ADMIT IT!

 

ADMIT IT!

 

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar. . . (1 John 1:10 NIV).

 

A woman came to the hotel where a well-known pastor was to speak and asked if he could help her husband. The man was weak, sick and depressed. The pastor invited the man to his hotel room to talk with him. After he listened to the man tell about his physical ailments, he said, "All right, now tell me all of the mean, dirty, sinful things you've been doing." At first the man was irate. But when he calmed down he asked, "How did you know?"

 

"From what you were telling me, I perceived that your problem was the load of guilt you are carrying for the way you've been living," the pastor replied.

 

Then the man poured out his awful tale. While maintaining an image of respectability, even church membership, he was living a low-down life of sin.

The pastor got the man onto his knees, praying and confessing to God.

 

When they went to the lobby to meet his wife, she said, "What did you do to my husband? He even looks different." The pastor said, "I didn't do anything; Jesus took care of his guilt."

 

Guilt does terrible things to people. Denying our sins will not help us. only when we confess our sins and find forgiveness will God make us new people.

 

Life response: I will make sure my guilt is confessed and my conscience clear.