Facing Guilt In Inevitable Circumstances

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Pastor Vincent - 6 February 2014

Receive The Mind Of Christ

Christian faith, in its very essence, is transformation of a person in their roots after born again, as the Holy Spirit enters in him working supernaturally inside which eventually resulting in one having Lord supreme in his life. When genuine transformation take place incrementally in a believer, the mind of Christ seeds into him gradually and progressively. One cannot imitate the mind of Christ and force himself to live by it. He will lose strength to do so and fail to see how God is supremely in - charge of his living. Instead, it is purely by the grace of God that works supernaturally and mundanely in our every day lives can one receive the mind of Christ. As we confirm it through deep meticulous prayers with the Word, the total submission to God that ensue embeds great power of Holy Spirit, ceaselessly demolishing your old self and restore the mind of Christ within you. "the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace" --Colossians 1:5-6

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The problem of guilt exists in the human hearts since the fall of men. It is guilt that brings fear actually. Yet when unforeseen undesirable situation arises, causing some unintended consequences, how do we set ourselves free from guilt then? With the Coronavirus striking the churches and society today, we see people reacted with both guilt and fear. How do Christians overcome our inner struggles?

* Understanding Fear.

* Understanding Guilt.

Verses to Read: <1 Sam 30:1-8>

The Spiritual Overview

1. The inevitable circumstances befall!

2. The Lord did not forsake David and his men in their misfortune or desperation

* <1 Sam 30:6>: But David found strength in the Lord His God.

* <Ps 16:10>: You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy one see decay.

3. David seek the counsel of the Lord

* <1 Sam 30:7-8>: “Bring me the ephod”… .and David inquired of the Lord…

4. The Lord spared David from the greater guilt of engaging Saul and the Israelites army in a war.

Qns: How to understand and deal with guilt in inevitable circumstances?

1. Guilt is something that we cannot shoulder.

⟹ Only our Lord Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection could bear all the guilt in this World.

⟹ By believing in Christ, we equally believe in God’s good sovereign will for us.

* <Php 1:12>: What has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 

2. Guilt is the enemy’s way of weakening us.

⟹ Only the grace of God could remove the guilt and help us find strength in the Lord.

* <Ro 8:35-37>: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

3. Guilt distracts us from seeking God’s counsel.

⟹ Keep seeking the Lord’s counsel, submit to His leading and new ways will open up.

4. Guilt makes us selfish and propels us to pursue our own benefits over others.

* <1 Samuel 30:9-10,18-26>

⟹ Set our perspectives right to bless the churches of God in the COVID_19 saga, for that is the Lord’s heartbeat.

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Vincent serves as the President of The Blessed Run Church. He is also the Senior Pastor of The Life Church and Missions (Singapore) and is an ardent missionary to the Chinese World. He currently lives in Singapore with his wife, Qiufen, and has three kids, Mary, David, and Caleb.

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