then He adds,
“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Now where there
is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. – Hebrews 10.17-18
Their sins and their lawless
deeds I will remember no more.
That’s an amazingly powerful
statement. God knows everything. He cannot not remember. To do so He chooses to
disremember. He chooses to not remember my sins as He buries them in the depths
of the sin.
It is hard for us to not
remember our own sin. Our guilt eats us up. Our consciences are not clear. When
we think that way we are pretty useless in our service. Satan would have us be dragged
down or held back the remembrance of our sin. It makes us always feel unworthy
of Christ and His love.
I can almost imagine a
conversation when we meet Jesus. I don’t it will happen but it might picture
how it is.
Me: Oh Jesus, I am so sorry
the times that I got at people and said bad things.
Jesus: What things? I don’t
remember that!
Me: I am so sorry for that time
I went to that party and lost control of myself and did those horrible things?
Jesus: What party? I don’t
remember that.
Me: But Jesus, what about that
time I drew away from You and stopped going to church?
Jesus: When? I don’t
remember that
Me: And all those times I
had all those terrible thoughts?
Jesus: Thoughts? What
thoughts?
And we could go on for
hours. What a relief to know that Jesus forgives our sins and then does
something we can’t do – He chooses to not remember them!
Why then do we keep walking
around in defeat and despair? Jesus has forgiven and forgotten. Isn’t it time
to let those things go?
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