GUILT CONDEMNATION and CONVICTION | By Collins Joe

Guilt is the responsibility or awareness of wrong done.
Repentance; to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and seek forgiveness, or to cease to love and practice sin.
Both conviction and condemnation point that you have done wrong, but the direction they’re leading you differs.

Let me start by differentiating between voice of conviction and voice of condemnation.
In simple terms, the voice of conviction is that which convince and lead sinners to ask forgiveness from God, whereas, the voice of condemnation is that which retains sin and hold you captive to Satan.

Voice of conviction is a firm believe that you have done something wrong, this usually leads to repentance of the wrong you have done and it usually comes from God. It is that still gentle voice reminding you of your errors. While voice of condemnation is that nagging voice that usually pronounce you wrong and to be blame for your actions without giving you an option of repentance, it usually comes from Satan.

You get to know by examining which direction the voice is leading you. If it’s leading you to God, so that you can repent, confess and forsake the wrong you had done, then you know that it’s a voice of conviction and it’s from God. This was the voice that ministered to Peter after he denied Christ, he became sober and he repented. But if the voice is making you to move away from God saying that you are a sinner and you can’t be forgiven and that you are condemned to death or doom for destruction because of your sin. Then you know it’s a voice of condemnation and it’s from the devil. This was the voice that led Judas to kill himself.
Voice of condemnation is what Satan mostly capitalizes upon to be tormenting people for the sin they committed. Instead of going
straight to God for forgiveness they will be feeling bad and ashamed of the wrong done.

If you have genuinely confessed your sins to God, you don’t have to feel guilt anymore. Although, the devil will still want to confuse you by bringing to your remembrance your past sins. You simply tell him God has forgiven and forgotten my sins. You can back it up with the following Bible references, Micah 7:19, Hebrews 10:17.

Guilt comes by believing that you have done something wrong, and by choosing to feel bad about it, you will somehow make it right, which is a false feeling. So rather than repent and choose to be happy, we sabotage our present moment of happiness with feelings of guilt, with the hope that we will be forgiven by the intensity of our guilt.

Guilt can become a habit if not well managed, and believe you me, guilt is depressing.
The habit can be overcome by concentrating on the present moment, and a determination to free ourselves from useless thoughts of another time which have no relevance to being here now.
If you have made a mistake and feel bad about it (whether you or someone else tries to make you feel guilty), ask yourself the following questions:

1. Do I understand why I made the mistake?
2. Have I done something to avoid repeating the same mistake?
   Ensure you get a sincere answer to these questions. Then ask yourself again:
3. Blaming oneself takes a lot of energy, isn’t there something else that could use my energy in a more productive way?
4. Now, can I look at all the good things that I have done? Then amend what brings the guilt then focus on my goodness?

Nobody is entirely evil except the devil! Don’t allow the devil keep you in a perpetual state of guilt, where pardon is affordable and available through the blood of Jesus Christ, take the guilt to him now and he will pardon you.
To err is human… And forgiveness is divine from God. Feeling guilt and condemnation is useless and a waste of emotional energy.