There is a lot of fuzzy thinking about guilt. It is a favorite theme of the playwrights, novelists, and poets, and even a popular conversation piece at cocktail parties.
What is guilt? It should be noted that there is a difference between guilt and a “sense of guilt.” A sense of guilt ordinarily accompanies guilt, but not necessarily. It is possible to commit a crime and be guilty without feeling guilty. The courts encounter this every day. It is also possible to feel guilty about something without being guilty. The psychiatrists encounter this every day. A sense of guilt is only imaginary. Real guilt is a permanent hangover of sin. In Romans 2:12-15, Paul says that God has written his law in hearts of all peope and down in their hearts they know right from wrong. Th...