Ah, guilt the gift that keeps on giving. Let me pose a question. When the Savior performed His atoning sacrifice how many of our sins were in the future? ALL of them right up to and including the final second at the final judgement.
Once you decide to put your trust in the ever living God your life will change forever. Life then becomes a relationship that grows us up in Godliness and sin over time fades into the dust and follows us no more.
JuliannSeptember 25, 2023
Great follow up to a great conference talk. Elder Holland shared a similar story but without a happy ending. A young man sinned, repented, became a wonderful husband, father and successful businessman, but upon moving back to his hometown found that others would not let him forget his past.
I don’t believe we , as individuals, forget our transgressions, because remembering helps to keep us from repeating and also helps us to empathize with and teach others. But we can be released from the guilt and shame. Which brings up another point: guilt is a gift from god to make us aware of when we need to repent. Shame is always Satanic. Guilt is ,”I did something bad,I need to repent ,and change”. Shame is “I am a bad person. I will always be a bad person.”
It is not our place to guilt or shame another. It is our place to let God do His work. If we do not condemn others, we shall not be condemned by others — hopefully.
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Ned SvarisbrickSeptember 25, 2023
Ah, guilt the gift that keeps on giving. Let me pose a question. When the Savior performed His atoning sacrifice how many of our sins were in the future? ALL of them right up to and including the final second at the final judgement. Once you decide to put your trust in the ever living God your life will change forever. Life then becomes a relationship that grows us up in Godliness and sin over time fades into the dust and follows us no more.
JuliannSeptember 25, 2023
Great follow up to a great conference talk. Elder Holland shared a similar story but without a happy ending. A young man sinned, repented, became a wonderful husband, father and successful businessman, but upon moving back to his hometown found that others would not let him forget his past. I don’t believe we , as individuals, forget our transgressions, because remembering helps to keep us from repeating and also helps us to empathize with and teach others. But we can be released from the guilt and shame. Which brings up another point: guilt is a gift from god to make us aware of when we need to repent. Shame is always Satanic. Guilt is ,”I did something bad,I need to repent ,and change”. Shame is “I am a bad person. I will always be a bad person.” It is not our place to guilt or shame another. It is our place to let God do His work. If we do not condemn others, we shall not be condemned by others — hopefully.
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