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 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.
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 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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