March 28th, 2025
by Steve Marshall
by Steve Marshall
Do you struggle with self-condemnation? Because your heart is deceitful above all things, it tells you that you are not good enough (Jer. 17:9). Even though you confessed your sins to God and repented, your heart takes over God’s courtroom and replays your sin over and over in its rogue court, declaring the wrong verdict: “You are still guilty!”
Does your heart declare the lie to you that God despises you and has withdrawn His love from you? You then find yourself standing condemned before your heart’s court of lies, left with no hope. Will you continue to live without joy and Gospel hope in the misery of this false verdict?
No! You must take your heart back to the true higher court, God’s court, "for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things” (1 John 3:20). Let God inform your heart by His eternal judgment that you have been made righteous in Christ Jesus. That is the eternal Gospel reality that is trustworthy, not your heart’s declaration of condemnation. God’s eternal legal judgment upon you is that He has freed you from guilt and wrath in Christ Jesus. God has acquitted you of all sin, declaring you righteous in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). No matter how negative your thoughts are about yourself, the verdict belongs to God, not you. Before God in His court, the blood of Christ speaks louder than your heart’s self-condemnation.
Your heavenly Father wants you to know that sometimes you cannot trust your heart’s emotions, but you can always trust Him. He wants you to live in the truth that you have been totally forgiven. The battle with shame is finished. Our heavenly Father, who knows everything about us, is infinitely greater than our self-condemnation. The one who receives Christ will never receive God’s condemnation. God is greater than your heart, which is deceitful above all things.
Where does your heart need to be reminded that condemnation is gone? Where do you need to enjoy God’s declaration that your sin has been completely atoned for? "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). God wants you to know that you cannot be any more righteous or loved in His eyes than you already are in Christ Jesus.
See you Sunday, not condemned: Steve
Does your heart declare the lie to you that God despises you and has withdrawn His love from you? You then find yourself standing condemned before your heart’s court of lies, left with no hope. Will you continue to live without joy and Gospel hope in the misery of this false verdict?
No! You must take your heart back to the true higher court, God’s court, "for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things” (1 John 3:20). Let God inform your heart by His eternal judgment that you have been made righteous in Christ Jesus. That is the eternal Gospel reality that is trustworthy, not your heart’s declaration of condemnation. God’s eternal legal judgment upon you is that He has freed you from guilt and wrath in Christ Jesus. God has acquitted you of all sin, declaring you righteous in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). No matter how negative your thoughts are about yourself, the verdict belongs to God, not you. Before God in His court, the blood of Christ speaks louder than your heart’s self-condemnation.
Your heavenly Father wants you to know that sometimes you cannot trust your heart’s emotions, but you can always trust Him. He wants you to live in the truth that you have been totally forgiven. The battle with shame is finished. Our heavenly Father, who knows everything about us, is infinitely greater than our self-condemnation. The one who receives Christ will never receive God’s condemnation. God is greater than your heart, which is deceitful above all things.
Where does your heart need to be reminded that condemnation is gone? Where do you need to enjoy God’s declaration that your sin has been completely atoned for? "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). God wants you to know that you cannot be any more righteous or loved in His eyes than you already are in Christ Jesus.
See you Sunday, not condemned: Steve
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