JEFF TURNER
Everyone knows how heavy guilt feels. It weighs on our shoulders when we know we’ve done something wrong. We wish we could go back and make different choices, but we can’t undo the past.
Even people who don’t openly believe in God feel responsible to something greater than themselves. They sense they must answer for their actions. Many carry this burden silently, trying to hide it from others. But the guilt remains, pressing down like a heavy load.
This is why the message of Jesus brings such hope. Though He never did anything wrong, He chose to take the punishment for our wrongdoing. When He died on the cross, He completely paid for our sins.
As the Old Testament says in Isaiah 53:6, “All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him,” something Jesus fulfilled in the New Testament. This is the greatest gift anyone could receive – to have their guilt completely removed, never to return. Through Jesus’ death, justice was fully satisfied. The crushing weight of guilt can finally be lifted.
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