Feeling Condemned

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[instrumental music] Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, June 3rd. When you become a Christian, your sins are forgiven. So why do you sometimes feel unforgivable or unworthy of God's love? Let's find clarity in today's In Touch podcast.

Charles Stanley· Host0:18

I want you to imagine something. You have just sinned against God, gross sin against God, and you're standing in His presence, and He's looking at you. Let's say that Christ is looking at you. What kind of facial expression would you imagine that Jesus would have if you were looking into His face and you knew that He knew you had just committed that sin? Well, your answer would probably reveal a couple of things about you. First of all, it would reveal your relationship to Him. And secondly, it would reveal your understanding of the person of Christ and His reaction to one of His children. Sometimes our feelings are condemnation. We feel condemned when we disobey God, when we stumble, when we fall, when we make mistakes. And you may say, "Well, should we not feel condemned if we've sinned against God?" Well, let's see what God says in His Word. And I want you to turn to a passage of scripture in John chapter 8 that I believe answers the question about those feelings of condemnation