I DON'T WANT TO FEEL GUILTY! PSALM 51:12 REPAY 1. One of the ways we try to make the guilt go away is _____________________. 2. Restitution "is an act of remorse on the part of the sinner that demonstrates a desire to undo a wrong." (Joe Beam, FORGIVEN FOREVER) 3. It is a __________________ concept. Exodus 22 4. Repayment does not:         *gain forgiveness from God         *take the shame away         *does not always take the guilt away.         *may deter sin but will not stop sin. FEELING BAD I.  If I _________________ enough will the guilt go away? 2. Peter wept bitterly. Luke 22:62 3. The story makes national news. A child dies because the parents for religious reasons do not confide in modem medicine. The pain was there, the fevers raged, the coma and death arrived because medical help was not sought   4. Feeling bad is necessary but it is a step along the journey of ________________and____________________.  Psalm 34:18, Matthew 5:4 BALANCE THE SCALES 1. In the courtyard of the Supreme Court of Brazil in Bratilia, a modernistic statue at Lady Justice sits with scales in one hand. We can constantly try to balance those scales between our sins and good deeds to make up for the sins. 2. You will run yourself ragged and end up ___________________ trying to make up for everything. 3. There are not enough good __________________ to get the job done. Ephesians 2:8-9 4. God created us to do good works to __________________ him, not for ourselves. Ephesians 2:10 TELL ITl 1. Some try to take the guilt away with_____________________. 2. Confession certainly is a Biblical concept. James 5:16 3. However, it wilt not take the guilt away. WHAT WILL TAKE IT AWAY? 1. We must realize that no one magical act will make everything go away. 2. Forgiveness and healing is a process of the above, not any particular one of them.