Barry Newton touches on one of the most essential items to getting right with God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some people try to handle the pain of guilt by anesthetizing their consciences though pleasure or staying too busy to remember. With minds so overloaded with stimulation and pursuing endless goals, they hope to avoid that quiet moment when guilt's crushing weight will bear down. For others, the preferred pain reliever involves denying that anything wrong has ever been committed.
Evil is called good.
Mountains are belittled into mole hills. Humanity s attempts at resolving guilt have always been incompetent. God neither merely whitewashes over this gangrene of the soul nor does He want to just numb our hearts against its insidious damage. Instead, through grace God desires to give us a completely new heart, a fresh beginning as a new creature in Christ. In love, God forces us to confront our guilt.