The Lord promises that He will remember our sins no more
Charles Spurgeon
SUMMARY: When we know the Lord and receive His forgiveness, He promises to remember our sins no more. This means that to God, it is as if we had never sinned. We should be grateful for this, but also vigilant to avoid sin in the future. This leads us to hate sin and strive for obedience. Source: The Bank of Faith Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon.
When we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of Grace, who overlooks our transgressions. What a happy discovery this is!
But how divinely expressed this promise is: the Lord promises that He will remember our sins no more! Can God forget? He says He will, and He means what He says. He will consider it as if we had never sinned. The great Atonement so effectively removed all sin, that to the mind of God it is as if it did not exist. The believer is now as accepted in Christ Jesus as Adam was in his innocence; yes, even more so, for he wears divine justice, while Adam's was only human.
But how divinely expressed this promise is: the Lord promises that He will remember our sins no more! Can God forget? He says He will, and He means what He says. He will consider it as if we had never sinned. The great Atonement so effectively removed all sin, that to the mind of God it is as if it did not exist. The believer is now as accepted in Christ Jesus as Adam was in his innocence; yes, even more so, for he wears divine justice, while Adam's was only human.
