Forgiven & Forgotten!

I visited recently with a person who was struggling with the remembrance of sins from years past. Their struggle was not that they could not remember those sins, no, they could not forget them! They told me that they had been convicted, confessed, repented, and moved on years ago…but suddenly the memory of their sin returned…torturing them with many questions. “Did I truly repent? Has God forgiven me? Did I do enough?” There are two things you can take to the bank, and a third thing that is more valuable than the first two together. One is that the devil doesn’t want you to forget your sins…ever; the second is that you never forget them; and the third is that God has forgotten them. The real question is not any of those raised above, but the real question is, “Are we going to believe God, the devil, or ourselves?” God has said that our sins are past, cleansed, gone! “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our sins from us” (Psalm 103:12). Once we have been convicted of our sins, confessed those sins, and repented of them, regardless of what they were or when they occurred, Jesus has paid the price for them. They are now history and it becomes an issue of trust. Can you trust God? Absolutely! Now, we are to move forward in faith, knowing our sins are forgiven and forgotten.