Guilt free living

Last night in the wild goose workshop we got into a discussion about the difference between guilt and conviction of the Holy Spirit. That discussion drifted into some wrestling about grace and the misuse of it. It is good to wrestle sometimes because we need to know what we believe and the scriptural premise for that belief. I made the statement that Jesus is perfect theology. That little statement brings light to questions that we find hard to answer. I can't fathom all the depths of God's grace upon us or when in His holiness our abuses of His grace are confronted. But this I know, when Jesus came in the guilt went away. When it comes back, I take it to Jesus and He is enough to silence all the accusations the enemy can muster. And what is the scriptural basis for such an experience? One of my favorites is Col. 2:6-15. In that passage it says, 

"And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross." vs 13,14. 

Our sin, guilt and shame is dealt with completely and in no other place than the cross of Jesus. On the cross the decree against me that contained an accurate listing of all my sin was nailed to the cross where the blood of Christ stains that spiritual document.  What freedom, thank Jesus forever, we are free. Free to enter into the destiny that the Father has for us as sons and daughters. Free to co-labor with Him in fulfilling His agenda in the earth. Free to look in the mirror and see a work of God's grace. And even freedom to come to a resting place in the midst of the difficult questions of life - for in Jesus we can find perfect theology.