Wed., 11/13/19 Devotion (Heb. 8:12)

Today's encouragement comes from Hebrews 8:12, which says this:

" ' . . . For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.' "

Here, the writer of the book of Hebrews is quoting from the great New Cove-nant passage, from Jeremiah, ch. 31. And what a citation! In Christ, God will "be merciful to [our] unrighteousness," and our "sins and lawless deeds [He] will remember no more." These are amazing and wonderful promises; but they only apply to those who trust in Jesus, and love HIs Person.

Let all faithful Christian churchmen marvel at the fact that God has forgiven *all* the sins of *all* His regenerate people. And let this liberty of heart, spirit, and conscience propel us into even more active lives of love for such a won-derful God.

[Puritan quote of the day: "This is the greatest slavery in the world, for a man to have no acquaintance with that which is contrary to his corrupt disposition.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "Glorious Freedom"]