Steps of Faith for the Deaf
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Hello,
When God forgives our sins—-He will never bring them up to us again. They are gone !
Psalm 103: 12 “As far as the east is from the west—so far hath (has) He removed our transgressions (sins) from us.”
Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am He that blotteth (erase, make a big blot-drop of ink to cover) out thy (your) transgressions (sins) for my own sake,—and will not remember thy sins.”
Hebrews 8:12 “For I will be merciful (full of mercy) to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities (sins) will I will remember no more.”
I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse (make clean) us from all unrighteousness.”
Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation (blame) for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
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When it says God will not remember our sins—it does not mean that God has a weak mind and can not remember. It means he will not bring them up to us again and hold it against us. That is forgiveness.
When we forgive someone—that is what we do. To forgive someone does not mean that we do not remember what they did. It means we will not bring it up again and we will not hold it against them.
When God forgives our sin—-it is gone !
When we get to heaven—God will not hold it against us —because it is gone.
There is an old hymn (church song)—-
“When the blood’s applied (put on) to my heart,
when the blood’s applied,
There’ll be nothing to say.
There’ll be nothing to pay—when the blood’s applied.”
Remember in the Garden of Eden—God told Adam and Eve that if they ate from the one tree—-they would die. They disobeyed and ate from the tree and immediately their bodies began the process of dying—–and their fellowship with God was broken.
So God told them to kill a lamb and put it on the altar. The lamb took the person’s place in death and the person was forgiven his sin.
The lamb paid the “death penalty (punishment) for the person.
In the New Testament—-Jesus paid the death punishment for man.
His blood covered our sin.
Pray to Jesus. Ask him to forgive your sin. He will not remember it against you—it will be gone.
Then keep your fellowship with God. Stay with Jesus always.
Good-bye for now. I’ll write again. Sincerely, Joyce Webb