TITLE: Guilt: Being released from the weight of sin

2. TITLE: Guilt: Being released from the weight of sin TEXT: Luke 7:36-50 THEME: God’s forgiveness motivates the believer to worship and obedience.

4. Luke 11:8 “I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.”

5. Importunity The closest equivalent is our word “shameless”

6. Past views of Guilt and Shame • A girl was expected to be modest in her dress and talk.

7. Past views of Guilt and Shame • A girl was expected to be modest in her dress and talk. • Blushing was a valued sign of healthy embarrassment

8. Past views of Guilt and Shame • A girl was expected to be modest in her dress and talk. • Blushing was a valued sign of healthy embarrassment. • Chastity, where sex was expected to be avoided until marriage, was cherished

9. Past views of Guilt and Shame • A girl was expected to be modest in her dress and talk. • Blushing was a valued sign of healthy embarrassment. • Chastity, where sex was expected to be avoided until marriage, was cherished. • People were expected to feel guilt and remorse.

10. Past views of Guilt and Shame • A girl was expected to be modest in her dress and talk. • Blushing was a valued sign of healthy embarrassment. • Chastity, where sex was expected to be avoided until marriage, was cherished. • People were expected to feel guilt and remorse. • The phrase “shame on you” was a severe admonition.

12. The place for “shame and guilt.” • It can be a sign of a healthy sense of morality

13. The place for “shame and guilt.” • It can be a sign of a healthy sense of morality. • Like pain it tells us something is wrong and some remedy needs to be sought out

14. The place for “shame and guilt.” • It can be a sign of a healthy sense of morality. • Like pain it tells us something is wrong and some remedy needs to be sought out. • The Bible says we are created in the image of God and with that we all have a built in sense of moral oughtness

15. The place for “shame and guilt.” • It can be a sign of a healthy sense of morality. • Like pain it tells us something is wrong and some remedy needs to be sought out. • The Bible says we are created in the image of God and with that we all have a built in sense of moral oughtness. • That’s why the tree was in the Garden of Eden- it was to test our moral aptitude and volition

16. The place for “shame and guilt.” • It can be a sign of a healthy sense of morality. • Like pain it tells us something is wrong and some remedy needs to be sought out. • The Bible says we are created in the image of God and with that we all have a built in sense of moral oughtness. • That’s why the tree was in the Garden of Eden- it was to test our moral aptitude and volition • John 16:8 that the Spirit of God convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgement

17. The real question is not, “How do we eliminate our emotional feelings of guilt?” The question is “Once guilt and shame have done their job of exposing to us to the true nature of our sin how do we move forward so they do not cripple us from finding true contentment?

19. How can you find forgiveness from the guilt of your sin?

20. 1. Acknowledge the one person who can forgive your sin. (36-38)

21. Luke 7:36-38 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume

22. Luke 7:36-38 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

23. 1. Acknowledge the one person who can forgive your sin. (36-38) A. Only Jesus, as God, can forgive sin

24. 1. Acknowledge the one person who can forgive your sin. (36-38) A. Only Jesus, as God, can forgive sin B. All sin is against God

25. Psalm 51 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

26. Michael Gerson Obituary on Charles Colson Colson was "my greatest example of the transforming power of grace." And although Colson was "utterly consumed by his calling to serve prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families,"… "Chuck was possessed, not by some cause, but by someone. Many wondered at Chuck's sudden conversion to Christianity. He seemed to wonder at it himself. He spent each day that followed [his conversion], for nearly 40 years, dazzled by his own implausible redemption."

28. How can you find forgiveness from the guilt of your sin?

29. II. Acknowledge the magnitude and nature of your sin. (39-43)

30. Luke 7:39-43 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said.

31. Luke 7:39-43 41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

32. II. Acknowledge the magnitude and nature of your sin. (39-43) A. Others recognized her as a sinner.

33. Two problems regarding guilt: We confuse real guilt verse felt guilt.

34. Two problems regarding guilt: We confuse real guilt verse felt guilt. 1. We can have real guilt yet no feel it.

35. 1 Timothy 4:2 “Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.”

36. Romans 1:19-23 “19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

37. Romans 1:19-23 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”

38. Two problems regarding guilt: We confuse real guilt verse felt guilt. 1. We can have real guilt yet no feel it. 2. We can have felt guilt when we are really guilty.

39. II. Acknowledge the magnitude and nature of your sin. (39-43) A. Others recognized her as a sinner. B. Jesus recognized her as a sinner.

40. II. Acknowledge the magnitude and nature of your sin. (39-43) A. Others recognized her as a sinner. B. Jesus recognized her as a sinner. C. She recognized herself as a sinner.

41. Psalm 22: 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

42. Psalm 22: 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. 15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

44. How can you find forgiveness from the guilt of your sin?

45. III. Demonstrate your love and gratitude to the one who has forgiven you. (44-47)

46. Luke 7:44-47 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet

47. Luke 7:44-47 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

48. III. Demonstrate your love and gratitude to the one who has forgiven you. (44-47) A. Your acts of worship reflect your heart.

49. III. Demonstrate your love and gratitude to the one who has forgiven you. (44-47) A. Your acts of worship reflect your heart. B. The greater the forgiveness the greater the worship.