“He concludes, I’ll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins. Once sins are taken care of for good, there’s no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them.” Hebrews 10:17-18
As 2012 is winding down we tend to remember what has happened over the last year. Some of these memories are good and some are bad. The good ones bring smiles to our faces and we want to dwell on them. Unfortunately, the bad ones tend to be the ones that stick with us though.
We dwell on these poor choices, mistakes, sins. Yet, He had told us that once we seek forgiveness, He forgives and He forgets. Isaiah 43:25 tells us so. That is a wonderful promise and we should take hold of it. We should but we have trouble forgetting.
We not only dwell on them we try to think of ways to make things right, to make ourselves pleasing to God. We offer up prayers seeking forgiveness, which He already gave. We offer up compromises and sacrifices hoping to win forgiveness and forgetfulness, once again He already forgave and He has forgotten. Not only has He forgotten, He told us that there is no reason to offer sacrifices, to try to fix it, to try to make up for it.
So, as 2012 turns into 2013 when you think back and those mistakes come to mind, don’t try to make up for them, but rather learn from them and thank Him that He has forgiven and forgotten them.
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