| “I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins” (Isaiah 43:25). |
| “Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another … and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name” (Malachi 3:16). |
| “This do in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19). |
| “Remembering Mine affliction and My misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance” (Lamentations 3:19-20). |
| When the Lord blots out our sins, He has promised not to remember them anymore. We might ask, Does the Lord not have a perfect memory? Yes, He does, but He chooses not to remember some things. I remember a true story about a Christian woman who had been insulted some years before by a remark from another Christian woman. Later a friend asked the first woman about the insult, and she did not seem to remember it. The second woman supplied details about it, and finally asked, “Don’t you remember that?” “No,” the first woman replied, “I distinctly remember forgetting it!” That was a good answer, and it is what the Lord does with our sins; He chooses to forget them, because they were paid for at the cross. |
| But the Lord does remember some things. He remembered when there were those in the time of Malachi who spoke to one another about Him, and thought about Him. He even wrote a “book of remembrance” about it, because it meant so much to Him. In a coming day, when the Lord hands out rewards for faithfulness, I think we will be surprised at some of the things for which He rewards us, for probably we will have forgotten them. But He will remember even if we give someone a cup of cold water in His name. |
| But then, the Lord has asked us to remember something. Just before He went to the cross, the Lord Jesus showed His disciples how to eat from a broken loaf of bread, and drink from a poured out cup of wine. Then He said, “This do in remembrance of Me.” It was not a command, but a request, and it speaks to our hearts. The Lord values it very much if we remember all that He suffered for us, and wants us to do this for Him. According to our last verse today, the Lord Jesus Himself remembers it all, and He wants us to remember it too. |
