I Won't Remember

August 22

We have indelible images in our minds of some of the atrocities that have been perpetrated by our fellow man against our fellow man. We think of the pictures that were take during WW II when the death camps where the Nazis exterminated millions of Jews were liberated.

We think of the horrific images of the cruel deaths imposed upon those captured by the Taliban. We think of mass murderers who randomly shoot their unsuspecting victims. We think of those who went to their fiery death on 9/11. And we marvel at man’s inhumanity to man.

Even more astounding than the vile acts that have been perpetrated by ruthless men with hearts of stone is the fact that, were they to turn their eyes upon Jesus, lay their sins at His feet, and ask forgiveness of Him, He would grant it to them. Our loving Lord has imposed no restrictions upon His mercy.

In Hebrews 10:17 the Word assures us, “I will never again remember their sins and their lawless acts.” He does not qualify His forgiveness. He does not establish a limitation upon the depravity of the acts He is willing to cover by His blood. No matter how vile we are, His mercy covers our sin if we will receive it.