According
to the writer of Hebrews, when the “new
covenant”
came in, people “shall not teach
every man his neighbor”
because “all shall know”
the Lord, and in chapter eight and verse
twelve of Hebrews the writer shares how God will
“be merciful to their unrighteousness”
where we read:
For I will
be merciful to their unrighteousness,
and their
sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
The
verse begins, “For I will be merciful
to their unrighteousness,...”. The
writer began with the word, “For”
which means “because and since” “I
will be”
or “God shall be”, “merciful”
which means “propitious and gracious” “to
their unrighteousness”
which refers to “the people of Israel's injustice, acts and deeds
violating law and justice”. God promised to be “gracious” to
people who “violate” His law.
The
verse goes on to say, “...and their
sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”. The
writer added the words, “and their
sins” or
“and the people's offenses, missing of the mark, errors and wrongs”
“and their iniquities”
which means “and the people's transgressing God's law”
“will I remember”
or “will God recall, be mindful of and return to His mind” “no
more”
which means “certainly not, not at all and by no means any further
or longer”. God promised not to “be mindful” of the people's
“sins and iniquities”
any “longer”.
When
we consider these words in Hebrews, we see the awesome “mercy and
grace” of our Heavenly Father. As the “new covenant” was
issued by God, along with it came the promise that He would no longer
“recall” or “remember” their “offenses” and
“transgressions”. God, who knows everything, decided to put the
“sins and iniquities” of people aside, not that He doesn't
know them, but to allow people access to Him through Jesus Christ His
Son. Jesus kept the “law of God” perfectly, and He paid
the ultimate price with His life as payment for our sins. Now we only
have to acknowledge our sin, receive Him as Savior and Lord, and turn
from our wicked ways. God promised not to “remember” our
sins, and as He keeps His word, we may know that we have salvation
unto eternal life through His Son Jesus.
Next
time the writer shares how “that
which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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