You are not guilty!

You are not guilty.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Romans 8:1
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.

The only reason a believer gets destroyed is because of the lack of word knowledge. There are multitudes of believers living under condemnation still today or in others words living under God's damnation, where they believe God is still angry on them and just waiting to destroy them.

Sin results in condemnation. Adam's sin resulted in God's condemnation on humanity. But the obedience of Jesus (where He obeyed God in sacrificing Himself for the sins of humanity) has brought God's righteousness on humanity. The moment you accept the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus for your sins and confess Jesus as your Lord, you are no more guilty, no more condemned. Jesus Christ suffered your sins, your guilt, your punishment and your condemnation. Therefore when you trust that He did this for you, you are set free and made righteous in God's eye - as righteous as Jesus Himself. You are in Christ and in Christ, there is no condemnation. Not a single believer is condemned. Not a single believer is guilty. You are in Christ. But there are believers who live under guilt consciousness. Two things are imperative for us to understand. Being guilty and being guilt conscious. These are separate things. A believer is not guilty but he can live in guilt consciousness. A guilty conscience destroys a believers life. A guilty conscience destroys a believers confidence before God which affects their prayer and faith life. A guilty conscience is where a believer focuses too much on his weaknesses, his mistakes, his inability and his shortcomings instead of focusing on the strengths, perfections and the finished works of Jesus Christ. Satan would love to have you focus on yourself. By doing so, he can keep you in bondage to guilt consciousness. The more you focus on yourself and the more you focus on what other people think about you, you will always be living under guilt consciousness because you will always fall short. Christ is your perfection!

Remember, you are in Christ. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ. Renew your mind to this reality. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are right in the eyes of God - as right as Jesus Himself. Do yourself a favour and declare independence from the opinions of people. Love people but only look to Jesus. In the eyes of Satan you may be wrong. Also in the eyes of some people you may be wrong. But in the eyes of God, you are right - you are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are not guilty! You are righteous! Live righteously!

“I am not guilty, I am not condemned. Jesus died for my sins and rose again for my justification. I am in Christ and I am the righteousness of God - as righteous as Jesus Himself.”