"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith The Lord, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 10:16-17 (NIV)
The unknown author of the Book of Hebrews addresses the early believers who had scattered after the crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, The Christ. He reported the words of The Lord God who said that the true believers that had The Word of God in their hearts and minds would have all of their sins and iniquities forgiven and forgotten. These verses restate Jeremiah 31:31-33 in which The Lord promises to make a new covenant with His people, unlike the covenant that He made with the children of Israel that He brought out of Egypt that they broke. This new covenant He would put in their hearts and in their minds. Then He went on to say "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8:12)
Once we believe and confess our sins, and accept The Lord Jesus as our personal Savior, all of our sins and iniquities are forgiven and forgotten. (Romans 10:9-10 and Hebrews 8:12) God does not remind us of our prior sins and short comings, that is the work of Satan, trying to make us think that we are too bad for God to love and forgive. When we confess our sins and ask for forgiveness, God forgives us. We just need to learn to forgive ourselves and move on.
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