“Remember When...”

Monday, December 26, 2016

I have heard (I think) that when you ask God or Jesus to forgive your sins and if you really mean it from your heart, God will remember your sins no more.  The ‘sea of forgetfulness’ is what I think it is called.  If this is true, then will these sins come up on the Judgement Day, or will God not remember them anymore?

Sincerely,
Total Recall

Dear Total Recall,

When God forgives, He no longer holds those sins against you… they never get brought up again.  The verse you are referring to is Heb 8:12.  When we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive us (1 Jn 1:9).  It isn’t that God has amnesia; it is that He no longer holds those sins against us.  He counts us as righteous because we are faithful (Rom 4:5).  Jesus says that those who are in Christ will not be judged (Jhn 3:18).

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