OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-THURSDAY-15/09/2016-YOU ARE NOT CONDEMNED-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
YOU ARE NOT CONDEMNED
Memorise
For if
our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 1st
John 3:20
Read
Genesis
3:6-10,
6 And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And
the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And
they heard the voice of the Lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the Lord God
amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And
the Lord God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, where art thou?
10 And
he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was
naked; and I hid myself.
KJV
MESSAGE
Self-condemnation is a natural phenomenon
that feeds on the human awareness of guilt. In the book of Genesis 3:10, Adam and Eve disobeyed
God and without anyone scolding them, they were condemned in their hearts:
“And he said, I heard
thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself.”
Self-condemnation is not the same as sorrow
for sin. Sorrow for sin leads to repentance but self-condemnation leads to
fear, inferiority complex and low self-esteem. The Bible teaches that God has
offered us forgiveness of sin through the death of Jesus Christ.
Self-condemnation produces feelings of shame, disgrace, fear, terror, and
depression, according to Ezra 9:6,
that says:
“…O my God, I am
ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are
increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens”
And Isaiah
6:5:
“Then said I, Woe is
me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord
of hosts.”
Self-condemnation could sometimes be very
dangerous in cases where it develops into depression, because it has succeeded
in sending some people to their early graves. In Matthew 27:5, Judas Iscariot suffered from serious guilt and
self-condemnation,
“And he cast down the
pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”
May the Lord deliver a user of this
devotional suffering from guilt and self-condemnation today in Jesus’ name.
Furthermore, 2nd Corinthians
7:10 says:
“For godly sorrow
worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the
world worketh death.”
The sorrow of the world is synonymous with
guilt and self-condemnation, the Bible says it brings death. Guilt defiles
human life, produces feelings of anguish, despair, shame and disgrace. Guilt
also produces feelings of unworthiness as in the case of the prodigal son in Luke 15:21. In the Name that is above
all other names, the power of self-condemnation is broken in your life today.
Prayer Point
Father, please let
your perfect love drive away every iota of self-condemnation in my life in the
name of Jesus.
Bible in one year
Jeremiah 47:1-49:22,
Psalms 59
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