are emotionally exhausted
* You are behaviorally paralyzed
* You are spiritually insecure
WHY DOES BAD GUILT PERSIST?
* Incomplete repentance
--- No sorrow over sin
--- No active follow-through
* Personal shame
--- Unworthy ≠ worthless
--- Contrition ≠ self-hatred
* Self-righteousness
--- Disappointment with self rather than a delight in grace
--- Self-condemnation that perpetuates self-fixation
* Incomplete repentance
--- No sorrow over sin
--- No active follow-through
* Personal shame
--- Unworthy ≠ worthless
--- Contrition ≠ self-hatred
* Self-righteousness
--- Disappointment with self rather than a delight in grace
--- Self-condemnation that perpetuates self-fixation
THE PROMISE OF A CLEAN CONSCIENCE