What should a Christian (or anyone) do when the break the rules? The legalist will say that you must repent. You better change your behaviour. However the problem is that we cannot change our behaviour. We can for a time but when we mess up again then we have a guilty conscience.
The relativist says, "lighten up. You are too hard on yourself. Loosen your standards. You don't love yourself enough." The problem is that it is not true. We are not too hard on ourselves, we probably love ourselves too much.
The Gospel asks us if there is anything more than Christ in our hearts. Is our sin more important than Christ? If it is not then Christ will give us the victory over sin. The gospel deals with the heart issue not behaviour or emotions.
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