For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. —Hebrews 8:12
TODAY, BECAUSE OF the cross, you are under the new covenant of grace. Now, what does the new covenant hinge on? Beloved, God is so good. The new covenant that God has made is not dependent on anything that you and I must do because He knows that we will always fail. Listen carefully. The new covenant works because of one thing only, and it is the last clause of the new covenant—“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” To the measure that you have a revelation of this clause and all its blessings, to that measure you will walk in it. The new covenant works because God says that He will be merciful to our unrighteousness, and our sins and lawless deeds He will remember no more!
Note the word “For.” It means “because.” The new covenant works because God says that He will be merciful to our unrighteousness, and our sins and lawless deeds He will remember no more! “No more” means that there was a time God remembered our sins, even to punish them to the third and fourth generations (Exodus 20:5). This is found in the Ten Commandments. However, today, God says emphatically, “No more!” (It is the double negative that is used in the Greek.) “No more” means that God will never again remember our sins against us because He remembered (to punish) all our sins in the body of His Son. Jesus bore God’s punishment of our sins on the cross.
Now, we can walk in the new covenant and hear God say, “Your sins and lawless deeds I remember no more.” My friend, the new covenant works because of the last clause. In other words, because of Hebrews 8:12, God can put His laws in our minds and write them on our hearts, and all of us can know Him and be led by Him. It is His mercy toward us that enables us to hear Him and be led by Him to victory in every situation!
Today’s Prayer
Father, I thank You that the new covenant is all about You doing for me what I cannot do for myself. And I am so glad that the benefits and privileges of the new covenant are mine because my sins and lawless deeds You remember no more! Today, I can be led by You and know You intimately all because You will by no means record my sins or hold them against me.
Today’s Thought
Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, God does not remember my sins and He has given me all the benefits of the new covenant!
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