6 Ways People Respond to Guilt
Welcome to Session 9 of the Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament online Bible study! Jon Steingard of the Christian rock band Hawk Nelson recently said one of the reasons he left Christianity is he wondered, “If God can do anything, can’t he forgive without someone dying?” That’s one of 6 ways people respond to guilt and the message of the suffering servant’s sacrifice. Discover the Bible’s answer to them in this week’s video.
Here’s how this will work:
- Watch this week’s video session above.
- Once you watch the video, answer the questions in the discussion section of this page. The questions relate to both the previous week’s study in the book as well as the video content. We hope these interactions will be both challenging and encouraging!
- After the video, we will let you know the personal study assignment for the next week in your Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament study book. That’s it!
Before Next Week
Complete Chapter 9–Jesus the Light of the World (pages 143-159) in your creative devotional study book. See you next week!
7 Penitential Psalms
The early church leaders taught Christians to use these psalms when confessing sins: Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143.
Related Posts
The video talks about forgiving others. If you find that difficult, you might find this series helpful: Forgive Intentional Sin—Don’t Just Manage Emotions | In this series:
- What Forgiving Isn’t: 5 Stand-ins that Masquerade as Forgiving
- Must I Forgive THIS Sin?
- What Makes Confessing and Forgiving Inseparable
- Four Sins that Require Faith to Forgive
- The Ultimate Reason Behind Unforgiveness
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- Why Does God Allow Evil, by Clay Jones
Discussion Questions
After watching “6 Ways People Respond to Guilt,” please answer the following questions below in the comments to get to know your fellow Bible study friends!
- What one thought stuck out to you in this week’s video? Why did it stand out?
- What one thought stuck out to you from this week’s chapter? Why did it stand out?
- Page 132, question 8: When we feel as if we’ve labored in vain, how does it help to take the servant’s attitude of waiting for God to reward us?
- Page 139, question 30: How have the servant songs helped you understand and appreciate Jesus’s sacrifice?
That number 6 is about Jesus and I need to depend on him more. I would not be where I am at if I had asked Him to come into my life.
Trying to be a servant like Jesus. Then on page 133 The righteous servant would obey, even when it mean suffering.
Learning to let God give me that reward is better because I the one that lose if I try to get that reward.
It’s showed me what Jesus went through for me. I should have been the this place but praise God. He sent His only son to do that for me.
Hi, Becky. 2) That’s one of the things that most strikes me too. 3) He promises to reward! That encourages me when things don’t seem to bear as much fruit as I’d hoped. 4) Wonderful!
1.To trivialize sin. I have an example I’ve been guilty of. Sometimes if I’m watching some movie that seems ok, but maybe they have a bad part in it, I will fast forward those parts, and say I don’t think God would want me to be watching that, when in reality wisdom would say, just don’t watch it at all. I think sometimes in this world a danger would be to get caught up in things that SEEM like they’re not so bad. when maybe they kinda are.
2. (Pg. 140, # 34) Jesus went through it all, as a human would but sinless.He “Get’s It” He “Get’s Us” and He saves us just the way we are.
3.It’s comforting to stay focused in that assurance, also reminds me not to focus on the things of this world and what it thinks and says, but to keep my eyes on Jesus. Sometimes our labors may feel like they are in vain, but when we labor, it’s always for the Lord who knows and sees and recognizes the intent of our heart, He won’t let us down.
4. It brought me to tears, refreshed all He did for us, all He suffered and all His love just to save us. And He did it all willingly.