Part 2 of Heart attack(Guilt)

Remember heart attack part 1? Anger?
Anger says that you owe me
but guilt says the opposite,
Guilt says that i owe you

In order to cure something, we sometimes need to undergo discomfort
We exercise to be healthy, not exercise only when we are healthy(Amen?)

We need to work as much as we pray
We need to work out our heart

How to deal with guilt?
2 ways:

1. Expose it to God

How? Confession

1 John 1:5
This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in him.

-We need to start to expose our sins to the light

-Confession is not just words, but confession in the bible is about change!

-If we make confession a habit, it will eventually end up supporting our sin habit

-Do we confess to feel better? Do you expect change to happen after you confess?

When we confess,
3 things to do:

1) Restitution

Numbers 5:6-7
Say to the Israelites: 'When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it all to the person he has wronged.

Restitution means, making things right with the interest of other people

2)Repentance

Mark 1:4-5
And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River

3)Restoration

Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

-Confession alone is not enough
it is the first step towards change

2. Expose to man

James 5:15-16
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

When light exposes, evil flees

Matthew 5:23-24
"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

We cannot resolve our differences with God without first resolving our differences with man(others)

Confessing secretly to God is no substitude for confessing openly to someone you have wronged

Open confession has the power to break the cycle of sin