TITLE: Feeling Guilty

TEXT: Psalm 38:1-22

PROPOSITION: Those guilty of sin should feel guilty.

QUESTION: Which?

KEY WORD: Feelings

READING: Ps. 38:4-8

INTRODUCTION:

            1. Two kinds of guilt

                        a. Objective guilt - real guilt over wrongful acts

                        b. Subjective guilt - feeling guilty

            2. Four types of objective guilt

                        a. Legal guilt - speeding

                        b. Social guilt - burp at dinner

                        c. Personal guilt - violate conscience

                        d. Theological guilt - sin against God, the church

            2. Guilt is good - if it drives you to:

                        a. Examine your life

                        b. Seek forgiveness

                        c. Make corrections

I. Feeling Guilt

            1. Arrows in me (pain)                         2

            2. No rest (can't sleep)                                    3

            3. Carry a heavy burden                                 4

            4. In mourning  (depression)               6

            5. Feeble and sore                                          5, 7-8

            6. Light hurts eyes                                           10

            7. Friends forsake you                        11

            8. Paranoid                                                      12

            9. Shut self off from people                 13-14

            10. I am ready to give up                    17

            11. Everybody is against me               19

II. Handling Guilt

            1. Talk to God                                                 9

            2. God is only hope                                         15

            3. Declare my sins                                          18

            4. Sorrow for sins                                            18

            5. Trust in God                                                21

            6. God is our salvation                                    22