If you can’t tell by now, I love Kevin DeYoung’s writing. Again and again he articulates well things that I believe but have trouble expressing concisely and pastorally.
Today he looks at the issue of Christians feeling constantly guilty. To be sure, he writes, “we should feel guilty sometimes, because sometimes we are guilty of sin. Moreover, complacency as Christians is a real danger, especially in America. But yet, I don’t believe God redeemed us through the blood of his Son that we might feel like constant failures.”
He asks why so many Christian feel guilty all the time? Then he suggests four points:
- We don’t fully embrace the good news of the gospel.
- Christians tend to motivate each other by guilt rather than grace.
- Most of our low-level guilt falls under the ambiguous category of “not doing enough.”
- When we are truly guilty of sin it is imperative we repent and receive God’s mercy.
The whole post is worth reading very carefully.
