Today I want to share from Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations" devotional. THIS message is so very important!
YOUR SINS ARE NOT BEING RECORDED
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no
more.”
I once read a comic book which showed how a man lusted after
a woman, then died of a heart attack and went to heaven. In heaven, he saw a
big screen showing everyone present a recording of all the sins which he had
committed while on earth, including the last one. How embarrassing!
Don’t worry, that is not going to happen to you in heaven.
There is no big screen with front-row and circle seats for everyone to sit and
watch your past sins. There is no video recorder in heaven recording your sins
right now. Because your lifetime of sins has already been punished in the body
of Jesus, God declares to you, “Your sins and lawless deeds, I will by no means
ever remember!”
This is true even for the Old Testament heroes of faith such
as Abraham, Moses and David. If you read Hebrews 11, which was written after
the cross of Jesus, you will notice that there is no record of their sins or
failures. Yet, their life stories tell us that they were far from perfect.
Abraham lied twice about his wife Sarah. He told Pharaoh, and
later, King Abimelech, that she was his sister to protect his own life. Moses
killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew, and hid the body in the sand.
David committed adultery with Bathsheba and later arranged for her husband to
be killed in battle. Yet, their sins were not recorded in Hebrews 11, only
their deeds done in faith!
God is showing you that He does not record your sins or
failures today. Instead, He records your faith confessions and deeds done in
response to what His Son has done for you. Every time you sin, every time you
waver in your faith, God does not record it. But every time you believe Him and
respond in faith, He records it! That should not make you want to sin more. It
should free you to love God more!
So don’t be conscious of your failures. If God Himself does
not remember them, who are you to remember them? Be conscious instead of your
righteousness in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:21), and you will reign in life
(see Romans 5:17).
AMEN! I do remember being told early on in my walk with the Lord that very scenario of having all of my sins, mistakes and failures shown for all to see. Now that I know the character of my Father and my Lord and Saviour better, I realize that this would NEVER happen! It is so very important for YOU to KNOW this, too! There IS now NO condemnation for those who are IN Christ Jesus! Those who have been born again have already had their sins dealt with by JESUS Himself! Refuse any and all sources of condemnation and live your life in the love and freedom that JESUS paid for! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Beneath The Waters (I Will Rise)":
Shalom in Him!
