The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.” Amos 8:7 – The Israel that Amos prophesied to was one that was very content in their sinful ways. They abused the poor among them, they were corrupt in their business practices, and their worship of God was a superficial version of worship that truly didn’t mean anything to them. Beyond that there was still idolatry and other sinful practices among God’s people. Amos’ role was to tell Israel to turn from such sin and return to the Lord, but we see in our verse how the people would have rather handled their sin. They hoped that the Lord would eventually forget about their sin and they’d no longer have to deal with the consequences. Yet, as we see in our verse, the Lord never forgets our deeds. The sins we do are never forgotten by the Lord, meaning no amount of time will erase those sins from our life. The sin we did as a child still hold condemnation on us even when we are ninety if we haven’t had it taken care of. If time though doesn’t erase the sin from our life, what can? Only the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. Only turning to Jesus, asking for Him to forgive your sin, and choosing to follow Him with your life will the sin in your story be taken care of. This is the only pathway to forgiveness and any other means of trying to erase your sin will fail you. Time will not cause God to forget your sin and your abundance of good deeds will not cover your bad deeds. Only Jesus can remove sin from our life. Israel needed to turn to God for their forgiveness, and we need to turn to God for forgiveness. Only the Lord has the power to forgive, so let’s stop wasting our life hoping other things can do what only the Lord can in our life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3296
Question To Ponder: Why is it important to believe only Jesus can forgive our sin?
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