Faith Walk | Conviction Not Condemnation

Erica’s Faith Walk — titled “Conviction Not Condemnation” — empowered listeners to choose grace-filled integrity over guilt, reminding us that true conviction leads to growth and not from shame. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Faith walk right now, Amen, Yes, it's time for the
faith walk of the day.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
And while John three point sixteen is a very popular scripture,
John seventeen is just as powerful. Three seventeen for God
did not send his son into the world to condemn
the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
So anytime you are feeling condemnation that ain't God, conviction
comes from the Holy Spirit. Conviction makes you want to change.

(00:32):
Conviction says I don't want to let God down, or
I may be headed in the wrong direction. Because conviction
lets you know that you did something wrong. Condemnation tells
you you are something wrong. So I want us to
make sure that we recognize that God is always trying
to draw us, not to make us feel bad about ourselves,
but to make us walk into his loving arms that

(00:52):
he has available to us. You think he sent his
son to just bash you and make you feel bad. No,
that's religiosity. Religiosity says you ain't good enough, and it's
these five rules, and you didn't follow these rules. His
condemnation says, I want you to come this way. That's
not the best choice for you. As you return to
God and you repent, to God. Repent is not just
a word that makes you shake and shiver. It means

(01:13):
I can come back to the Father. I can get
in right relationship with the Father. I can lay down
what I thought I was and pick up who he
said I was, because his love comes to convict me
to change, not to condemn me. It said he did
not send his son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be saved. All right,

(01:34):
walk into that conviction, reject that condemnation. You don't serve
a god like that. He wants you to change and
be better because he is better, because he's drawing you
to be closer to him, because he wants to get
glory out of your life, because there's purpose for your life.
And I want you to walk in purpose, on purpose.
I don't want you to be afraid. I don't want
you to walk in worry and anxiety and will I
be good enough? Of course, you were made by the

(01:54):
King of Kings and the Lord of Lord, So of
course as long as you line up with what he says,
you are good. Baby. I don't stress over it, don't
worry about it. That is my faith. Walk for the day.