Comments on: Guilt Driven Justice /blog/index.php/2009/09/10/guilt-driven-justice/ News and happenings from around Gospel.com Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: Chris /blog/index.php/2009/09/10/guilt-driven-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-20639 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:59:52 +0000 /blog/?p=2121#comment-20639 Alan, I think you hit the nail on the head with this:

“that guilt is an inferior motive to love. Guilt might get us going in the first place, and then as we mature, and as we fall in love with God and with those we serve, and we develop habits of service, love takes over.”

Good thoughts!

]]> By: Alan R /blog/index.php/2009/09/10/guilt-driven-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-20549 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:33:43 +0000 /blog/?p=2121#comment-20549 I wouldn’t go so far as to say that service motivated by guilt is worthless or selfish. Many times our motivations are mixed. And if we sat on our behinds and didn’t serve God or work for justice, we would experience guilt. It may be what God uses to get us off our behinds.

So I would say that it’s still justice.

I would agree, however, that guilt is an inferior motive to love. Guilt might get us going in the first place, and then as we mature, and as we fall in love with God and with those we serve, and we develop habits of service, love takes over.

I wonder if Phil 1:18 applies at all here: “whether in pretense or truth, Christ be proclaimed…”

]]> By: amy /blog/index.php/2009/09/10/guilt-driven-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-18869 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:36:22 +0000 /blog/?p=2121#comment-18869 hmm.this is interesting. i mean i believe that because i feel guilty i give, but it really doesn’t mean anything when I do it out of guilt. more than likely it is just for selfish reasons. It is more to better myself than to serve others and that motivation is not good.

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