Why We Shouldn’t Dig Up Old Sins


Psalms_51-2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalms_51-2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

When I was a boy, I had a golden retriever named Champ. Whenever we gave him a bone, he’d chew it till it was bare, then take off to bury it. But once it was buried, he would never let it lie. Every day, sometimes several times a day, he would make his rounds, going to every buried bone – dozens of them – and digging them up to chew on some more. Then he’d bury them again, only to repeat the process till the day he died.

Unlike my dog, God buries our sins and lets them lie: He never digs them up.  Like my dog, however, sometimes we dig up old sins, chew on them, confess them again, and bury them – but in a shallow grave whose location we memorize for convenient access. We do this not only to ourselves but others. We piously say, “I forgive you,” but dig up old sins to chew on at our pity parties, wave them in front of others as gossip, or use them as weapons of revenge or tools to barter and manipulate. In doing so, we become obsessed with sin instead of the Savior. We give more credit to its power than to His.

“Once confessed, sins should be forgotten. We should choose to dwell on them no longer.”  (Randy Alcorn)

“Their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.” (Hebrews 10:17)

“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” (Isaiah 43:25)

Source: The Daily Encourager

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Salvation Prayer

If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:

Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

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