i think this is really important when we have a thought that we need to play that out a little bit and and ask like where is this lead if this is leading me because conviction um if attended to when when we’re it’s it’s almost like the the holy spirit is kind of prompting us like this is this is not what you need to be saying this is not what you need to be doing or don’t participate in this activity or don’t turn to this as a copic mechanism or whatever but that that conviction is leading us to repentance or even to prevention of

sin like it’s it’s saying don’t do this because if you do this it’s going to cause you to get into this sin or it’s going to cause you to to feel in a way that is not in keeping with who you really are but that condemnation if it if it gets to that place where we’re just feeling ultimately condemned that’s also going to lead us somewhere and that condemnation will lead us into shame and shame jim i want you to comment on this shame is going to lead us into something to cover up that shame because the thing about shame is

it it is of the darkness and when kept in the darkness it leads us further and further and further away from god’s very best to us it’s almost like shame is a driving force to get legitimate needs met in in an illegitimate way and there is a plethora i mean a just a plethora of addictions and distractions and sin cycles that that people can get into when this happens right it’s so true and to go back to which we’ve done on these podcasts before to go back to genesis 3.

you’re in genesis 2 they’re naked and unashamed genesis 3 all of a sudden their eyes are open uh-oh and they go from naked and unashamed and naked and ashamed and so interesting the way i see it is then in that narrative with adam and eve they grabbed fig leaves to cover their inadequacies what was so beautiful and precious before is like now so shameful and so scary then they jump over in bushes to hide from interesting from themselves like you can hide from yourself people try to they’ll disconnect from themselves shame is always about