August 24,  2015


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When a judge approves the expunging of a criminal's record, a court clerk literally goes to the basement, the attic, or wherever the archives are located. The clerk looks for the record until it is found, physically removes it, and obliterates it. There is absolutely no record left of the crime; it can never again be used against the former criminal. In fact, this lawbreaker will no longer even be identified by the law as a convicted criminal. It is "just as if he/she had never committed the crime." In the eyes of the law, it is gone forever. - Debbie Childers
 
Please join me in welcoming IFEL writer, Debbie Childers, as she shares with us Expunging Your Record.
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Kathy Hill
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Exchanging Life Publishing

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KEY SCRIPTURE
Sin No Longer Remembered
 
"I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more" (Jer. 31:34, NKJV).

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EXPUNGING YOUR RECORD   
by Debbie Childers, contributing writer

Sometimes God just surprises me with an illustration from real life that teaches me a great spiritual truth. It's almost like I understand fully what He is saying all at once. But then, He unwraps this gift of revelation slowly, to show me what He is saying in detail. Several years ago, I saw something on television that God used to take me on a detailed journey in thought, reminding me of His full forgiveness. I'm inviting you to take that journey again with me now, as I retrace my steps of understanding this incredible truth. 
The important thing to note, first, is that when Jesus was on the cross dying for my sins, He saw me. He saw my entire life and all the sins I would ever commit. In fact, all the sins of the entire world were in His view that day, and He died to forgive every one of them.

So we can emphatically state that the forgiveness for all sin was purchased by the death of Jesus on the cross. There had never before been a sacrifice effective enough to forgive sin fully and forever. After the death of Christ, there would never be a need for another sacrifice to add anything to His, because His was enough. In fact, Jesus said, "It is finished" (John 19:30), indicating His completion of all that God required to provide forever and full forgiveness, for those who receive Christ and have His forgiveness applied to them.
 
Now, let's take this journey one step further. When I came to an understanding that I was a sinner in need of a Savior, I responded to His invitation, and received Christ as my salvation. At that moment, the forgiveness Christ purchased on the cross was applied to me. It was a package deal. I didn't just receive forgiveness for all the sins I had committed until the day I received Christ as Savior. I was fully and forever...read more here 
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Debbie Childers (Georgia, USA) is a contributing writer for IOM America - Transformational Biblical Worldview & Exchange Life Development.
 
Permission obtained from author to republish Expunging Your Record. Copyright � 2012, 2015 by The Reality Group.  Articles, or portions of articles, can be used only with written permission from The Reality Group. IOM America's editorial changes to original approved by author. 
 
Scripture note:Changes made to original verses [i.e. bold, indent, underline, parenthetical contents...] are by this article's author for emphasis and/or clarification.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New  King James Version. Copyright� 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission.  All rights reserved. 
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