Evangelist

Chris Pruitt

Elders

Chuck Claiborne

Leonard Leavitt

Billy Hale

Deacons

Charlie Brown

Richard Kopydlowski

2424 McCarran St.

North Las Vegas, NV   89030

(702) 642-3141

Times of Services

Sunday

Bible Class:  9:00 am

Services:  9:50 am

Services:  6:00 pm

Wednesday

Bible Class:  7:30 pm

They say that a good memory is to be treasured, but the ability to forget is truly remarkable.  Although the term “forgive and forget” is not found in the Bible, Christians are commanded to forgive one another “as God in Christ forgave you”  (Eph. 4.32).  And how does God forgive?  “For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."  (Jer. 31.34; cf. Heb. 8.12; 10.17).  

     When we receive forgiveness through the blood of Christ, God does not erase them from His memory, but regards us as if those sins had never been committed.  He will still be able to recall our iniquities, but He will never again hold those sins against us and make us accountable to them.  In a similar way, Paul wrote of himself, “…forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead…”  (Phil. 3.13).  Yet Paul still remembered his past  (1 Tim. 1.12,13).  He merely did not allow the past to hinder his pursuit of the crown of life.  

     As God no longer holds us accountable for sins previously forgiven,  He also forgets about the good that we do if we negate our obedience with sin.  To Ezekiel God says, in Ezekiel 18.24:  “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity…All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered…”  Therefore we can never conclude that we can be pleasing to God if we do more good than evil.  We cannot outweigh our sins by doing more good.  Instead, salvation comes by the grace of God and through obedience to His will  (Eph. 2.8-10).

    Sadly, some Christians have reached a point where they have forgotten that they have been cleansed from their old sins  (2 Pet. 1.9).  Some have forgotten that they have a new lease on their spiritual life and now ought to grow in the Lord and mature in their faith  (2 Pet. 1.5-8; Heb. 5.12).  Others have been overwhelmed with trials and tribulations that they become discouraged having forgotten the joy and privilege of being in Christ  (Phil. 4.4-8).

    Christians are the most blessed of all people having a God who forgives and forgets.  We always ought to be mindful of the forgetfulness of God that we may also forgive and forget.  For forgiveness is received only when given  (Matt. 6.14,15).    CLP