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Guilt and Forgiveness Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 24–25 John 5:1–24 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts. Romans 2: Today's Scripture & Insight: Romans 2:– In his book Human Universals, anthropologist Donald Brown lists more than four hundred behaviors that he considers common across humanity. He includes such things as toys, jokes, dances, and proverbs, wariness of snakes, and tying things with string! Likewise, he believes all cultures have concepts of right and wrong, where generosity is praised, promises are valued, and things like meanness and murder understood to be wrong. We all have a sense of conscience, wherever we’re from. The apostle Paul made a similar point many centuries ago. While God gave the Jewish people the Ten Commandments to clarify right from wrong, Paul noted that since gentiles could do right by obeying their conscience, God’s laws were evidently written on their hearts (Romans 2:–). But that didn’t mean people always did what was right. The gentiles rebelled against their conscience (1:32), the Jews broke the Law (2:–24), leaving both guilty. But through faith in Jesus, God removes the death penalty from all our rule-breaking (3:23–26; 6:23). Since God created all humans with a sense of right and wrong, each of us will likely feel some guilt over a bad thing we’ve done or a good thing we failed to do. When we confess those sins, God wipes away the guilt like a whiteboard wiped clean. All we have to do is ask Him—whoever we are, wherever we’re from. Reflect & Pray Where do you think humanity’s sense of right and wrong comes from? What guilt feelings are you wanting Jesus’ forgiveness for today? Jesus, I’ve failed to do right and succeeded in doing wrong. Forgive me. Thank You for dying my death so I don’t have to. 
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God knew that we could not be perfect and Heaven demands perfection, that is why Jesus came to die and take our punishment. But we have to keep TRYING to do the right things, and trusting the Lord's grace and mercy to cover us when we fail. It is sad to see anyone not even trying to do what is right, and just saying that they are covered because of Jesus. That is trampling on His Word that tells us how to act and speak, and taking His grace for granted. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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