“For
I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
–Jeremiah 31:34
When
we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of
Grace, passing by our transgressions. What a joyful discovery is this!
But
how divinely is this promise worded: the Lord promises no more to remember our
sins! Can God forget? He says He will, and He means what He says. He will
regard us as though we had never sinned. The great atonement so effectually
removed all sin that it is to the mind of God no more in existence. The
believer is now in Christ Jesus, as accepted as Adam in his innocence; yea,
more so, for he wears a divine righteousness, and that of Adam was but human.
The
Great Lord will not remember our sins so as to punish them, or so as to love us
one atom the less because of them. As a debt when paid ceases to be a debt,
even so doth the Lord make a complete obliteration of the iniquity of His
people.
When
we are mourning over our transgressions and shortcomings, and this is our duty
as long as we live, let us at the same time rejoice that they will never be
mentioned against us. This makes us hate sin. God’s free pardon makes us
anxious never again to grieve Him by disobedience.”
-From,
Faith’s Check Book, by Charles Spurgeon
1834-1892 British prince of Preachers (Whitaker House, PA; 1992); page 111.
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