The devil wants you to take your guilt and bring more shame into your lives. Any pursuit of blaming others, trying harder, denying your sin, or minimizing your sin will ultimately keep you in bomdage. Here's why: You are guilty.

The beautiful truth about God and His Gospel is that you don't have to run from your sin any longer. God wants you to face it, but He doesn't need you to fight it. He's already won the battle for you by fighting and destroying sin.

You were saved by grace alone through faith alone. Matt Chandler writes, "Therefore, God gets all the glory alone. And when you understand this one basic issue, you'll stop going into you and starting going into the Lord - just laying out all the smelly, rotten groceries, shaking all the stuff out of your pockets, bringing it all out into the open, and saying, 'Here, would you please get rid of this for me?' If your spouse or your kids or your boss or your parents ever pick out a piece of your character or attitude that needs fixing, you can just take your pitiful self straight before Him and say, 'Jesus, come and get it.' Because your satisfaction comes from His work, not yours." (Matt Chandler, Recovering Redemption)
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