GUILT
cause of guilt:
♦ specific personal sins:
• Genesis 26:10; 42:21; Leviticus 5:1-5, 14-19; 6:1-5, 17; 20:17, 19; Numbers 5:6; 15:31; 35:31; 2 Chronicles 24:18; 28:11-13; 33:22-23; Ezra 10:10, 19; Job 10:14; Psalms 5:9-10; Proverbs 30:10; Ezekiel 16:49; 22:4; 25:12; Hosea 10:2; Matthew 5:22; 1 Corinthians 11:27; James 2:10
♦ ceremonial defilement:
♦ unintentional sins:
♦ original sin:
♦ an eternal sin:
♦ imputed sin (i.e., through Adam):
♦ unrighteousness as sin:
• 1 John 5:17 (cf. Isaiah 64:6)
conviction of guilt:
(See CONVICTION)
♦ through other persons:
♦ through the conscience:
♦ through the heart:
♦ as a heavy burden:
♦ through Christ's personal revelation:
♦ through the Spirit:
♦ through the law:
♦ through Scripture:
♦ punishment for guilt
(See PUNISHMENT)
• Exodus 34:7; Leviticus 5:17; 22:16; Numbers 14:34-35; 15:31; 35:31; Deuteronomy 25:2; 2 Chronicles 28:11-13; Psalms 68:21; 109:7; Hosea 10:2, 10; Romans 1:32; 6:23
cure for guilt:
♦ the guilt or sin offering for an atonement:
♦ confession:
(See also CONFESSION, of sin)
• Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 5:7; Ezra 9:6-7, 13, 15; Psalms 19:12; 32:5; 51:1-10; Jeremiah 3:13; Hosea 5:15; 1 John 1:9
♦ forgiveness of sin:
(See also FORGIVENESS)
♦ restitution in some cases:
♦ cleansing:
♦ justification and no condemnation through faith in Christ:
♦ freedom from guilt (i.e., guiltless)
♦ liability for guilt
♦ held guilty before God
• Ezra 9:15; Job 9:20; Psalms 5:10 (cf. Psalms 109:7); Jeremiah 51:5; Hosea 13:16; Habakkuk 1:11; Romans 3:19, 23 (cf. Psalms 69:5)
♦ denial of guilt
♦ results of guilt
♦ Christ's sacrifice as a guilt-offering
♦ warning about guilt
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.