“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Jeremiah 31:34 NIV
God did, in a very real sense, forgive sins under the Old Covenant. If a person sinned, they were to make restitution and bring a trespass offering before the priest. God says, through Moses, “In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.” (Leviticus 6:7). In the New Covenant, the blood of Jesus Christ, not the blood of that trespass offering, removed sin. Jesus said, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matthew 26:28). Sins were remembered in the Old Testament. Now, God remembers not a single sin we have committed. Queen Victoria once visited a large paper mill. She was shown, among other places, the “rag room” where tons of offensively filthy rags were stored. “How can these dirty rags be made white and pure?” The owner of the company answered, “I have a chemical process by which I can remove all the grime and uncleanness from those rags, and make them clean.” Sometime later, Her Majesty found on her desk some of the most beautiful paper she had ever seen. Accompanying the paper was a note which read: “Will Her Majesty be pleased to accept a specimen of my paper with the assurance that every sheet was manufactured out of the dirty rags which she saw?” That is precisely what God does with our lives. He takes lives that are filthy, dirty, and in a shambles, and He makes them before Him as white as snow. Have you experienced His forgiveness?
PRAYER THOUGHT
Thank You, Lord, that You remember my sins no more.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Thank You, Lord, for taking our lives that are filthy, dirty, and in a shambles, and You make them before You as white as snow. Thank You for Your amazing forgiveness in Jesus Christ. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Acts 2:41-47
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