THE TELLTALE HEART - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Friday, February 5, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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THE TELLTALE HEART

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For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
-1 John 3:20

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Exodus 36-38
Matthew 23:1-22

Recently, I read about a private investigator in the US who would knock on a door, show his badge to whoever answered, and say, "I guess we don't have to tell you why we are here." Many times, the person would look stunned and say, "How did you find out?" then go on to describe an undiscovered criminal act committed long ago. Writing in Smithsonian magazine, Ron Rosenbaum described the reaction as "an opening for the primal force of conscience, the telltale heart's internal monologue."
We all know things about ourselves that no one else knows - failures, faults, sins - that although confessed to God and forgiven by Him may come back to accuse us again and again. John, one of Jesus' close followers, wrote about God's love for us and the call to follow His commands, saying: "By this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things" (1 John 3:19-20).
Our confidence towards God grows out of His love and forgiveness in Christ, not our performance in life. "We know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us" (v.24). God, who knows everything about us, is greater our self-condemnation. - David McCasland
No condemnation now I dread,
I am my Lord's and He is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine. - Wesley

The one who receives Christ will never receive God's condemnation.

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