Remember No More

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

REMEMBER NO MORE

Heb 10:15-18

15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: 16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."   17 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."   18 And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.

NIV

So we actually do not need to have a written code or conduct, a written law to abide by for God has put His law in our hearts, and written His law on our minds. We know deep down within us what is right and true and it is not a list a mile long, that needs years of study to understand. We do not need universities with men of wisdom to instruct us in God’s law. He has put it in our hearts so what more could we need. Although it is true that faith comes from hearing the message, that is all about believing in the Christ, faith for salvation. Here, it is not about hearing any message or instruction, it is about knowing, because God has put His law in our hearts. But another truth which also lies within these words is a powerful and wonderful remember of the grace of God. He will not remember our sins anymore. There are people who think we must stand in the judgment and give an account for all our lives, to be judged for our sins, but that is so far from the truth it hurts. What account we must give is whether we accepted Jesus or not. He will divide the lambs from the goats, the save from the unsaved, the just from the unjust, the righteous from the unrighteous. We are either in or out and that is that. He will never ever bring up our sin before us, for he will not ever remember it, because Jesus has already settled that matter. He was the ultimate sacrifice and there will never be the need for another and thus sin has been forgiven. It may be true that even though people say they forgive each other, they always remember the others offense, but God does not. Sure He may actually not forget our sin, but he will never remind us of it again. He will never hold us accountable for our sin, He will never judge us for our sin, for Jesus has taken it all from us and paid the price. Such we then continue to sin so that God’s grace may abound even more, God forbid, absolutely not! But we are going to keep on failing, we are going to keep on doing what we do not want to do, and we are surely not going to do all that we desire to do. But the truth is that we should not beat ourselves up over that nor be filled with guilt and shame. We also should not simply excuse ourselves of failing God either by using our humanity as a reason. The facts are the facts, we are weak and He is strong, we are going to be imperfect but He is perfect. We will fall, but our faith in Christ carries through. It is not a matter of God forgiving us, it is a matter He already has. He will remember no more.