Inspired by Mike Abendroth
Sin is the reason for depression. Let's just get to the forefront of it. The issue is how do we deal with depression and how do we look at it from a Christian perspective?
Symptoms of depression are usually: wanting to be left alone, no ambition to go to work or school, and short-temperedness. These are all signs of a guilty conscience. If you are depressed, there is probably a sin that you either haven't killed or haven't been able to kill. When we sin we often don't forgive ourselves. We know that our Father in heaven has forgiven us and forgotten about the sin long ago, but we tend to hold onto it. It's hard for us to forget what we have done wrong and we sometimes never really appreciate what God has done for us already. I'm not saying this in order for you to feel guilty but I want to sympathise with you about this issue.
We often blame ourselves far too much. Though we have done wrong in God's sight, we may never do everything perfectly. But God has revealed this sin in you. You may feel like you're becoming more carnal the older you get. But that's just the Holy Spirit revealing sin in areas of your life that you haven't seen before. Jesus said that we would weep and have a difficult life all for His sake. We will feel guilt. That guilt comes from God. Yes, actually guilt comes from knowing what is good. This is a byproduct from the fall when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. We know these things by nature. God had wrought on our hearts and in our minds His Law (the Commandments). That is a broken heart for God's heart. We now share His pain in our sins. Our sins are revealed the more we grow in spirit. The closer we get to knowing God's will, the more our hearts break and we cry out in repentance. So remember what Jesus did on the cross. Remember how He redeemed you from this carnal body. Yes, your body is still carnal, you are living in a sinful and fallen body but God's Spirit dwells within you and it shows you every little dirty detail about your flesh. The desires of the flesh are wicked and we naturally don't do what we ought to do. I'm saying 'ought' because what is ought to be done is God's will, but we do the exact opposite as Paul shares in Romans chapters 7 and 8.
Whenever we sin, just remember to thank the Lord for showing you this sin and thank Him again for dying for your sins and say sorry. He has already forgiven you past present and future, remember that. You don't need to cry out for forgiveness every time like the Catholics. You Are Forgiven! Now go sin no more because you now have a heart that is determined to do so.
Sin is the reason for depression. Let's just get to the forefront of it. The issue is how do we deal with depression and how do we look at it from a Christian perspective?
Symptoms of depression are usually: wanting to be left alone, no ambition to go to work or school, and short-temperedness. These are all signs of a guilty conscience. If you are depressed, there is probably a sin that you either haven't killed or haven't been able to kill. When we sin we often don't forgive ourselves. We know that our Father in heaven has forgiven us and forgotten about the sin long ago, but we tend to hold onto it. It's hard for us to forget what we have done wrong and we sometimes never really appreciate what God has done for us already. I'm not saying this in order for you to feel guilty but I want to sympathise with you about this issue.
We often blame ourselves far too much. Though we have done wrong in God's sight, we may never do everything perfectly. But God has revealed this sin in you. You may feel like you're becoming more carnal the older you get. But that's just the Holy Spirit revealing sin in areas of your life that you haven't seen before. Jesus said that we would weep and have a difficult life all for His sake. We will feel guilt. That guilt comes from God. Yes, actually guilt comes from knowing what is good. This is a byproduct from the fall when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. We know these things by nature. God had wrought on our hearts and in our minds His Law (the Commandments). That is a broken heart for God's heart. We now share His pain in our sins. Our sins are revealed the more we grow in spirit. The closer we get to knowing God's will, the more our hearts break and we cry out in repentance. So remember what Jesus did on the cross. Remember how He redeemed you from this carnal body. Yes, your body is still carnal, you are living in a sinful and fallen body but God's Spirit dwells within you and it shows you every little dirty detail about your flesh. The desires of the flesh are wicked and we naturally don't do what we ought to do. I'm saying 'ought' because what is ought to be done is God's will, but we do the exact opposite as Paul shares in Romans chapters 7 and 8.
Whenever we sin, just remember to thank the Lord for showing you this sin and thank Him again for dying for your sins and say sorry. He has already forgiven you past present and future, remember that. You don't need to cry out for forgiveness every time like the Catholics. You Are Forgiven! Now go sin no more because you now have a heart that is determined to do so.
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