Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 31:34

"and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more." — Jeremiah 31:34 (ASV)

For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

If God has pardoned your sins, you will be sure to know him; there will be no mistake about that point. Men shrink back, and hide away from an angry God punishing sin, for they do not care to know him; but when he comes forth, dressed in the silken robes of love, to bestow free pardons upon the chief of sinners, then they know him.

God grant that all of us may have this blessed knowledge! Now kindly turn over the leaves of your Bibles until you come to Ezekiel 36:25, where you can read still further about this same gracious new covenant of Jehovah.

From the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:

How will they learn to know the Lord? Well, it will be in a very wonderful way—

For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Let me read that again, and may poor wandering children of God hear the promise, and be glad that it applies to them: I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord: for they shall all know me,—

All thy children shall be taught of the Lord. All believers, whatever else they may not know, do know their Lord: they shall all know me,—

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Pardoned sin, as well as the change of nature, is implied in the writing of the law upon the heart. Oh, what a privilege it is to be among these covenanted people! How will we know whether we belong to them? The seal of the covenant is faith in Christ; I mean, the personal seal upon the heart and conscience. If you believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior, and are trusting alone to his atoning sacrifice, then God is in covenant with you. For Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant, and he who has Christ has the Surety of the covenant, and he will in due time have every blessing which that covenant guarantees.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:

God gives to all his people a knowledge of himself. "Whatever else they know or do not know," says the Lord, they shall all know me. Though they differ as to their growth in grace, yet they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.