What is guilt?

God has given you a conscience to know right from wrong.

When you do something wrong, you feel guilty. That's because God gave you a conscience to tell you when you are about to do something wrong. Sometimes, you ignore it and do the wrong thing anyway, but you should listen to your conscience. It is a warning signal to stop and think. "Am I going to do something that pleases God? Am I obeying what God says in the Bible?"

Then, ask God to give you strength to do the right thing. God's Holy Spirit also helps Christians make the right choices. Find out how to trust Jesus, so He can take away the punishment for doing wrong and help you do right - click here.

Bible Truth

• "They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, just as the law commands. And they show this by their consciences" (Romans 2:15a, NCV).
  
  
• "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23).



• "Even if my letter made you sad, I am not sorry I wrote it. At first I was sorry, because it made you sad, but you were sad only for a short time. Now I am happy, not because you were made sad, but because your sorrow made you change your lives. You became sad in the way God wanted you to, so you were not hurt by us in any way. The kind of sorrow God wants makes people change their hearts and lives. This leads to salvation, and you cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has brings death" (2 Corinthians 7:8-10, NCV).

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