1. Devil wants to use your shame to drive you away from God!
1.1. God wants to use your guilt to draw you to His grace!
2. Devil to Peter
2.1. You blew it big time
2.2. Jesus trusted you
2.3. Betrayed him!
2.4. Jesus saw i
2.5. Your life is over!
3. Devil uses shame to connect your actions to your identity!
3.1. Wants you to feel and believe
3.2. You are
3.2.1. Pathetic
3.2.2. Worthless
3.2.3. Hopeless
3.2.4. Failure!
3.3. God will never bless you because of what you did
3.3.1. Never be happy
3.3.2. Never have a good marriage
3.3.3. Never make a difference
3.3.4. Your kids are never gonna honor you.
3.3.5. Your pain is a punishment for your past!
3.3.5.1. That's just payment for your past
3.3.5.2. The moment you start dwelling in shame, your spiritual enemy has you exactly where he wants you.
4. series
4.1. Forgiving Offenses
4.2. Betrayals others
4.3. Forgiving God
4.4. Most difficult person forgive—Yourself!
5. How do you forgive yourself when you let yourself down or let God down or hurt somebody that you love?
5.1. We know what we did that we shouldn't have done.
5.2. We know the words that we said, that we didn't really mean.
5.3. We know what we think about when nobody else is around.
6. We Carry
6.1. The shame.
6.2. The guilt.
6.2.1. How can I forgive myself after what I did?
6.2.2. After who I am in this particular situation.
6.2.3. Guilt just won’t go away!
6.3. Maybe Jesus has forgiven me
6.3.1. But how do I forgive myself?
6.3.2. Drank too much
6.3.2.1. Did something can’t undo!
6.3.3. Worked and worked
6.3.3.1. Neglected family!
6.3.4. Bored and dissatisfied marriage
6.3.4.1. Betrayed vows!
6.3.5. Love God
6.3.5.1. Can’t stop looking at porn!
6.3.6. Did something wish hadn’t done! Haunts you!
6.3.6.1. Guilt just won’t go away!
7. Not all guilt is created equal!
7.1. False Guilt—carrying something that wasn’t your fault.
7.1.1. Parents divorced
7.1.1.1. Feel like you should have done more
7.1.2. Sexually abused and you thought it was your fault!
7.1.3. Someone that you trusted and loved took advantage of you
7.1.3.1. Physically
7.1.3.2. Emotionally
7.1.3.2.1. Shame
7.1.3.3. That was not your fault.
7.1.3.3.1. Don't buy into the devil's game of shaming you with the false guilt.
7.1.4. Friend took his life
7.1.4.1. That was not your fault.
7.1.4.1.1. Mentally wasn't in a good place.
7.1.4.1.2. Spiritually he wasn't a good place.
7.1.4.1.3. Emotionally he was out of whack.
7.1.4.2. He made the wrong decision.
7.1.4.2.1. It's not from God
7.1.4.2.2. False Guilt
7.2. Time when guilt can be
7.2.1. GIFT
7.2.1.1. Let it draw you closer God!
7.2.1.1.1. 2 Corinthians 7:9 (NLT) 9 Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.
7.2.1.2. Worldly sorrow brings death
7.2.1.3. Godly Sorrow
7.2.1.3.1. Brings Repentance
7.2.1.4. Relate Peter
7.2.1.4.1. Loved Jesus
7.2.1.4.2. Bragged
7.2.1.4.3. Stand by!
7.2.1.4.4. Jesus arrested
8. Shame is the devil’s playground!
8.1. Guilt says, “I did something bad.”
8.2. Shame says, “I am bad.”
9. Difference between Peter and Judas! (Same Sin)
9.1. Judas
9.1.1. Worldly sorrow
9.1.1.1. Caught
9.1.1.2. Embarrassed
9.1.1.3. Ashamed
9.1.1.4. Took life
9.2. Peter
9.2.1. Godly sorrow
9.2.1.1. Wrong
9.2.1.2. Sorry
9.2.1.3. Leads to repentance
9.2.1.3.1. Acknowledge your sin!
9.2.1.4. Godly sorry leads to repentance
10. Jesus appeared to Peter
10.1. Peter do you love me?
10.1.1. Yes. I love you
10.1.1.1. I just did something stupid.
10.1.1.2. I want to do what's right.
10.1.1.3. I messed up.
10.1.1.4. I don't know why but I just did.
10.2. Jesus did not say:
10.2.1. I told you you were gonna do it.
10.2.1.1. Dwell on your past!
10.2.1.2. Wallow in your sins
10.2.1.3. Drown in your guilt!
10.2.1.4. He didn't do that.
10.3. Peter do you love me?
10.3.1. Jesus, You know I do.
10.3.1.1. Feed my sheep
10.3.1.2. Do my will
10.3.1.3. Show my love!
10.3.1.4. Finish your assignment.
10.3.2. Peter didn't say,
10.3.2.1. I just can't receive Your grace.
10.3.2.2. I'll never get over it.
10.3.2.3. I don't deserve it.
10.3.3. But that's exactly what many of us do.
10.3.3.1. You can't really forgive me.
10.4. Acknowledge sin
10.4.1. Repented
10.4.2. Receive His forgiveness!
11. LET IT GO!
11.1. 1 John 1:9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
11.2. Don't let the pain of the past rob you from God's calling for your future.
11.2.1. The neglect.
11.2.2. The lies.
11.2.3. Bad decisions
11.2.4. Deceit
11.2.5. The words that you said.
11.3. You can’t change your past. But God can change your future.
11.3.1. Let—It—Go
11.4. Devil brings up your past because he’s intimidated by your future!
11.5. Peter—First preacher after resurrection
11.5.1. Chosen not because he was FAITHFU
11.5.2. FORGIVEN!