NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SIN?

“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin”

(Hebrews 10:17, 18)

One of the most comforting truths of “the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24) is that once we come into a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, our sins and iniquities are gone forever! This is so to the extent that God will no more remember them. What is so wonderful and amazing about this is that it includes ALL OF THEM: Past, present and future! You see, beloved, at the moment that you and I believe on the Lord Jesus Christ we are saved with an everlasting salvation (Acts 16:31; Isaiah 45:17). That simply means that on the Cross our precious Savior “by his own blood…obtained eternal redemption for us” (Hebrews 9:12). That’s why we can rejoice that we are saved forever and ever; and we don’t have to fear that God will ever bring them up before us. On the contrary, as we can see, He promises that He himself will not remember them. Oh, the wonder of it that we can go on to heaven without having to look back over our shoulder to see if any of our forgiven sins are following us! Hallelujah!!!

Besides, we can assuredly know that all our sins and iniquities will never be remember by God because they all have been forgiven by Him for His Son’s sake; for “where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin”. What does this mean? That “after (Christ Jesus) had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever” (Hebrews 10:12), there is no longer a need for someone to die and pay for our sins because they are gone. You see, not only did the Lord Jesus died for our sins, but they were buried with Him; and when He resurrected from the dead, they were left behind as those that are “cast…into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19). ‘If those sins are wholly blotted out, there is no more need of sacrifice to atone for them, any more than there is need to pay a debt again which has been once paid… the pardon was so complete that all dread of wrath was taken away, and the sinner might look up to God as calmly and joyfully as if he had never been guilty of transgression’ (Barnes’ Commentary). Again, Hallelujah!!!