God forgives and forgets (2) - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2026

The Word for Today - Sunday, April 19, 2026
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God forgives and forgets (2)

Jeremiah 31:34 NKJV

The Israelites had celebrated the Passover as a way of commemorating their exodus from Egypt. The evening before the exodus, the Israelites were instructed to sacrifice a lamb without defect and to mark their doorframe with its blood. Then, when the Death Angel passed through Egypt, he would pass over their home.

Little did Jesus's disciples know that they were eating the Passover meal with the Passover Lamb. Jesus rebooted their understanding of the bread and the cup, explaining that they represented His body and blood. And because of what He accomplished at Calvary's cross, we come under the protective custody of the blood of the Lamb. Like the Passover, communion is a commemoration of our exodus from slavery. We were slaves to sin, but Christ set us free.

Whenever we go to the Lord's Table, we make a beeline to the foot of the cross - the place where sin met its match. We remember that our sin is nailed to the cross.

Are you having a hard time forgetting your sins and failures? Does the devil keep reminding you of them? Stand on God's Word and serve him an eviction notice. In the Old Testament, God said: "I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." In the New Testament, God said: "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more" (Hebrews 8:12 NKJV). Scripture tells us what God does with our sins: "You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea" (Micah 7:19 NKJV).

Soul food: Matt 1:18-21; Acts 3:1-16; Phil 2:9-11

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