Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have no continuing city here, but we seek one to come.
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From a message to the saints, March 13, 2004.
When most people speak of a "guilty conscience", they speak of it as if it is something dirty and disgraceful. But do you know what a guilty conscience really is? It is the love of God in action! A man without a conscience is a man without God and without hope. The man who cannot escape pangs of guilt when he has done wrong is the man whom God loves.
David wrote, "Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your Law, that you may give to him rest from the days of adversity."
If you have a guilty conscience about something you have done or said, it is only because God loves you and intends to make you happy in spite of yourself.