Does God Forget Our Sins?

[catlover]

If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?

 

[Dondi]

"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." - Micah 7:18-19

This sounds like God is willing to not only forgive, but forget.

 

[f.o.o.t.man]

According to Psalm 103:12,"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."

Audio Adrenaline also states in their song "Ocean Floor": "You sins are behind you. They'll never find you. There on the ocean floor. You sins are forgotten. There on the bottom of the ocean floor."

 

[GraceInHim]

According to Psalm 103:12,"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."

Audio Adrenaline also states in their song "Ocean Floor": "You sins are behind you. They'll never find you. There on the ocean floor. You sins are forgotten. There on the bottom of the ocean floor."

 

[JonahII]

Oh yes, He forgets them. He casts them as far as the east is from the west. I believe that He even forgets that He has forgotten them. Praise his name.

 

[BalaamsAss51]

Hello Catlover.

You asked "If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?"

How about thinking about it this way -

When God looks at you, (a Christian/disciple/child of God) He see ?

He sees you - no.

He sees His son Jesus.

God the Father doesn't see your sin because Jesus has taken the punishment for your sin on himself. God sees a sinless Jesus, not a sinful Catlover.

Pax

 

[qh93536]

If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?

Here is how it works. If you are saved, your sins are already forgiven. When you repent your sins, then they are forgotten.

 

[Your Neighbor]

According to Jeremiah 17:1, sin is written in two places:

"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;"

In the person and recorded in the sanctuary.

You do not forget your sins. And neither does God. We are not smarter than God.

However, there is a time when the sins recorded in the sanctuary are dealt with. But it is still future.

 

[linssue55]

If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?

I believe the Lord has a memory......forgets the sin.....????

Forgives the sin?.........ABSOLUTELY!

 

[ps139]

Does anyone else have a problem with the idea that an Omniscient (ALL KNOWING) God can FORGET things?

I think "forget" is a metaphor for "don't worry, you are forgiven."

If there is even one tiny thing that God does not know, then we cannot say He is omniscient.

Yet it is clear that God is omniscient, therefore He does not literally forget. It's not as if He has a limited mortal brain... this is the danger of using human terms to describe the Almighty.

 

[ReBjorn]

[bible]Jeremiah 31:34[/bible]

[bible]Isaiah 43:25[/bible]


Well, look at it this way. He can not lie - would He not find a way to forget our sins also?

I liked what a person said earlier in this thread: 'Does He see you? - no' 'Does He see Jesus - yes'
Like when the high priest had to swing the incense at the altar - God 'saw through the incense' - and He 'sees us through Jesus.'

 

[ReBjorn]

One more thing.

Is not my heart as black as coal compared to His perfect Righteousness?

If I'm going to spend eternity with Him.. knowing He actually remembers all that.. I don't know, it just doesn't sound right.

 

[DeaconDean]

If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?

Let me answer with two pieces of scripture. My Bible tells me:

"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." -Psa. 103:12

This tells me that on the day I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, all my past, present, and future sins are forgiven and forgotten.

“He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” -Micah 7:19

One thing, we live in the flesh. This sinful flesh. And we will sin.

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." -1 John 1:8

But the one thing we can do when we sin is:

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." -1 John 1:9

So, if we confess our sins, and God forgives us our sins, how can they be brought up against us? Answer: they can't.

 

[DiscipleDave]

If one is a Christian and sins, and is granted forgiveness by God, does God forgot the sin?

When a person accepts Christ as their Savior and Lord all sins that they have ever committed in the PAST are forgiven them, they have a new slate, they are a new creature, a new man in Christ,

Col:3:9: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Therefore the New man no longer does the deeds of the old man, if the new man did do the deeds of they old man, how are they not the old man ?.

Rom:3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Scriptures does not teach, anywhere, that it is past, present and future sins that we commit or are committing, Scriptures clearly teach that when a person accepts Christ as their Savior and Lord, that all their sins in the PAST are cast into the sea of forgetfullness. We are not to continue on knowingly and willingly committing sins, after we have accepted Christ as our Savior and Lord.

Think about this, you are a big chalk board, every sin that you do is written on this board, in a matter of some years it is full of sins, so much that there is not much space to write any others. You then accept Jesus because you are a lost soul going to Hell, and your chalk board is the proof that you are going to Hell, you accept Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, and He and only He has an eraser in His hand, He walks up to your board and erases everything, not only does He merely erases, but He brings out water and a rag, and makes it look like a brand new chalk board, very clean, no markings on it whatsoever. Jesus is able to do this for you because When you asked Him to come into your life and you accepted Him, He went and died on the cross for your sins, we have to put Christ on the cross in order for our sins to be forgiven. So then when you ask Him to clean your chalk board He crucifies Himself for you, so He can do that for you. Now here you have a very clean chalk board, and all your sins are GONE,
WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU GO ABOUT TO DIRTY IT UP ALL OVER AGAIN. Know you not, that every time you ask for forgiveness , you put Him back on the cross.

Heb:6:6: If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

The ONLY way a sin can be forgiven is if blood is shed, something or someone is crucified, EVERY time you continually ask Christ to forgive you of a particular sin, you put Him back on that cross. How many times are you going to do this to Him ????
You can't, Christ does not crucify Himself over and over again for the same sin, the only time Christ crucifies Himself for you, is when you TRULY REPENT of a particular sin, which is to say, you ask for forgiveness, and you NEVER do it again, THEN and only then does Christ crucify Himself for that sin, and never remembers it again. But if a person continues to sin a particular sin, without ceasing from it, they are even now in bondage to that sin, and have not been freed from that sin, because they have not ceased from it.
A person can ask God every single night to forgive them for lieing, and as long as they continue to lie without ceasing, they are not forgiven, it is only when they TRULY REPENT, that is they know it is against God, and they feel absolutely terrible for doing such a thing against Him, and they vow to never do it again, and they never do it again, then and only then Does Christ crucify Himself for that particular sin, and it is forgiven because of His shed blood.

Scriptures also give us references that we are to no longer knowingly and willingly commit sin, When Jesus Christ Himself said:


Jn:5:14: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Jn:8:11: She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Now why would our Lord, instruct those two to do something that peope of this generation say is impossible ? Why would Jesus ask anyone to do something which is impossible to do, unless its not impossible, and it can be done, Yes it is written:

Mk:9:23: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
and
Lk:18:27: And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

i see, so by me and through me only it is not possible, but if Christ is Truly in me, and He helps me, then according to Scriptures it is possible, glory be to God. and i am proof.


Now we all will continue to sin sins that are not unto death, these types of sins will not prevent you from going to Heaven, but those sins that are KNOWINGLY and WILLINGLY committed, having full knowledge they are against Christ and do them anyway, well there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, according to Scriptures.

Please note, this post is directed at no one in particular on this board, only commenting on the topic of sins and forgiveness.

i love you all
my hope is that all will stop hearkening unto satan and start obeying the teachings of Jesus and His Disciples, and by so doing save your souls from Hell fire.

amen

 

[God Child]

Technically God already knew you would commit that sin and will always know. But once you accept His forgiveness, the issue will not be addressed any further.

psalm 103

12As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (A)removed our transgressions from us.

 

[catlover]

Technically God already knew you would commit that sin and will always know. But once you accept His forgiveness, the issue will not be addressed any further.

psalm 103

12As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (A)removed our transgressions from us.

You believe God knows what we will do wrong?

 

[catlover]

When a person accepts Christ as their Savior and Lord all sins that they have ever committed in the PAST are forgiven them, they have a new slate, they are a new creature, a new man in Christ,

Col:3:9: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Therefore the New man no longer does the deeds of the old man, if the new man did do the deeds of they old man, how are they not the old man ?.

Rom:3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Scriptures does not teach, anywhere, that it is past, present and future sins that we commit or are committing, Scriptures clearly teach that when a person accepts Christ as their Savior and Lord, that all their sins in the PAST are cast into the sea of forgetfullness. We are not to continue on knowingly and willingly committing sins, after we have accepted Christ as our Savior and Lord.

Think about this, you are a big chalk board, every sin that you do is written on this board, in a matter of some years it is full of sins, so much that there is not much space to write any others. You then accept Jesus because you are a lost soul going to Hell, and your chalk board is the proof that you are going to Hell, you accept Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, and He and only He has an eraser in His hand, He walks up to your board and erases everything, not only does He merely erases, but He brings out water and a rag, and makes it look like a brand new chalk board, very clean, no markings on it whatsoever. Jesus is able to do this for you because When you asked Him to come into your life and you accepted Him, He went and died on the cross for your sins, we have to put Christ on the cross in order for our sins to be forgiven. So then when you ask Him to clean your chalk board He crucifies Himself for you, so He can do that for you. Now here you have a very clean chalk board, and all your sins are GONE,
WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU GO ABOUT TO DIRTY IT UP ALL OVER AGAIN. Know you not, that every time you ask for forgiveness , you put Him back on the cross.

Heb:6:6: If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

The ONLY way a sin can be forgiven is if blood is shed, something or someone is crucified, EVERY time you continually ask Christ to forgive you of a particular sin, you put Him back on that cross. How many times are you going to do this to Him ????
You can't, Christ does not crucify Himself over and over again for the same sin, the only time Christ crucifies Himself for you, is when you TRULY REPENT of a particular sin, which is to say, you ask for forgiveness, and you NEVER do it again, THEN and only then does Christ crucify Himself for that sin, and never remembers it again. But if a person continues to sin a particular sin, without ceasing from it, they are even now in bondage to that sin, and have not been freed from that sin, because they have not ceased from it.
A person can ask God every single night to forgive them for lieing, and as long as they continue to lie without ceasing, they are not forgiven, it is only when they TRULY REPENT, that is they know it is against God, and they feel absolutely terrible for doing such a thing against Him, and they vow to never do it again, and they never do it again, then and only then Does Christ crucify Himself for that particular sin, and it is forgiven because of His shed blood.

Scriptures also give us references that we are to no longer knowingly and willingly commit sin, When Jesus Christ Himself said:


Jn:5:14: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Jn:8:11: She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Now why would our Lord, instruct those two to do something that peope of this generation say is impossible ? Why would Jesus ask anyone to do something which is impossible to do, unless its not impossible, and it can be done, Yes it is written:

Mk:9:23: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
and
Lk:18:27: And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

i see, so by me and through me only it is not possible, but if Christ is Truly in me, and He helps me, then according to Scriptures it is possible, glory be to God. and i am proof.


Now we all will continue to sin sins that are not unto death, these types of sins will not prevent you from going to Heaven, but those sins that are KNOWINGLY and WILLINGLY committed, having full knowledge they are against Christ and do them anyway, well there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, according to Scriptures.

Please note, this post is directed at no one in particular on this board, only commenting on the topic of sins and forgiveness.

i love you all
my hope is that all will stop hearkening unto satan and start obeying the teachings of Jesus and His Disciples, and by so doing save your souls from Hell fire.

amen

Interesting post.

 

[ReBjorn]

Well, when Jesus died for us He died for our future sins, all of the sins still belonged to the future. This Including, from our perspective, both our past, present and future sins.

 

[woobadooba]

Well, when Jesus died for us He died for our future sins, all of the sins still belonged to the future. This Including, from our perspective, both our past, present and future sins.

Jesus didn't die for our sins in this sense. He died for our redemption.

Your sins are only covered by Jesus blood when you repent of them.

"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord" Acts 3:19

 

[ThreeAM]

Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.