Trust His Mercy!

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more" (Hebrews 8:12 NKJV).

Within the reflection and overview of the history of a people whom God chose, we see the explanation provided as to Who Jesus is, Where He is, and Why He came, again.

He is our high priest--ordained, appointed and established by God for all times.

He is sitting at the right hand of His Father, ready to advocate on our behalf--alleviating the need for mortal man to intercede for us.

He came because the people chose not to follow the mandates of the old covenant (The Law as given to Moses), to establish a new covenant--writing upon our hearts--what He wants us to know and do. It is because the people were not diligent in keeping The Law--making sacrifices for the atonement of sin (They made a business of it--selling the elements to be used for the sacrifices created a problem for the very poor; they had no means of atoning for sins since they couldn't afford to pay for the elements.) With the new covenant, we can boldly approach the throne of grace for ourselves--whether we are rich or poor--and know with confidence that He hears us and forgives us and then "remembers our sins no more" as long as we do not repeat them. He cannot forgive sin for which we consistently do because by our very actions--we have not repented.

When we have repented (turned away from all things that are not like God) and live a life that pleases God, He does not remind of us of our sins to provoke us to guilt--He forgives and then forgets about them--wiping the slate clean.

Man is not so. We love to keep throwing the past at a person--attempting to make them feel guilty because of a lack of understanding. Once God forgives us--what "we did" (past tense) is nobody's business and they have no right to keep fishing in our ponds when our sins are in the sea of forgetfulness. Now, we have to trust in His mercy--to forgive ourselves--and not allow the enemy to keep bringing our past before us. We did what we did; we repented, God forgave us and that is the end of the matter.

Don't allow others to condemn you for the things God has forgiven. Let it go and trust in His mercy to guide you in forward movement, not past mistakes.