'Forgetfulness is a false refuge!

Forgetfulness is a false refuge!

"You have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out!" Numbers 32:23

"Surely, I will never forget the wicked things you have done!" Amos 8:7

If you owe a man some money, you may forget the fact — but the debt remains! Forgetting it, does not pay it.

Just so, you may forget your old sin debts to God. They may cause you no more pain.

But they are there yet, unsettled, and some day they will find you out. Some day the remembrance will come back with terrible vividness, "Son, remember!" said Abraham, in the Lord's parable to the rich man, and then recalled to him the story of his earthly life.

Memory does not perish in the life beyond. It revives. You may write with lemon-juice page after page, and no trace is left. The writing sinks away and disappears. But expose the paper to the heat — and every letter will come out in bold, clear outline.

Just so do we write our life's record. We see no trace, and all seems lost and forgotten. But some day, every word and act and thought will flash out. Nothing that we do, fails to be recorded. In the judgment day, all will be brought out.

Forgetfulness is a false refuge!

"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account!" Hebrews 4:13

"He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts!" 1 Corinthians 4:5

"But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment!" Matthew 12:36

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