Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Many people think that forgiving is just forgeting one's sin. Well no, our Savior is not just simply forgeting sin, as is suggested by the naive cliche "forgive and forget." Often such an idea gains credence by quoting the biblical idea that God "forgeets" our sins. That language is certainly used, for example, in Hebrews 10:17, Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more. But we must not misread that to mean that our sins are somehow earased from God's memory.
God didn't forget our sins; He recorded them so that all future generations would know about them and learn from them.
So when God says that He does not remember our sins, it means that He does not remember it againts us, that He does not treat us on the basis of our sins.
Blue = Bible verse
Red = Important
8:22 PM
