This Months Devotional Reading


What Past?

Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, And will not remember thy sins.”
   
      One of the old German devotional philosophers took the position that God loves to forgive big sins more than He does little sins because the bigger the sin, the more glory accrues to Him for His forgiveness. I remember the writer went on to say that not only does God forgive sins and enjoy doing it, but as soon as He has forgiven them, He forgets them and trusts the person just as if he or she had never sinned.

I share his view that God not only forgives great sins as readily as little ones, but once He has forgiven them He starts anew right there and never brings up the old sins again.…

When a person makes a mistake and has to be forgiven, the shadow may hang over him or her because it is hard for other people to forget.

But when God forgives, He begins the new page right there, and then the devil runs up and says, “What about this person’s past?” God replies: “What past? There is no past.

We started out fresh when he came to Me and I forgave him!”

My Prayer: Lord, this concept is so foreign to our human understanding and our human way of doing things. Your grace in forgiving—and forgetting—is beyond our comprehension. But I worship You for it today. Amen.

TOL/KJV/PAJH/FGMBC   12/1/2025




The Next Time You Are Down In the Dumps!

Struggling with your worth as a person …

Or despairing of life …

Or nursing your wounds over being hurt, shunned, or put down,

Do a reality check as to just who you are in the eyes of God:

•      GOD HAS ALWAYS LOVED YOU FROM ALL ETERNITY:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.”
(read ) Jeremiah 31:3b) (See Psalm 103:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; James 1:18)

•      GOD HAS ALWAYS PLANNED TO CHOSE YOU FOR HIMSELF:
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.”
(Read) Ephesians 1:4) (See 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 7:6, 7; 14:2)

•      GOD THOUGHT ENOUGH OF YOU TO SPILL HIS SON’S BLOOD TO RESCUE YOU:
“You were redeemed from the empty way of life … with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
(Read)  1 Peter 1:18b, 19) (See Psalm 74:2; Hebrews 9:12–14)

•      GOD CONSIDERS YOU HIS SOLE POSSESSION:
“(He) gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.”
(Read) Titus 2:14) (See )Acts 15:14; Deuteronomy 4:20; 14:2)

•      GOD HAS INVITED YOU INTO HIS FAMILY TO BE A JOINT-HEIR WITH HIS SON, JESUS:
“We are … heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
(Read) Romans 8:17b) (Luke 12:32; Galatians 3:29; 4:7)

So, take heart, my fellow Christians and heirs. True, “we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22) But take comfort in knowing that Jesus is returning to take you with Him:

“They will see the Son of Man coming … with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place … lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
(Read) Luke 21:27b, 28)

FGMBC/ PAJH/FOTM/KJV/  11/1/2025