The podcast discusses guilt and the Ghost of Christmas Past in Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', drawing parallels with the devil. It highlights Christ's power to defeat the accuser and find forgiveness, urging listeners to acknowledge His sacrifice and take comfort in His mercy.
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The podcast explores the power of past sins and guilt, using the example of Ebenezer Scrooge from 'A Christmas Carol'
The episode emphasizes the need to confront the devil's accusations with Christ's victory and find comfort in his forgiveness.
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The Haunting Power of Past Sins
The podcast explores the haunting power of past sins and the guilt that arises from them. It describes how memories of former sins can disrupt one's peace and comfort, replacing warmth with icy chill. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge is presented as an example, with his past sins and greed transforming him into a shell of his former self. The episode emphasizes the enemy's tactics of using past sins to remove hope and the importance of having Christ to defeat this haunting power.
Defeating the Ghost of the Past
The podcast discusses how to overcome the haunting power of past sins. It highlights the inability to change the past and the need to confront the devil's accusations with Christ's victory. By acknowledging one's sins, bringing them to the cross, and recognizing Christ's forgiveness, the enemy's power is defeated. The episode encourages finding comfort in Christ's mercy, seeking refuge in prayer, and finding peace in the knowledge that Christ has done everything to secure forgiveness and freedom.
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!” In this special episode re-release, Bob Hiller shares how the Ghost of Christmas Past in Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' teaches us about guilt, the law, and how we are freed from its condemnation through Christ.
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