If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
Psalm 130:3-4 NIV
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When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it.
Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.
Billy Graham
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I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves.
Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
C. S. Lewis
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When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us;
he is changing our mind about him.
Herbert McCabe
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What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven!
What joys when sins are covered over!
What relief for those who have confessed their sins
and God has cleared their record.
Psalm 32:1-2 Living Bible