Jeremiah 31:34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Just sitting here thinking about remembering how my parents treated me growing up. I have definitely forgiven. I need to forget. If God’s not going to remember their sin anymore then why should I? Now I realize sometimes you have to go back into memories to get healing. That is an absolute.
Could not forgetting and holding on be a way of not forgiving still? Now that everything has been identified. The high chair memory, knowing that my parents neglected me and literally abandoned me. Now that I am healed, now I can forget? I believe so. What does forgetting look like?
I don’t believe there can be the statement, I can forgive but I can never forget. I just don’t believe that works.
Taking those thoughts captive? I believe that’s the key
2 Corinthians 10.5 Every lofty idea and argument positioned against the knowledge of God is cast down and exposed to be a mere invention of our own imagination. We 1arrest every thought that could possibly trigger an opposing threat to our redeemed identity and innocence at spear point! The calibre of our weapon is empowered by the revelation of the ultimate consequence of the obedience of Christ. (The obedience of Christ dwarfs the effect of the disobedience of Adam into insignificance! See Romans 5:12-21. The word aichmalōtizō from aichme, spear and halosis, to capture, thus, to arrest at spear point.)
Matthew 6.6 