When we are “in Christ” not only are we a new creation (where the old has passed away), but we have a protected status that is brand new.

Similar to the “protected” status of the wetlands where we walked this morning, nothing on earth can rob us of our eternal protection (inheritance) based of the forgiveness of our sins.

Not only does God forgive, but he chooses not to remember because of His Son’s finished work on the cross- aka atonement for mankind.

This is stated so eloquently on the Biblehub.com site speaking of Jeremiah 31:4, (the forgiveness of sins is) “the basis of the New Covenant”.

God’s people are not made up of only believing Israel but all of the Church worldwide. He will be honored by multitudes of believers who have given up glory in this world to honor the most glorious One.

Lord, may we be caught up in devotion to you and not bogged down by worldly expectations. May we always bring honor to your name for we realize that Christ Jesus the Lord is the name above all names.

As far as the east is from the west…remember to live as those who has been forgiven and freed. – Teresa

Jeremiah 31: 31-34 ESV (Emphasis added)

³¹ “The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. ³² This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord.

³³ “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. ³⁴ And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”