You’ve been forgiven, so live like it!

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November 3, 2015 9:02 AM

"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

'Don't Look Back'

Memory Verse: Hebrews 8:12 - "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

The Word for Today devotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says:

When Satan brings up your past, remind him of what God has said: ‘I will…remember their sins no more.’ It’s not that God’s forgetful; it’s that He chooses not to remember your sins.

And when you choose otherwise, you question His forgiveness, allow the enemy to guilt-trip you, and forfeit the confidence you need to receive what God has promised you (1 John 3:21-22).

When you keep rehearsing your past you not only keep it alive, you empower it. What you keep on deposit, you’re more likely to withdraw and act on in a moment of weakness.

Just as nobody knows when a dormant volcano may erupt, you can’t predict when an unresolved issue will resurface, turning your words into hot coals and your behaviour into a blaze of destruction.

Only by accepting God’s forgiveness, and forgiving yourself and others, can you break the hold your past has over you. Shame isn’t a blessing; it’s a weight Jesus bore for you on the cross.

So set it down and walk away! God’s Word says, ‘As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us’ (Psalm 103:12 KJV).

Notice, there’s a North Pole and a South Pole, but no east or west pole. Why? Because that distance is infinite and beyond measure.

Are you getting the idea? Any time Satan brings up your past it’s because he hopes you’re ignorant of the truth, or he fears your future and wants to rob you of it.

Don’t take the bait! Point him to the cross of Christ, refuse to discuss it further, and keep moving forward.

Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 3-4; Heb 6;

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