Completely Forgiven

“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43:25

Some may read this verse and say that God forgets our sins. But that's not what it says. If God forgot our sins, this would mean that He might have had a lapse in His memory. What would happen if, all of a sudden, His memory was restored, and He remembered our sins? We would be in a whole lot of trouble. Isaiah 43:25 says that God will not remember our sins. Forgetting our sins is negative, but not remembering them is positive. Forgetting might be unintentional. But not remembering always takes effort. If God forgot our sins, this would mean that He didn't do anything about them. But the fact that He remembers them no more means that He had to do a great work of grace for us.

Forgetting our sins doesn't involve any work on God's part. But remembering them no more means that God sent His Son, Jesus, to start and complete a perfect work by His death on the cross for our sins.

If God forgot our sins, this means that we would be left to our own devices, and that there would be no one to protect us from condemnation. But God has not left us alone, to suffer the horrendous consequences and storms of our sins. By choosing to not remember our sins, God has set up an eternal defense system by which we are protected and shielded from the negative consequences of our sins. This defense system is a Person, and His name is Jesus, and according to Hebrews 7:25, He ever lives at the right hand of the Father to make intercession for us. This means that we are completely, eternally and unconditionally forgiven by grace through faith in His Name, without the deeds of the Law.