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A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do)

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Crosswayerschienen am13.01.2022
Understand How God Banishes Your Sin, So You Can Let It Go Too Every Christian has experienced days or even seasons of feeling extreme guilt over past or present sins, thinking that God is angry or disgusted with them-sometimes even wondering if they're truly saved. This often happens when believers fixate on their sins while forgetting what Christ has already done on their behalf at the cross. Sam Storms explains it this way: 'What consumes us is what we have done by sinning. What ought to consume us is grateful meditation on what God has done with our sinning.'  In his latest book, Storms addresses this anxiety over sin by reminding believers of the good news of the gospel. Beginning with an explanation of the glory of penal substitution, he walks through 12 things God did with their sin, including forgiving it, passing over it, and casting it into the depths of the sea. He also explains 3 things God will never do with their sin, such as counting it against them. Walking through the Bible's teaching, Storms helps believers find freedom, joy, and peace in knowing what God has done (and will never do) with their sin through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus. - Encourages Christians in Their Personal Life and Ministry: Helps the average believer who may feel unfit to serve God because of their sin - Clarifies Crucial Biblical Topics: Explains the important difference between 'eternal union' with God and 'experiential communion' with him - Written by Sam Storms: Author of more than 30 books, including Tough Topics; Kept for Jesus; and A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ

Sam Storms (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) is the founder and president of Enjoying God Ministries and serves on the council of the Gospel Coalition. Sam served as visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is the author or editor of 37 books and blogs regularly at SamStorms.org. Sam and his wife, Ann, are the parents of two daughters and grandparents of four.mehr
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KlappentextUnderstand How God Banishes Your Sin, So You Can Let It Go Too Every Christian has experienced days or even seasons of feeling extreme guilt over past or present sins, thinking that God is angry or disgusted with them-sometimes even wondering if they're truly saved. This often happens when believers fixate on their sins while forgetting what Christ has already done on their behalf at the cross. Sam Storms explains it this way: 'What consumes us is what we have done by sinning. What ought to consume us is grateful meditation on what God has done with our sinning.'  In his latest book, Storms addresses this anxiety over sin by reminding believers of the good news of the gospel. Beginning with an explanation of the glory of penal substitution, he walks through 12 things God did with their sin, including forgiving it, passing over it, and casting it into the depths of the sea. He also explains 3 things God will never do with their sin, such as counting it against them. Walking through the Bible's teaching, Storms helps believers find freedom, joy, and peace in knowing what God has done (and will never do) with their sin through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus. - Encourages Christians in Their Personal Life and Ministry: Helps the average believer who may feel unfit to serve God because of their sin - Clarifies Crucial Biblical Topics: Explains the important difference between 'eternal union' with God and 'experiential communion' with him - Written by Sam Storms: Author of more than 30 books, including Tough Topics; Kept for Jesus; and A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ

Sam Storms (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) is the founder and president of Enjoying God Ministries and serves on the council of the Gospel Coalition. Sam served as visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is the author or editor of 37 books and blogs regularly at SamStorms.org. Sam and his wife, Ann, are the parents of two daughters and grandparents of four.
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Introduction

What Can Be Done about My Dirty and Defiled Conscience?

The anguished look on Marie´s1 face left no doubts about what was happening beneath the surface, in her heart. After several sessions meeting with me, she finally opened up. She winced every time I spoke of what the apostle Peter calls joy inexpressible and full of glory (1 Pet. 1:8). It got worse when I had her read Philippians 4:7 and she could barely mumble the words, the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Can you tell me, I asked, why you struggle so painfully with the joy and peace that every Christian should experience? What prevents you from embracing and enjoying what Christ died to obtain? What is it that keeps you so far removed from such incredible blessings that God wants all of his children to receive?

My sin, came the brief but pointed reply. My sin.

But Marie, Jesus died in your place to suffer the penalty your sin required. And when you trusted him as Lord and Savior, you were instantly and forever forgiven. All the guilt and shame of every sin you´ve ever committed or ever will commit is gone.

I hear what you´re saying. For heaven´s sake, I read about it in my Bible almost every day. But the memory of my past sexual immorality still haunts me. And my life right now is a complete disaster. I can´t seem to break free from the chains that enslave my heart. Will I ever be able to feel clean?

Marie´s struggle is all too familiar to many of you reading this book. And let´s get one thing out of the way right up front. There are times when I feel exactly the same.

It´s called a defiled conscience. I´ve been a Christian for over sixty years, but there are times when I fail to love my wife as I should or lose my temper or yield to certain temptations, and the piercing pain of condemnation strikes deeply into my soul. I hope that the frequency of my failures is decreasing the longer I know Jesus and the more I come to understand the majesty of his mercy to me. But all of us, both new believers and seasoned saints, will be confronted regularly with disquieting concerns that perhaps we´ve failed once too often and have pushed God to the limits of his grace.

There´s no getting around the fact that this is why so many blood-bought, redeemed children of God continue to live bereft of the joy and peace that are two of the blessings Christ died to secure for us. We just can´t bring ourselves to believe that God really loves us. How could he, when we have such a perpetual disdain for ourselves?

You know what your conscience is.2 At times, it feels like our greatest enemy, and we wish it would just shut up! I´m talking about that spiritual dimension of the image of God indelibly imprinted on our souls by which we have the capacity to feel guilt and conviction when we do wrong and joy and comfort when we do right. It is that facet or function of our souls by which our moral deeds, be they good or evil, are subjectively registered within. Everyone has a conscience, even non-Christians who have not yet been born again by the Spirit.

And everyone knows exactly what I´m talking about when I refer to those occasions when your conscience feels dirty. I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within as you lie on your bed at night and reflect on the events of the day: the harsh words you spoke to your kids, the lie that you told your boss hoping to gain advancement, the pride you felt in your heart when someone praised your efforts.

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within when you wake up in the morning and lustful thoughts and sinful fantasies race through your mind. Where did that come from, you wonder aloud? What will God think of me now? How can I profess to be a Christian when my heart is besieged by such vile thoughts?

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within when you navigate your way through the day without giving God so much as an afterthought. It´s terrifyingly easy for us to take him for granted, much like we do the earth beneath our feet and the breath we breathe and the constant blinking of our eyes. The fact that we could treat God with such indifference is profoundly unsettling.

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within when you passed over in silence that incredible opportunity to share your faith and explain the gospel to a friend or coworker or neighbor. At the time, you convinced yourself you had a legitimate excuse to keep your mouth shut, but now all you can think about is the possibility of their eternal damnation. You wonder silently, Can God really love a coward like me? Can he forgive one? How can I gain the sort of courage and boldness that will enable me to speak up next time?

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within when you reflect on your life as a whole and all you see is one failure after another, one shattered dream after another, one devastating relationship after another, one sin after another. The anger that rises up in your heart is scary, as you so often end up blaming God for a life gone awry. If he truly cared for me, why has everything gone haywire? And then you begin to wonder whether God can actually be trusted with your life. With that, your conscience feels the sting of having doubted his goodness and competency.

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within when you consider how infinitely holy and pure and righteous God is and how immeasurably unholy and impure and unrighteous you are. If God won´t settle for anything less than sinless perfection, what possible hope do I have?

I´m talking about what you feel and sense deep within as you try to figure out what you can do to bridge the gap between you and God, what you can say or promise or make up for so that he will love you and accept you. And then that random thought races through your head, Give it up. It´s too late. God gave up on you a long time ago, so go ahead and give up on him.

I´m talking about what happens in your heart when you finally realize that not all the good works in the world or charitable gifts to the United Way or days spent serving in the soup kitchen at your city´s rescue mission will enable you to measure up. The feeling of being utterly disqualified from citizenship in the kingdom of God swallows up whatever joy or confidence you once had.

But What If . . .

Let me dig a little deeper into the problem that this book is designed to address. All of us at some time or another, to varying degrees, struggle with the fear and the apprehension that perhaps God has not dealt fully and finally with our sin. We read in Scripture, just like Marie has done countless times, about the joy of our salvation and we´ve tasted it, a bit here and a bit there. But there is often this unshakable sense of condemnation that simply won´t go away. It haunts us and taunts us and wants us to believe that there´s simply no way God could look with love and approval on us.

Some of you react this way because you are plagued by an overly sensitive conscience. Even the slightest moral misstep squeezes from your heart what little joy you worked so hard to attain. You can barely hear anyone talk about the importance of obedience in the Christian life without concluding that you have failed miserably and are on the verge of being cast out. Others of you were raised in extremely religious and legalistic homes, and the church you attended only made matters worse with its oppressive, rigid, heavy-handed approach to Christian living. The result is that I´ve heard people say things like:

What if I push God into a corner with my repeated failures as a Christian? Won´t he eventually get so fed up with me that he´ll lash out in anger and cast me aside forever?

Or,

No one can possibly be that generous and gracious and forgiving, not even God. There has to be a limit to his patience, too, doesn´t there?

Or,

I keep hearing this voice in my head that says forgiveness is for everyone else, but not me. After all, God´s no idiot. He has to know the thoughts that enter my head and the words that come out of my mouth and the doubts and anger and frustration that I face every day.

Let me tell you why we think this way. Let me tell you why you aren´t living in the fullness of the joy and peace and satisfaction in your relationship with God that you so desperately desire. It comes down to one thing and one thing only: you and I have failed to believe what God himself says he has done with our sins. What consumes us is what we have done by sinning. What ought to consume us is grateful meditation on what God has done with our sinning.

Most of us have been raised to think that anything that sounds too good to be true probably is. And nothing sounds better than freedom from that corrosive, gnawing anguish in our hearts that comes back each time we blow it. The problem is that our sin shouts so loudly that it often drowns out what feels like a barely faint promise from Scripture that God still loves us.

We´re going to look at what God himself says he has done with our sin, as well as what he doesn´t and never will do. But before we begin, one thing must be kept in mind....

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Sam Storms (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) is the founder and president of Enjoying God Ministries and serves on the council of the Gospel Coalition. Sam served as visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is the author or editor of 37 books and blogs regularly at SamStorms.org. Sam and his wife, Ann, are the parents of two daughters and grandparents of four.