Once And Forever!
"For what the law could not do in that it was weak through
the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the
flesh."
Romans 8: 3
Bob Ebeling spent a third of his life consumed with guilt. He was one of
the engineers connected to NASA, and worried that cold temperatures
would cause the 1986 Challenger space shuttle to explode. Ebeling was
so concerned he called his boss, and they
assembled data that would
demonstrate the risk.
When NASA proceeded with the launch anyway, Ebeling watched in
horror as the Challenger exploded. He spent nearly the rest of his life
overwhelmed with guilt, thinking he could have done more to delay
the launch. Shortly before his recent death
at age 89, Ebeling said
he had found peace.
It’s terrible to live life consumed with guilt. Few of us
have to face the explosion of a spacecraft, but we all
look back on our lives with our share of regrets.
God doesn’t intend for us to live any longer in the sins He has
washed away by the blood of Jesus. Our Lord’s blood is an acid
that eats away at the corrosive guilt that can rust out our heart.
In Christ, there is no condemnation.
"Jesus’ death is the only
real answer to our guilt."
Timothy Lane
