![]() ![]() Do you think God sent that ghost? Do you think God is the voice that reminds you of the putridness of your past?ĭo you think God was teasing when he said, “I will remember your sins no more?” Was he exaggerating when he said he would cast our sins as far as the east is from the west? Do you actually believe he would make a statement like “I will not hold their iniquities against them” and then rub our noses in them whenever we ask for help? And it flaunts your failures in your face, blocking your vision of the Son and leaving you the shadow of a doubt. The ghost spews waspish words of accusation, deafening your ears to the promises of the cross. ![]() What if he finds out about the time you fell away?” “You can’t teach a Bible class with your background.” It emerges from the swamps of your soul and causes you to question yourself. But just when you begin to make strides, just when your wings begin to spread and you prepare to soar like an eagle, the ghost appears. You still do all the right things and say all the right words. Spiteful specters that slyly suggest, “Are you really forgiven? Sure, God forgets most of our mistakes, but do you think he could actually forget the time you…”Īs a result, your spiritual walk has a slight limp. That day you were needed, but didn’t respond. Those years spent in the hollow of Satan’s hand. That business trip you took away from home, that took you so far away from home. With wordless whispers they remind you of moments when you forgot whose child you were. They float to meet you, spooking your soul and robbing your joy. Though you’ve locked the basement door, they still haunt you. Sins you’ve confessed errors of which you’ve repented damage you’ve done your best to repair.Īnd though you’re a different person, the ghosts still linger. In the cellar of your heart lurk the ghosts of yesterday’s sins. You still remember what you did before you changed. “Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!” (Isaiah 1:18 TLB) “I will be merciful toward their iniquities.” (Hebrews 8:12 RSV) “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalms 103:12 NLT) When I ask for forgiveness he doesn’t pull out a clipboard and say, “But I’ve already forgiven him for that five hundred and sixteen times.” For all the things he does do, this is one thing he refuses to do. “And I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8:12 RSV) It was an off-key note in a sonata, a misspelled word in a poem. “Remember the time I.” I was about to thank God for another act of mercy. It was when I used the word remember that it hit me. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. One by one I thanked God for forgiving my stumbles and tumbles. I WAS THANKING THE FATHER TODAY FOR HIS MERCY. ![]() The passages below are taken from Max Lucado’s book “ God Came Near,” published in 1986 by Multnomah Publishers, Inc. I, the LORD, have spoken.” (Jeremiah 31:34 TEV) When God forgives He does not keep count. God says, “I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs.” (Hebrews 8:12 TEV) “I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer.” (Hebrews 10:17 TEV) We are to follow God’s example when we forgive, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”(Hebrews 8:12 NKJV) “ God did not keep an account of their sins” (2 Corinthians 5:19 TEV) “ I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake And I will not remember your sins.”(Isaiah 43:25 NKJV) “I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. When God forgives us, He makes a very important promise to us that we must also make when we forgive others. I will remember their sins no more by Max Lucado ![]()
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