--- title: "Peacemaker Ministries Devotional: Blot Out Our Transgressions" description: God doesn’t just blot out our transgressions. He also chooses not to remember our sins any more. image: https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-09-27%20at%2010.42.51%20AM.png --- [![wordmark-sm](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hs-fs/hubfs/wordmark-sm.png?width=320&name=wordmark-sm.png "wordmark-sm")](https://grow.peacemaker.training) [![wordmark-sm](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hs-fs/hubfs/wordmark-sm.png?width=320&name=wordmark-sm.png "wordmark-sm")](https://grow.peacemaker.training) - [Store](https://pm.training/store/) - [Events](https://pm.training/events/) - [Events & Webinars](https://pm.training/events/) - [Bring Peacemaker to You](https://peacemaker.training/event-pricing/) - Help - [Conflict Training](https://peacemaker.training/conflict-training/) - [Conflict Reconciliation](https://peacemaker.training/conflict-reconciliation/) - [Peacemaker Consulting](https://peacemaker.training/peacemaker-consulting/) - [About](https://pm.training/about/) - [About the Ministry](https://pm.training/about/) - [Our Beliefs](https://pm.training/beliefs/) - [Staff and Board](https://peacemaker.training/staff-board/) - [Policies and Finances](https://peacemaker.training/policies-finances/) - [Donate](https://pm.training/donate/) ![blog-header](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.jpg?width=1920&name=blog-header.jpg "blog-header") # Everyday Peacemaker # Peacemaker Ministries Devotional: Blot Out Our Transgressions by [P. Brian Noble](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/author/p-brian-noble) / October 7, 2019 [![Screen Shot 2019-09-27 at 10.42.51 AM](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-09-27%20at%2010.42.51%20AM.png)](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/peacemaker-ministries-devotional-blot-out-our-transgressions) Scripture  *I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, *  *and I will not remember your sins*. (Isaiah 43:25, ESV)  Thought  Who is the one who blots out our transgressions? God is the one. Jesus is the means. The Holy Spirit is the power. Isaiah tells us that God the Father blots out our transgressions for his own sake. Often, we think God wipes out our sins for *our* sake—that God removes our sin so that we can be forgiven. That is simply not the whole truth. The full truth is that God does away with sin through Jesus for his own sake *and* for our sake.   God doesn’t just blot out our transgressions. He also chooses not to remember our sins any more. I love this about God! He doesn’t define me by my sin. He defines me by what his Son has done for me. As for us, it’s usually easy for us to remember our sins. Instead, let’s begin to remember what Jesus did for us to remove our sins.  Application  Think about your most recent conflict. Were your attitudes Christ-like? For instance, did you blot out someone else’s sin or highlight it? What I mean by “highlighting” is replaying in your mind another person’s sin against you. Or did you begin to take charge of your thoughts and remind yourself that Jesus died for that sin, that offense, that hurt, or that pain?   Prayer  Lord, help me to not hold onto things. Help me to turn my thoughts toward forgiveness and reconciliation. I don’t want to keep highlighting my hurts and the pain that others have caused me. Help me instead to remind myself how much you have forgiven me. Therefore, I can forgive others…. (Continue praying.)  Tags: [The Path of a Peacemaker](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/tag/the-path-of-a-peacemaker), [devotion](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/tag/devotion) 0 Comments - - - - [previous post](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/peacemaker-ministries-devotional-putting-away-bitterness) Peacemaker Ministries Devotional: Putting Away Bitterness [Next Post](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/peacemaker-ministries-devotional-the-helper) Peacemaker Ministries Devotional: The Helper ![P. Brian Noble](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/hubfs/Brian_Headshots08242018.43-Edit.jpg) ### [P. Brian Noble](https://blog.peacemakerministries.org/author/p-brian-noble) P. Brian Noble is an everyday guy who loves Jesus. He has been married to his best friend, Tanya, for 20 years and they have four children; they currently reside in eastern Washington. Brian has a Master of Arts in missional leadership from Northwest University. 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