{"id":39320,"date":"2017-09-01T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/?p=39320"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T18:41:18","slug":"life-lessons-hebrews-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/life-lessons-hebrews-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Lessons: Hebrews 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ready for a quick, short, applicable lesson from Hebrews 8? We’re pulling out some content from Max Lucado’s Life Lessons Study Bible<\/a>. It’s full of easy-to-understand studies like this one. Check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITUATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hebrews 8: Jewish Christians struggled to understand the relationship between God\u2019s free salvation and the Mosaic Law. The author explained that Jesus Christ was superior to the Law of Moses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OBSERVATIONS of HEBREWS 8<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

God does not keep a record of our sins in order to use them against us. Rather, He forgives and loves us even as we suffer through the consequences of our sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSPIRATION: HEBREWS 8<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He\u2019d forgiven. One by one I thanked God for forgiving my stumbles and tumbles. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. It was when I used the word \u201cremember\u201d that it hit me. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God doesn\u2019t just forgive, He forgets. He erases the board. He destroys the evidence. God burns the microfilm. He clears the computer. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lucado<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

No, He doesn\u2019t remember. But I do, you do. You still remember. You\u2019re like me. You still remember what you did before you changed. In the cellar of your heart lurk the ghosts of yesterday\u2019s sins. Sins you\u2019ve confessed; errors of which you\u2019ve repented; damage you\u2019ve done your best to repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And though you\u2019re a different person, the ghosts still linger. Though you\u2019ve locked the basement door, they still haunt you. They float to meet you, spooking your soul and robbing your joy. With wordless whispers they remind you of moments when you forgot whose child you were. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poltergeists from yesterday\u2019s pitfalls. Spiteful specters that slyly suggest, \u201cAre you really forgiven? Sure God forgets most of our mistakes, but do you think he could actually forget the time you . . . \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

. . . Was [God] exaggerating when He said He would cast our sins as far as the east is from the west? Do you actually believe He would make a statement like \u201cI will not hold their iniquities against them\u201d and then rub our noses in them whenever we ask for help? . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lucado<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You see, God is either the God of perfect grace . . . or He is not God. Grace forgets. Period. He who is perfect love cannot hold grudges. If He does, then He isn\u2019t perfect love. And if He isn\u2019t perfect love, you might as well put this book down and go fishing, because both of us are chasing fairy tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I believe in his loving forgetfulness. And I believe He has a graciously terrible memory. (From God Came Near<\/em> by Max Lucado)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APPLICATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because of Jesus\u2019 perfect sacrifice, God forgets our sins. Jesus paid the penalty for sins. We must no longer feel guilty for sins that God forgave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPLORATION: HEBREWS 8<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Promised Pardon of God\u2014Isaiah 43:25<\/a>; 44:22<\/a>; 55:7<\/a>; Micah 7:18<\/a>; 1 John 1:9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Max<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This blog post was taken directly from Max Lucado’s Life Lessons Study Bible Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GET IT TODAY<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ready for a quick, short, applicable lesson from Hebrews 8? We’re pulling out some content from Max Lucado’s Life Lessons Study Bible. It’s full of easy-to-understand studies like this one. Check it out! SITUATION Hebrews 8: Jewish Christians struggled to understand the relationship between God\u2019s free salvation and the Mosaic Law. 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