Have you ever experienced guilt in your life? Modern psychologists recognize guilt to be a major factor which, if we do not deal with it, can gnaw away at your very existence. The options they give you are to either (a) blame somebody else for what you’ve done, or (b) try to cover up your guilt. These methods do indeed work for a time, but they don’t produce long lasting results, and there often can be other side effects.

Guilt in our experience often occurs when we do something we know to be wrong. Have you ever felt bad after taking something from somebody else that wasn’t yours? Well that’s guilt. Have you ever felt rotten after a night of sexual intercourse with somebody you’re not married to? That my friend is what guilt feels like. Have you ever told a lie and then wished you had just told the truth? Guilt sure isn’t fun, but that is what you were feeling. In this day and age people do not like being told something they’ve done is wrong, but the cold hard fact is you wouldn’t be experiencing guilt if what you did wasn’t wrong. Where does guilt come from? Guilt is a side effect of sin. Sin is when we’ve transgressed the law of a Holy God who has created each one of us. He’s set up ten rules, which if disobeyed displease Him and make us feel guilt. Ever heard of the Ten Commandments? Yep, those are the rules He set up. God has given each one of us something to help us identify what is right and wrong and hopefully, to avoid it. It’s called a conscience. Alas, there is no surgery which can remove our consciences from us, and therefore there is no natural way to escape guilt entirely without side effects.

So the other option would be to find some way to remove the guilt you’re experiencing. THERE IS HOPE!! I wouldn’t be writing to you if I hadn’t found the solution. Now I’m not going to spout out some quick-fix remedy, and bingo, you’re guilt is gone. It doesn’t work that way. But the other side is YOU CAN BE CLEAN INSIDE! You don’t have to go through life carrying a load of guilt on your shoulders. The Creator of the Universe doesn’t want us to go through life miserable and without hope, so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ who is more than willing to take that load off your shoulders and take it upon Himself. In fact, He’s already done that. When He came to earth over two thousand years ago, He died for my guilt as well as yours. Now He didn’t have to die on a cross because Jesus never did anything wrong. We were the ones who had transgressed God’s law and by His standards there had to be a sacrifice to atone for what we had done. Jesus became the sacrifice for each one of us. Jesus is the one who forgives and removes our guilt! The Bible says “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” (Psa. 103:12) If you take a minute to think about this the “east” and “west” are infinitely apart from one another. So by honoring the sacrifice Jesus made for me and you we need never worry about the guilt we’ve carried for years, because it’s GONE! By the sacrifice He made for you and me we can be guilt free!! Now here’s what you have to do. You have to believe that Jesus died for your guilt and when He was nailed to that cross, you’re guilt was nailed there also. I’ve done it and its worked for me!! So I know it can work for you too!

Being guilt free is not just “pie in the sky”, its reality! Now the question is, do you want to settle for some fantasy psychologists are giving you, or do you want the reality of Jesus Christ in your life? Its up to you, all I’m doing is giving you a choice. Ask Him into your heart today, make Him the Lord of your life, and your guilt is gone!!