Here’s the truth most people don’t want to hear:
The devil knows your name, but calls you by your sin.
God knows your sin, but calls you by your name.
One voice drags you backward with labels: “addict,” “failure,” “fraud,” “unworthy.”
The other voice draws you forward with identity: “Mine,” “Son,” “Daughter,” “Redeemed.”
Hell weaponizes your past to chain your future.
Heaven acknowledges your past to transform your future.
The enemy is the accuser (Revelation 12:10). He hisses in second-person commands and first-person lies: “you always mess up” … “this is who I am” … “I’ll never change.”
That cadence is condemnation. That tone is slavery. That author is not God.
The Shepherd is the Caller (Isaiah 43:1). He speaks with clarity and dignity: “I formed you.” “I have redeemed you.” “I have called you by name; you are Mine.”
That cadence is conviction that leads to life. That tone is mercy. That author is Love.
Here’s how to tell the difference: Condemnation is vague, looping, and hopeless. Conviction is specific, actionable, and hopeful.
Condemnation says, “This is who you are.” Conviction says, “This is what you did, now come home.”
Condemnation isolates. Conviction invites.
Condemnation keeps score. Conviction cancels debt.
So check the fruit of the voice you follow.
If it magnifies your shame and minimizes the cross, it’s demonic.
If it magnifies the cross and crucifies your shame, it’s divine.
Today, reject the name-tags hell keeps handing you.
Tear off “Lust,” “Greed,” “Pride,” “Cowardice,” “Compromise.”
Pin on the only name that matters: the one the Father speaks over you in Christ: Beloved, Forgiven, Set Apart, Sent.
Because in Jesus, the verdict is already rendered: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1)
Listen carefully. What is the voice saying, and, who is behind it?
Choose the Caller who knows your sin and still calls you by your name.
Then rise, repent, and walk like someone who bears His Name into a world that’s desperate to hear it.
