Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22
In the new covenant, there is no condemnation in Christ. There is no legalism. There is no burden. There is no guilt in Christ.
In things that are sinful, there is great guilt and shame. God’s Holy Spirit conviction makes this clear as He reshapes and refurbishes our conscience to make it perfectly aligned.
In godly things however, there is no condemnation in Christ. That is why in godly fellowship, in Bible reading, in prayer, in fasting, in witnessing there is no condemnation when we are doing these things in Christ. And so, as we learn of Christ, we learn that we do these things for the good they are and never from obligation. For example, we are not to pray or fast or read purely from a sense of obligation.
Rather, we do so from a hunger and love for the LORD. And HE loves this, and showers grace upon grace on us. He does not give us any condemnation when we are serving Him and hungering after Him.
Even gentiles…show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.
Romans 2:15
So, we can begin to learn when a thought or sense is from Him or not by examining it closely under this light from God’s WORD. If it is not sinful, in Christ, there is no condemnation, only strength from on High. If something is sinful with guilt and shame, that thing is not in Christ. It is none of His. He brings freedom from sin and guilt and shame and does not add condemnation to it.
Guilt and shame come from our sinful flesh. Condemnation comes from the evil one.
Wisdom in the WORD 