There is an old Arnold Schwarzenegger movie entitled, "Eraser." His job was to "erase" a woman who was
running from the bad guys so they couldn't find her. He erased her by deleting everything in the system about
her - her driver's license, birth certificate, records of any sort. He took everything away from her that
represented her old life. He gave her new documents then moved her to a safe location to start a new life. It is
as if she never existed in her old life.
There is a young woman I know who, when the pastor would ask for people who wanted to get saved to come to
the front of the church for prayer, she would go forward every time. Even though she'd gotten saved at a young
age, she was so guilt ridden over everything she felt she'd done wrong, she thought she wasn't saved. She was
sin conscious. She focused on everything she felt she'd done wrong. She felt guilty all the time. She needed
to erase her sin consciousness.
Many Christians are sin conscious. They focus so much on mistakes they made that they don't understand the
concept of their past being completely wiped out. They don't realize that, like Arnold, Jesus is "The Eraser". He
came to erase every sin and mistake made.
Under the Levitical law, an animal had to be offered every year to atone for the sins of the people. That Old
Testament word, atone, means "to cover." It is used all throughout the Old Testament. This is NOT what Jesus
did.
That word was never used in our new covenant, the New Testament. The Greek word used to describe what
Jesus did for us on the cross does not mean "to cover" - it means "to remit, to do completely away with it, as if
that sin had NEVER existed." Sounds like an eraser to me!
Have you ever lain awake at night with all your problems running through your mind to the point you can't
sleep? Have you ever felt so badly about something you did that you were ashamed to get before God
because you felt unworthy? Have you ever repented of a sin then have the memory of the sin come back and
haunt you over and over and over in your mind until you just feel there is no way God could have forgiven you
of that sin?
You are sin-conscious. What you need to focus on is the fact that God Almighty says when you repented, He
immediately forgets that sin (Hebrews 10:17). He remembers it NO MORE. He is saying your past is forgotten -
erased. It is as if you never committed that sin - you are clean, pure and have a fresh slate. When God looks
at you, He sees you free from sin, as if your old life never existed.
Righteousness - right standing with God. You have that - you are that. Righteousness - innocence. You are
innocent. Instead of thinking about everything you did wrong, think about everything Jesus did right. Think
about and focus on the fact that all your sins have been completely wiped out. Erased. Never to be seen or
thought of again by God. If God forgets it, don't you think you'd better forget it, too?
Musing Copyright © 2009 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
running from the bad guys so they couldn't find her. He erased her by deleting everything in the system about
her - her driver's license, birth certificate, records of any sort. He took everything away from her that
represented her old life. He gave her new documents then moved her to a safe location to start a new life. It is
as if she never existed in her old life.
There is a young woman I know who, when the pastor would ask for people who wanted to get saved to come to
the front of the church for prayer, she would go forward every time. Even though she'd gotten saved at a young
age, she was so guilt ridden over everything she felt she'd done wrong, she thought she wasn't saved. She was
sin conscious. She focused on everything she felt she'd done wrong. She felt guilty all the time. She needed
to erase her sin consciousness.
Many Christians are sin conscious. They focus so much on mistakes they made that they don't understand the
concept of their past being completely wiped out. They don't realize that, like Arnold, Jesus is "The Eraser". He
came to erase every sin and mistake made.
Under the Levitical law, an animal had to be offered every year to atone for the sins of the people. That Old
Testament word, atone, means "to cover." It is used all throughout the Old Testament. This is NOT what Jesus
did.
That word was never used in our new covenant, the New Testament. The Greek word used to describe what
Jesus did for us on the cross does not mean "to cover" - it means "to remit, to do completely away with it, as if
that sin had NEVER existed." Sounds like an eraser to me!
Have you ever lain awake at night with all your problems running through your mind to the point you can't
sleep? Have you ever felt so badly about something you did that you were ashamed to get before God
because you felt unworthy? Have you ever repented of a sin then have the memory of the sin come back and
haunt you over and over and over in your mind until you just feel there is no way God could have forgiven you
of that sin?
You are sin-conscious. What you need to focus on is the fact that God Almighty says when you repented, He
immediately forgets that sin (Hebrews 10:17). He remembers it NO MORE. He is saying your past is forgotten -
erased. It is as if you never committed that sin - you are clean, pure and have a fresh slate. When God looks
at you, He sees you free from sin, as if your old life never existed.
Righteousness - right standing with God. You have that - you are that. Righteousness - innocence. You are
innocent. Instead of thinking about everything you did wrong, think about everything Jesus did right. Think
about and focus on the fact that all your sins have been completely wiped out. Erased. Never to be seen or
thought of again by God. If God forgets it, don't you think you'd better forget it, too?
Musing Copyright © 2009 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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