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“I will remember their sins no more”
1 year update "I remember when"
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A tip for anyone out there, I’ve tried “I remember when ____ overnight” and have had some insanely fast results. I also cut out the negative part. Just I remember when I got “insert desires” overnight
More on reddit.comThere are occasions in the Bible when "God remembered" seems to mean "he paid attention to something and decided to do something about it".
"God remembered Noah", Genesis ch8 v1 That is, took action to help him. Similarly Rachel,ch30 v22, and other examples.
"God remembered his covenant with Abraham", Exodus ch2 v24. Not that he had forgotten it previously, but now was the moment to take action in accordance with the covenant.
I suggest that "not remembering sin" is the same idea in a negative sense. "Remembering sin" would mean "responding to sin with judgment", whereas the cancellation of judgment counts as "not remembering".
I can say 'I forget' - meaning I cannot, physically, remember.
But that is due to human frailty.
But one can say 'I do not recall' and it is a matter of will - a deliberate act, not to remember.
' ... will I remember no more ...' speaks, to me, of a deliberate act of will.
But it is not unrighteous. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ, in humanity and for humanity, allows a righteous 'not recalling'. There is a composure, a rest and a peace, in 'not recall' which is based on the righteousness of God and not on sentiment.
The new covenant was established in Jesus and these words were spoken
Hebrews 8
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” 13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete.
How can God say he will “remember our sins no more” and allow it to have any meaning if certain people claim we are losing our justification when we sin.