## Where Does Sin Go?

## Hebrews 10:4-14

Evidence of Evolution:

- Eraser (abrasive) --> Eraser & with a brush
- Correction tape --> White out
- Lift off correction film --> Delete keys

The question is this…where does it go? What happens to all that information when you hit the delete key? It is just suddenly gone. (I know that technically it isn't gone, it just gets written over by new information.) It is still a mystery. But an even greater mystery is this, Where our sin goes at the time of forgiveness? What happens to it? Creation = God made something from nothing. Forgiveness = God takes something and makes it nothing.

Sin is the first negative that is mentioned in the Bible. In Gen. 3 Satan comes to Eve and tempts her to eat of the forbidden fruit. (Certain things have always been forbidden.) That hasn't changed!

In the Garden of Eden, Adam was faced with the decision to obey God or to follow the desire of self. He chose self, and thus, failed at his very first temptation. When Satan brought temptation to Adam and Eve, they fell for it. They chose to take of that which was forbidden. Now, six thousand years later, man is still doing the same thing, only now man insists that he has a right to partake of any and all forbidden things.

When Adam disobeyed God, it put a division between man and God. A division caused by sin. Sin always causes division between man and God. God, being a holy God, cannot condone sin nor can He accept the sinner in his sinful state. Therefore, because of sin, man must die.

(Rom 5:12) "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"

(Rom 6:23a) "For the wages of sin is death…"

(James 1:15) "Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." [3]

(Ezek 18:4) "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die."

God has made a law. He has also set a penalty for breaking that law, which is death to the one who breaks it. But, God had a plan for dealing with man's sin.

Read: Hebrews 10:4-17

I. Where My Sins Are Not.

A. They Aren't In the Mind of God.

(Jer 31:34b) "… for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

(Heb 8:12) "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

(Heb 10:17) "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

1. God said that He would not remember our sins anymore.

2. He, alone, has that ability in His Omniscient power.

3. God can erase all memory of your sin from His mind.

4. We do not have that ability; we may forgive, but we cannot forget.

a. When someone does some evil, or says some evil about us, often the matter will go on for years.

b. We go to great effort to remember the sins that people have committed against us.

c. If we do happen to forget, then there is someone or something, that reminds us and it starts all over again.

5. Aren't you glad that God does not remember our sins?

B. They Aren't On My Account.

(Isa 53:6) "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."

1. All sin was laid on Christ on the Cross.

2. If one sin had escaped, then the death of Christ was not complete.

3. Had one sin escaped, then salvation was not finished on Calvary.

4. If one sin escaped, then you and I do not have eternal salvation today.

(Heb 10:12) "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;"

5. "This man" is Jesus - He offered one sacrifice - no other sacrifice ever need be offered.

6. He offered one sacrifice for sins.

7. He died for all of our sins, for all of time, for now and forever!

C. They Aren't Waiting for Me at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

1. If He remembers our sin no more, how could He bring it up again?

2. They are gone. Forgotten - Erased - It is just as if they never existed.

3. Note: 1 Co. 3:11-15

a. The Judgment Seat of Christ is not about punishing sin, nor is it about revealing sin.

b. When we get to the Judgment Seat of Christ there will not be a question about sin.

c. That is already been dealt with.

d. Our rewards will be meted out according to your work and obedience while here on earth.

e. Our reward may be reduced because of our repeated sin, but the issue at the Judgment Seat of Christ will not be discussing our sin.

4. Note also, that I am only talking about those who have been to Calvary for forgiveness.

5. Those who have never been born again will have to pay the price for sin at the Great White Throne judgment.

II. So, Where Are My Sins?

A. They are Covered by the Blood of Christ. Note: Hebrews 9:12-14

1. The blood washes away all sin.

2. Every little stain, every little thought that was wrong, everything that you have said that was sin; all are gone.

3. The blood washes white as snow.

B. They were Placed at the Bottom of the Sea.

(Micah 7:19) "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."

1. They can't be brought up again.

2. They will never be found.

Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone; Yes, my sins are gone. Buried in the deepest sea; Yes, that's good enough for me. I will live eternally; Praise God! Yes, my sins are gone!

C. They have been removed as far as the East from the West.

(Psa 103:12) "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."

D. They Were Placed Upon Christ.

(Rom 5:8) "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

1. Where are our sins?

2. They have been placed upon Christ.

3. He bore them on His body.

4. He became our sin bearer.

5. He is our mediator between God and us.

- Only God can deal with our sins in a manner in which they can be forgiven.
- Only God can make a way of forgiveness.
- Have you been to Calvary?
- Come today and find God's forgiveness for sin.