Forgiving Yourself
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One of the most difficult aspects of living as a Christian is grasping the depth of Christ's love. In this video, Matt Slick shares his personal journey of learning to forgive himself as he responds to a live caller who was dealing with this challenge and looking for advice.
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- Years ago, I'm not gonna give the details, but there was something I could not forgive myself of.
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- And it was bad. And someone then, a
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- Christian, then spoke to me about that and gently but firmly rebuked me for my additional sin of not resting and trusting in Christ.
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- And I said, but I do trust Christ. And the person said, do you trust him to have forgiven you for this?
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- Well, yes, but, and there's always this issue of self -guilt.
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- And this person patiently but repeatedly told me that that was sinful.
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- I mean, we should feel guilty with what we've done, but not be held, our heads held underwater by it.
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- That we're to trust in Christ and relinquish it to him and have peace that he has forgiven.
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- And that's what ultimately matters. And it took a while before I was able to do that. A couple hours of talking until I finally relinquished.
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- And yet the guilt is still there and the regret is still there, but there's also with it now the assurance of forgiveness.
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- And so I don't dwell on it and it doesn't injure me anymore. And I learned from it.
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- So you have to get to that point of really understanding how much
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- God loves you in spite of everything. And that it's not okay for the sin, but it's okay to be loved by him.
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- And he does anyway. And just as Jesus said to the adulterous woman, go and sin no more, he just forgave.
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- She had plenty to be guilty of. And that was it. And he says, go on, go on, you're okay.
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- Just don't do it anymore. And that was it. And she was set free.
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- And that's what you have to do too, is recognize that you're set free.