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commandments. But Father, he hangs himself on me. What's the use! I died for
him. Let him slip through."
This shall be what I believe.
As painful as it is when we realize that of ourselves, we can achieve nothing of merit before
God, there is still one thing that remains: faith, to trust in Jesus. Because He died, we can
claim His sacrifice for us. Nothing else matters in the eyes of God as faith alone (sola fide).
Even after many years as one of the most important leaders of the Reformation in the 16 th
century, Martin Luther still had to confess that neither his knowledge, nor his experience, nor
his courageous testimony at the Diet of Worms, nor all his years of teaching at the University
mean anything in the eyes of God.
How we can live without guilt
It's natural for us to talk about our success and what we can do well; some of us are real
experts at talking this way, and that’s okay. Some people are so good that their achievements
go far beyond the average. They have great chances of finding a well-paid job and soon living a
life without too many worries. If only it was that simple! Despite all the insurance policies out
there, money cannot buy the guarantee of a happy life, and no insurance company offers a
policy covering that. So what can we do?
Just like it is when it comes to love, all we can do in faith is to have trust. It takes a lot of
courage to admit our guilt and wrongdoings. We'd much rather try to give things a different
spin. We are definitely experts when it comes to inventing excuses and white lies! Of course,
someone else is always the real culprit, not us! It's so incredibly difficult for us to say, “Yes, it’s
my fault, not the others! No ifs, ands, or buts!” Not to speak of being willing to make amends
for our wrongs, if possible. That is one of the most difficult things to do, but also one of the
most beautiful experiences you can have as a child of God.
King David experienced exactly that in Old Testament times. He described it in Psalm 32. This
Psalm is worth reading again and again, because it seems to be describing my own life.
"Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, ‘I
will confess my rebellion to the LORD.’ And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone" (Psalm 32:5,
NLT). Finally, I am free, nothing weighs me down anymore. Then we’re left with only one
thing to do—rejoice! And all of heaven rejoices with each one of us that has this experience.
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