GOD IS NEVER THE SOURCE OF GUILT OR CONDEMNATION. HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE THROUGH JESUS COVER OUR SHORTCOMINGS AND GIVE US FREEDOM FROM CONDEMNATION AND SHAME. (SCRIPTURE IS NKJV, EMPHASIS OURS) 1. THE LAW The purpose of the law was never to create condemnation, but to reveal sin and drive people to Jesus Christ.
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: John 16:8
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1-4
Cure: Faith in Jesus Christ and His grace.
Condemnation VS Conviction (Old Covenant vs New Covenant) Condemnation pushes you away from God but Conviction draws you closer to God.
2. OUR OWN HEARTS (CONSCIENCE) My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 1 John 3:18-23