Remembering (3)
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· 12 viewsThe process of recalling the past, especially the presence and activity of God in the history of his people. Remembering God’s work in the past can lead to praise and rejoicing, and to hope for the future. God himself remembers.
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Divine remembering
Divine remembering
God always remembers his covenant
God always remembers his covenant
15 Remember His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
See also Ge 9:14–16; Ex 2:23–25; Ps 111:5; Lk 1:69–73
God always remembers his promises
God always remembers his promises
42 For He remembered His holy word
With Abraham His servant;
See also Dt 6:20–23; Jos 1:3; 2 Pe 3:9
God always remembers his people
God always remembers his people
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
16 “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
See also Ge 7:24–8:1; Ge 19:29; Ge 30:22; 1 Sa 1:19–20; Lk 1:54–55
Situations in which God will not remember
Situations in which God will not remember
10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds,
And I will write them on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,
And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For all will know Me,
From the least to the greatest of them.
12 “For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
And I will remember their sins no more.”
See also Je 31:33–34; Is 65:16–17; Eze 18:21–24
The Holy Spirit helps believers to remember Jesus Christ and his words
The Holy Spirit helps believers to remember Jesus Christ and his words
26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
See also Jn 2:22; Jn 12:16; Jn 16:4
Human remembering
Human remembering
Believers are to remember God’s person
Believers are to remember God’s person
Dt 8:18; Ps 119:55
See also Ps 42:5–6; Je 51:50; Jon 2:7
Believers are to remember God’s acts in the past
Believers are to remember God’s acts in the past
9 “Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
See also Dt 5:15; Dt 7:17–18; Dt 8:10–18; 1 Ch 16:12; Mt 16:9–10
Believers are to remember God’s wrath
Believers are to remember God’s wrath
7 “Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 “Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.
See also 2 Pe 3:1–10
Believers are to remember God’s commands
Believers are to remember God’s commands
38 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue.
39 “It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,
40 so that you may remember to do all My commandments and be holy to your God.
See also Dt 8:1–2; Ps 103:17–18
Believers are to remember their responsibilities towards one another
Believers are to remember their responsibilities towards one another
35 “In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
See also Ga 2:10; Heb 13:2–3
Believers are to remember the death of Jesus Christ
Believers are to remember the death of Jesus Christ
1 Co 11:24–28; Lk 22:17–20
The importance of remembering
The importance of remembering
Remembering should lead to rejoicing
Remembering should lead to rejoicing
5 But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
See also Dt 26:4–11; Ps 66:5–6
Remembering should lead to repentance
Remembering should lead to repentance
3 ‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
See also Eze 16:59–63; Mt 5:23–24; Mt 26:75; Re 2:5
Remembering should lead to understanding
Remembering should lead to understanding
6 “He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
8 And they remembered His words,
See also Jn 15:20; Jn 16:1–4; Ac 11:15–18
Remembering should produce hope for the future
Remembering should produce hope for the future
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.
22 The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”
See also Ps 42:4–11; Ps 103:1–2; Heb 10:32–36