“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Jeremiah 31:34 KJV
Jeremiah was told of the disaster that was coming upon his nation and that the people would be scattered in exile. He wept and lamented and repented for his nation but sin and lawlessness had so distorted the people that judgment had to be visited upon the people. In the midst of this sorrowful time God gave hope to the prophet of the new covenant which God was going to make with the people when the time comes. He will put His law within them—write it on their hearts!—and be their God. And they will be His people. They will no longer go around setting up schools to teach each other about God. They’ll know Him firsthand, the dull and the bright, the smart and the slow. God would wipe the slate clean for each of them. They will forget they ever sinned! Such is God’s love for humanity that He fulfilled this new covenant of grace by giving His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and cut it with Jesus’s Blood born as a human. It is only Jesus’s Blood that forgives iniquity and washes away sin. It is only through faith and belief that we can enjoy the benefits of this new covenant of grace, nothing else. Thank You Father!
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