“For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember
no more.” Hebrews 8:12
When something goes wrong,
is your first thought, “Well, this must be happening to me because of the sins
that I have committed”? When you have a flat tire or fall sick, do you wonder,
“What sin is God punishing me for now?” If your answer to both questions is
“yes,” you are not alone. This kind of thinking is so prevalent in the church
because many believers don’t really believe that they are under the new
covenant. They believe the opposite of today’s Scripture and think God is not
merciful to their mistakes and always mindful of their sins.
The problem with the church
today is wrong believing. Jesus Himself defined the new covenant for us at the
last supper when He said, “…this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed
for many for the remission of sins” (Matt. 26:28). The main clause of
the new covenant is the forgiveness of all your sins because of the shed blood
of Jesus Christ. Your forgiveness does not hinge on how many good deeds you
have done, how much money you have given to the church or charities, or what
leadership position you hold. No, it all hinges on the shed blood of Jesus.
God put the main clause of
the new covenant—Hebrews 8:12—as the last clause to show us that it is this
final clause that makes the new covenant work in our lives. If you don’t
believe the main and final clause, then you won’t experience the full benefits
of the new covenant. You are also negating God’s Word and the finished work of
Jesus. The new covenant says that God is merciful to your unrighteousness and
has forgotten your sins and lawless deeds. If God says that He has forgotten
them, then He has truly forgotten them. God cannot lie!
But how can God forget my
sins?
He can because He is God!
If He said it, then He has done it. You know that sin you committed many years
ago? God has forgotten it. He does not keep an itemized
account of all your failures. There is no big projector screen in heaven to
show all your sins—from the day you were born to the day you die. All records
of your sins have been incinerated by the blood of Jesus when He cried out, “It
is finished!” (John 19:30). When God looks at you today, He sees you covered
with Jesus’ blood and completely righteous.
Only the devil, you yourself, and the people around you will bring your sins to your remembrance. So when you are weighed down by the mistakes of your past, run to God and lean on His grace! Why? For He will be merciful to your unrighteousness, and your sins and lawless deeds He will remember no more. This is the main clause of the new covenant of grace! This is His Word! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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