GOSPEL LIGHT #750

From Divine Hypermnesia To Divine Amnesia

Ho 7:2 They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.

Heb 10:17 then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."


From "I remember" to "I will remember no more." From divine hypermnesia to divine amnesia. We don't want the first; we want the second. The first is hell; the second is heaven. The first is condemnation; the second is salvation.

What brought about the change? John 1:29, it says here: "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"

It was the cross of Calvary that caused all the "amnesia." Of course, God does not actually suffer from memory loss. He is ever the all-knowing One. However, when He takes away the sins of a sinner who trusts in what the Lord Jesus did on the cross, God no longer holds those sins against them --- so much so that it would seem as if He has completely forgotten about them. He treats them as if the sins never existed. 

GOSPEL LIGHT #749

A Physical Demonstration Of Repentance 

Lu 19:6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.

As the Lord Jesus was passing through Jericho, a large crowd surrounded Him. Zacchaeus, a tax collector who was short in stature, wanted to see Jesus but couldn’t see over the crowd. So, he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view. When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up, saw Zacchaeus in the tree, and called him by name, telling him to hurry and come down because He needed to stay at his house that day.

Zacchaeus was a repentant man at this point, and this verse right here might be used as a physical demonstration of it. Repentance is the attitude of coming down and receiving the Lord joyfully. 

We step down from our imagined high moral ground, acknowledging ourselves as sinners in need of salvation. Then, with humility, we receive Jesus gladly through faith in Him.

GOSPEL LIGHT #748

Christ Sacrifice On The Cross Sufficient For All Time

HEB 10:12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time... 

Christ died for sins - past, present and future. How many of your sins were future when Christ died on the cross 2000 years ago? All of them were future right? 

This was the realization that changed my life. I was painfully aware of my sinnerhood. I knew that I was helpless and hopeless to save myself. Then this good news of a message reached me --- Christ's death on the cross was sufficient for all time. I said: "That's enough! That will do! I can rest on that truth. In the eyes of God, all my sins are already effectively dealt with."

My friend, I invite you to cease striving to save yourself. Instead, rely on the all-sufficient and all-efficacious sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the cross.
 



 

GOSPEL LIGHT # 747

A King’s Determination: The Den and the Cross

Da 6:14 And the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

King Darius was distressed when he learned that Daniel was thrown into the lion's den because he had been tricked by his advisors into signing a decree that led to Daniel's punishment. The king was determined to save Daniel and worked tirelessly until sunset. 

Zero in on the expression here the king "set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him."

There was another King who set His heart to deliver sinners under condemnation --- the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ worked tirelessly to save sinners. He labored on the cross until the sun supernaturally "went down on Him" on the cross as it were. The noontime became a black and dark midnight. 

It is His sacrifice on the cross that shuts the mouths of condemnation and judgment that are roaring loud against us. Make good use of it by trusting in it now in your heart.