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A Prayer for Remembering God’s Forgetfulness and Christ’s Righteousness

     “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. Heb. 10:17-18

Dear heavenly Father, what a heart-palpitating, peace-fueling, worship-generating joy it is to begin this day by remembering your forgetfulness.

You have promised never to remember our sins and lawless acts against us. You will never deal with us according to our sins or reward us according to our iniquities; for on the cross, you dealt with Jesus according to our sins and rewarded him according to our iniquities. Hallelujah, many times over.

But that’s not all, gracious Father. Because the gospel is true, you now deal with us according to Jesus’ righteousness and reward us according to his obedience. What an exchange. What a salvation, what a rich standing in grace and firm rooting in your love. What a God you are!

Boldly and humbly, I revel in the gospel today, summarized profoundly in these words from the Heidelberg Catechism:

Question:How are you right with God?

Answer:Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil, nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me. All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart. (Heidelberg Catechism, Question and Answer 60)

Father, thank you for such a legal, lavish, and lively salvation. Rescue us, in those delusional moments, when we forget your forgetfulness—when we begin acting as though Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins wasn’t enough, when we think there’s something more we can do to gain your acceptance and curry your favor, when we hear the accusations of Satan more clearly than your rejoicing over us with singing.

Your banner over us is love, because Jesus’ words to us are, “It is finished!” So very Amen we pray, with great peace and fresh gratitude.

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