Adonis is fighting with Guilt Advice the Movie Gives: 1. Ignore the past: ‘let go of whatever was and walk into what is.’ 2. Forgive yourself…: “You have got to try to forgive yourself so that you can begin to believe that you deserve the life that you have earned.” “To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.” “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy…” Psalm 51:1a Mercy is an extension of grace to the undeserving. God’s Mercy (Grace) Toward Us is Based Upon God’s , not Our . “according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy” Psalm 51:1b 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. - Psalm 51:3-4 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. - Psalm 51:16-17 Finding Freedom from Guilt Involves Acknowledging The and of Our Sin 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. - Matthew 5:23-24 Bring Your Guilt to God. “blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! - Psalm 51:1b-2 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. - Psalm 51:7-10 Ask for Forgiveness AND Renewal. 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. - Psalm 51:11 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. - John 10:28 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - 1 John 2:1 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. -2 Corinthians 5:17 1. Bring your guilt to God. 2. Ask for forgiveness and Renewal 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. -Psalm 51:12-15 God Transforms Our Failings Into Platforms from Which to Share of His Glory 1. Bring your guilt to God. 2. Ask for forgiveness and Renewal 3. Share Your Story of Forgiveness and Renewal