1. Memory: A Very Valuable Asset It’s a very useful tool in strengthening “US” spiritually

2. Things To Remember  The words of Scripture  “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus…” (Acts 20:35).  “Remember the words…spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:17).  “I will never forget your precepts, for by them You have given me life” (Psalms 119:93).

3. Things To Remember  The enthusiasm with which we first obeyed the gospel.  “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works…” (Revelation 2:5).  “Recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated…” (Hebrews 10:32).

4. Things To Remember  People in need, especially our brethren.  “Warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak…” (1 Thess. 5:14).  Even those from whom we had to withdraw: “Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother” (2 Thess. 3:15).

5. The Blessing of Forgetting “Forgettery” can also be a useful tool in strengthening us spiritually.

6. Ecclesiastes 12:1-2  “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’: while the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are not darkened, and the clouds do not return after the rain.”

7. When Troubles Don’t Depart  Sometimes they stay because we won’t let them depart.  We recall them, and relive them, over and over again.  It is a wise, happy, and spiritual man who knows when and how to forget.

8. Joseph was such a man  “And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came…Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: ‘For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house’” (Genesis 41:50-51).

9. Things To Forget  Slights, insults, injustices, hurts inflicted on us by others.  Joseph certainly didn’t dwell on these things.  And neither did Paul: “May it not be charged against them” (2 Timothy 4:16).  Bitterness has no place, even if they DON’T repent.

10. Things To Forget  The sins of others against us, when we say, “I forgive you.”  Forgetting is part of forgiving.  “If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matt. 6:15).  “Up to seventy times seven” (Matt. 18:22).  Don’t bury the hatchet and leave a marker to find it.

11. Things To Forget  Our own sins, when God assures us He has forgiven us.  “Forgetting those things which are behind…reaching forward to those things which are ahead” (Phil. 3:13).  Can’t build a glorious future by wallowing in a sordid past.  “Their sins…I will remember no more” (Heb. 10:17).

12. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? Hear The Gospel – Romans 10: 17 “Faith Comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” Believe The Gospel – Mark 16: 16 “ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned.” Repent of Sins – Luke 13: 3 “Repent or You will Perish” Confess Christ – Romans 10: 9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteous; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Be Baptized – Acts 2: 38 “Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”