May 14, 2025
Grace Over Guilt: Embracing God's Unconditional Love
We explore the concept of guilt-free faith and how embracing grace can liberate us from self-condemnation. Christ died not just to save us but to empower us, which can only happen when we fully accept grace without exceptions or caveats.
• Grace is unconditional love that covers us regardless of our actions, thoughts, or addictions
• God doesn't keep records of our wrongs—grace obliterates all record-keeping
• Humans naturally keep records of experiences for survival, making grace difficult to comprehend
• When we accept Christ, God no longer sees our broken humanity but Christ's righteousness
• Many religious leaders and others push back against fully embracing grace
• Walking around in guilt doesn't make you a better person
• The enemy tries to diminish grace by convincing us it's conditional
• Clinging to the affirmation that Jesus accepts you just as you are, no matter what
Hang in there, I'm in your corner.
Let's get your comment ON AIR!
This is Guilt-Free Faith!
If you're looking for guilt, you're in the wrong place. We don't get down like that here.
I'm Jimmy, and I'm going to get you feeling better about yourself and walking in victory TODAY!
Help me help YOU go GUILT-FREE at patreon.com/guiltfreefaith .
Chapters
00:00 - Introducing Guilt-Free Faith
00:39 - Understanding True Grace
01:28 - Grace vs. Human Record-Keeping
03:14 - Pushback Against Grace
06:15 - Affirmation of Unconditional Acceptance
Transcript
WEBVTT
00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:03.447
We have enough guilt, we have enough hardship.
00:00:03.447 --> 00:00:05.426
This is guilt-free faith.
00:00:05.426 --> 00:00:10.811
If you're looking for guilt, you're in the wrong spot, because we don't get down like that here.
00:00:10.811 --> 00:00:15.220
That's not going to make us or shape us into better people.
00:00:15.220 --> 00:00:20.373
That's not what's going to help us seize upon all the things that Christ died for.
00:00:20.373 --> 00:00:38.850
I'm going to talk to you about what grace is, why some people call grace a paradoxical concept, why you may feel that way yourself, and then we're going to get into how we can get you out of that paradox and back onto the path to power with Christ.
00:00:39.011 --> 00:00:51.207
I want to eradicate the obsession with guilt, consciousness, with self-condemnation, with self-hate, because I don't believe those things lead to God.
00:00:51.207 --> 00:00:53.993
I don't believe they lead to God's blessings.
00:00:53.993 --> 00:01:07.635
Grace is one of the keys to unlocking the power of your prayer life, your ability to forgive others, to let bygones be bygones, to get over past slights.
00:01:07.635 --> 00:01:20.864
It's the power to not see yourself as a wretch but as a precious soul that Christ has saved and taken into his protection and safekeeping.
00:01:20.864 --> 00:01:41.135
Because I believe that Christ came not only to save us but to empower us on earth as it is in heaven, and I don't see how that can be done without fully accepting grace, without any caveats or exceptions or exemptions like those we often hear from religious leaders.
00:01:41.135 --> 00:01:53.403
When you are forgiven, when you accept Christ as your Savior, when you unburden your sins to him and he takes those on from you, you are now covered by the unconditional love and grace of God.
00:01:53.403 --> 00:02:08.823
Regardless of what you do, what you say, how you treat people, what you think, what addictions you have, what laws you break—laws of man, laws of the church, laws of society you're covered.
00:02:08.823 --> 00:02:23.563
I don't believe that God is rewarding people for shrugging off the forgiveness they've already been given in exchange for continuing to pick up this heavy sack of guilt and self-recrimination.
00:02:24.085 --> 00:02:25.268
God doesn't keep records.
00:02:25.268 --> 00:02:29.181
Grace obliterates all of that record-keeping.
00:02:29.181 --> 00:02:38.046
And that's so contrary to our human experience, because we all keep records, all of us during our interactions with people.
00:02:38.046 --> 00:02:40.072
We have feelings, we have memories.
00:02:40.072 --> 00:02:41.540
Like this isn't a bad thing.
00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:43.981
This doesn't make you a bad person.
00:02:43.981 --> 00:02:49.366
It doesn't mean that you're somehow lacking in love or forgiveness or anything like that.
00:02:49.366 --> 00:03:03.316
As a human being the way we're designed, with a nervous system that feels and reacts to things for our own survival we keep a record of what's happening, what the consequences are and how we want to move forward.
00:03:03.316 --> 00:03:07.158
What the consequences are and how we want to move forward.
00:03:07.158 --> 00:03:15.289
So, for instance, if you know someone that we have dealings with pulls a gun on us, it's all very well to forgive them, but you'd be a fool to forget that they're dangerous.
00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:19.587
So it could be hard to accept and eternalize this idea of wow.
00:03:19.587 --> 00:03:33.802
You're saying like God will just not count like these sins against me anymore, that he'll just actually forgive me, that he's not out to punish me like a parent, even a loving parent, or a manager or a judge.
00:03:33.802 --> 00:03:35.206
That's something big to take in.
00:03:35.206 --> 00:03:38.882
That's one of the reasons why we call the gospel the good news.
00:03:38.882 --> 00:03:40.586
Is that is really great news.
00:03:40.586 --> 00:03:52.745
Like if you could latch onto that, if you could hold onto that, digest that and kind of keep that message in front of your eyes, you will feel a great deal of liberation from that which I believe is what Christ wants you to feel.
00:03:52.745 --> 00:04:03.213
Christ died for, among other things you to feel justified and peaceful and forgiven and loved in every single circumstance.
00:04:03.213 --> 00:04:09.245
Forgiven and loved in every single circumstance, without exception.
00:04:09.245 --> 00:04:22.884
I believe that Christ's love is so overflowing, that it contains so much empathy and so much understanding that he wants you to immediately and always avail yourself of that love, that kindness, that forgiveness, that generosity.
00:04:22.884 --> 00:04:27.805
I'm not convinced that walking around in guilt makes you a good person.
00:04:27.805 --> 00:04:44.221
The only way to be a good person like, according to our faith as Christians, is through the salvation of Christ, because once we are saved by Christ, god no longer sees us, the broken individual.
00:04:44.221 --> 00:04:49.161
God now sees Christ's righteousness, and this is all biblical.
00:04:49.161 --> 00:04:54.783
So in case you're wondering, like Jimmy, you just pulled a bunch of stuff out of your hat to make me feel better.
00:04:54.783 --> 00:05:00.413
No, I'm not doing that, but what I am doing is suggesting that you need to take hold of this.
00:05:00.413 --> 00:05:02.458
Much more probably than you are.
00:05:02.944 --> 00:05:14.552
Most people are not fully convinced of the grace message and when they try to activate it, when they try to call upon it, when they try to affirm it, people push them back.
00:05:14.552 --> 00:05:19.617
It could be a pastor or a priest, or friends or a committee or whatever.
00:05:19.617 --> 00:05:20.850
It doesn't matter who it is.
00:05:20.850 --> 00:05:23.367
Generally, you're going to get that pushback.
00:05:23.367 --> 00:05:32.418
People are going to say hey, man, I don't want you forgiving yourself that freely, I don't want you accepting God, letting you off the hook like that.
00:05:32.418 --> 00:05:34.166
I want you to suffer a little bit.
00:05:34.166 --> 00:05:39.617
I want you to feel some guilt, I want you to feel the pain of letting God down.
00:05:39.617 --> 00:05:43.252
I want you to feel sad, I want you to feel a little bit of fear.
00:05:43.252 --> 00:05:46.185
And again, that's just the human spirit talking.
00:05:46.185 --> 00:05:54.473
But you have to remember that's also the enemy trying to tear down the power that grace represents in your life.
00:05:54.473 --> 00:06:00.612
The more the enemy can convince you that grace is yeah, I mean, god's like pretty forgiving.
00:06:00.612 --> 00:06:03.656
Convince you that grace is yeah, I mean God's like pretty forgiving.
00:06:03.656 --> 00:06:06.238
Or yeah, christ, he died for my forgiveness, but it's a little bit shaky.
00:06:06.338 --> 00:06:21.235
I messed up a little bit too much this week, or I committed that indiscretion or that infidelity, or I lied to this person, or Think of all the ways that you've disappointed yourself or disappointed people in your life.
00:06:21.937 --> 00:06:31.490
Nobody is going to be as good as Jesus at saying I understand, I love you regardless and I'm not counting that against you.
00:06:31.490 --> 00:06:34.380
That's the affirmation I want to leave you with today.
00:06:34.380 --> 00:06:41.016
What I'm encouraging you to say is I don't know what all the worldly consequences will be for this.
00:06:41.016 --> 00:06:47.656
I don't know what God will or won't let me go through as a result of this or what I've done.
00:06:47.656 --> 00:06:55.545
I don't know what friends I may lose or family that may like me, or what parties I'm going to get disinvited from.
00:06:55.545 --> 00:06:59.451
Who's going to break up with me, what that parole board's going to say?
00:06:59.451 --> 00:07:00.793
But you know what?
00:07:00.793 --> 00:07:09.096
Jesus died for my salvation and he loves me and accepts me just how I am, no matter what.
00:07:09.096 --> 00:07:17.269
You have to cling to that and the harder people are coming at you, the more dug in you're going to have to get into that affirmation.
00:07:17.269 --> 00:07:20.677
Hang in there, I'm in your corner.
00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:03.447
00:00:03.447 --> 00:00:05.426
00:00:05.426 --> 00:00:10.811
00:00:10.811 --> 00:00:15.220
00:00:15.220 --> 00:00:20.373
00:00:20.373 --> 00:00:38.850
00:00:39.011 --> 00:00:51.207
00:00:51.207 --> 00:00:53.993
00:00:53.993 --> 00:01:07.635
00:01:07.635 --> 00:01:20.864
00:01:20.864 --> 00:01:41.135
00:01:41.135 --> 00:01:53.403
00:01:53.403 --> 00:02:08.823
00:02:08.823 --> 00:02:23.563
00:02:24.085 --> 00:02:25.268
00:02:25.268 --> 00:02:29.181
00:02:29.181 --> 00:02:38.046
00:02:38.046 --> 00:02:40.072
00:02:40.072 --> 00:02:41.540
00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:43.981
00:02:43.981 --> 00:02:49.366
00:02:49.366 --> 00:03:03.316
00:03:03.316 --> 00:03:07.158
00:03:07.158 --> 00:03:15.289
00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:19.587
00:03:19.587 --> 00:03:33.802
00:03:33.802 --> 00:03:35.206
00:03:35.206 --> 00:03:38.882
00:03:38.882 --> 00:03:40.586
00:03:40.586 --> 00:03:52.745
00:03:52.745 --> 00:04:03.213
00:04:03.213 --> 00:04:09.245
00:04:09.245 --> 00:04:22.884
00:04:22.884 --> 00:04:27.805
00:04:27.805 --> 00:04:44.221
00:04:44.221 --> 00:04:49.161
00:04:49.161 --> 00:04:54.783
00:04:54.783 --> 00:05:00.413
00:05:00.413 --> 00:05:02.458
00:05:02.944 --> 00:05:14.552
00:05:14.552 --> 00:05:19.617
00:05:19.617 --> 00:05:20.850
00:05:20.850 --> 00:05:23.367
00:05:23.367 --> 00:05:32.418
00:05:32.418 --> 00:05:34.166
00:05:34.166 --> 00:05:39.617
00:05:39.617 --> 00:05:43.252
00:05:43.252 --> 00:05:46.185
00:05:46.185 --> 00:05:54.473
00:05:54.473 --> 00:06:00.612
00:06:00.612 --> 00:06:03.656
00:06:03.656 --> 00:06:06.238
00:06:06.338 --> 00:06:21.235
00:06:21.937 --> 00:06:31.490
00:06:31.490 --> 00:06:34.380
00:06:34.380 --> 00:06:41.016
00:06:41.016 --> 00:06:47.656
00:06:47.656 --> 00:06:55.545
00:06:55.545 --> 00:06:59.451
00:06:59.451 --> 00:07:00.793
00:07:00.793 --> 00:07:09.096
00:07:09.096 --> 00:07:17.269
00:07:17.269 --> 00:07:20.677
