What God Refuses To Remember

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. 

Hebrews 8:12 

We think of God as the One Who sees all, knows all, is all-powerful, and Who forgets nothing. All of these are true when we consider Him as the Sovereign, unchanging God. Having said that, we take Him at His word when He says there are things He consciously, willingly, refuses to remember. This touches on us personally. It is a matter of fact that we are full of unrighteousness, sins, and lawless deeds. The best people, by human standards, ‘fall short of the glory of God.’ As the psalmist put it. ‘If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?’ The psalmist goes on to answer the question he has raised by saying, ‘but there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.’ This brings us to the discussion of what God refuses to remember and why He does. The answer to this lies in Christ, the Mediator of the new and better covenant. As the Prophet, He has preached Himself to us. As the Perfect High Priest, He has offered Himself as the perfect atoning, substitutionary sacrifice for all our sins. Because God has imputed all our sins to Christ, and all Christ’s righteousness to us, God remembers our unrighteousness, sins, and lawless deeds against us no more.  

Our Great and Gracious God, 
we rejoice that You input to us the righteousness of Christ. 
We praise You that You have put away 
all our sins because of Him. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning