Memory in Heaven

How much will we as believers remember of our life here on earth? I have talked with people on this issue before and some believe all our memory will be erased from our experience on earth. Others believe it is only our sins and our grief that will be erased from our memory here.

I don't think we can know at this time exactly how much we will remember. But we can surmise. I consider our suffering we go through in this life and how it is sent and used by God to mold and fashion us as He wants us. Like Jesus Christ. (Heb. 5:8) Then I wonder, how can we not have memory of these things when they were used by God to make me what He wanted me to be? How can they be of value to my make up if I never knew they occurred?

And we who are believers are always and forever going to be a picture of grace and mercy. We will forever be there only due to the grace and mercy of God and the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ for our sins. Here again, how will I appreciate that grace if all knowledge of my sins is gone from me? How can the scars that Christ still bears have meaning to me if I don't remember my sins?

It is my opinion that we will remember these things. We will however have a glorious body unstained with sin, and be in heaven in the presence of God and will know much more than we know now. We will see things as they really are with a complete understanding. The knowledge of these sufferings and sins will not carry with them the grief and condemnation we know down here, but it is my opinion that we will remember them.

It just seems to me that if we can't remember them what would be their purpose? No absolutes on this. Just thinking.

Quantrill

How much will we as believers remember of our life here on earth? I have talked with people on this issue before and some believe all our memory will be erased from our experience on earth. Others believe it is only our sins and our grief that will be erased from our memory here.

I don't think we can know at this time exactly how much we will remember. But we can surmise. I consider our suffering we go through in this life and how it is sent and used by God to mold and fashion us as He wants us. Like Jesus Christ. (Heb. 5:8) Then I wonder, how can we not have memory of these things when they were used by God to make me what He wanted me to be? How can they be of value to my make up if I never knew they occurred?

And we who are believers are always and forever going to be a picture of grace and mercy. We will forever be there only due to the grace and mercy of God and the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ for our sins. Here again, how will I appreciate that grace if all knowledge of my sins is gone from me? How can the scars that Christ still bears have meaning to me if I don't remember my sins?

It is my opinion that we will remember these things. We will however have a glorious body unstained with sin, and be in heaven in the presence of God and will know much more than we know now. We will see things as they really are with a complete understanding. The knowledge of these sufferings and sins will not carry with them the grief and condemnation we know down here, but it is my opinion that we will remember them.

It just seems to me that if we can't remember them what would be their purpose? No absolutes on this. Just thinking.

Quantrill

Somehow I thin


Somehow I think the memory of the unsaved, even friends and relatives, will be forgotten. There is Scripture that alludes to that.

I don't believe the Bible give any clear statement on the matter...

We will either have our memories wiped or part of our memories wiped or we will be given the ability to handle our memories without any suffering from them..

What ever way God has decided to deal with us i have faith that He knows what He is doing and He will do the best thing for us..

There is not a lot I can think of that I want or need to remember……..

I do want and need to remember the love that Has entered into me and my life from God directly and from God through so many people here in my walk.

I would never want to forget those who love me and I them.

I have read that elderly people, many of them that is, stop remembering things that are unimportant to them. Oft time this is mistaken for dementia when old folks remember details from childhoos but not what they were doing a hlf hour ago. Of course some truly do have some form of senile dementia, but not so many as you may believe now.
Time teaches all.........

Philosophically, I can't see how humans can praise Christ for all eternity for saving them, if they have no recollection of what they were saved from.

But it's a good question, and an interesting post.

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This question used to come up frequently in the Lutheran school I grew up in--chalk it up to a bunch of teenagers who had separation anxiety at the thought of not remembering their friends or family in heaven. We were never given a definite answer, and I'm guessing it's something we won't know until we get there.

I have seen some say that we won't remember anything because of Revelation 21:4 -- "(God) will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more mourning or death or crying or pain, for the old order of things (former things) have passed away."

However, as an adult, I personally came to believe that we do indeed retain memories in heaven (this is just my opinion; I could very well be wrong and would welcome any passages on the subject, even if they contradict my personal conclusions.)

I most definitely believe that Jesus remembers His time here. After all, He retained the marks of His suffering (the nail marks in His hands and feet, as well as the mark from where the soldier had struck Him in His side), and He even told His disciples to come examine His wounds in order to prove that He was the same Person who had died on the cross in front of them. I could be wrong, but I don't think those scars or memories went away when He ascended back into heaven.

The other reason I believe we hold memories is because of Luke 16:19-31 -- The Parable of the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus.

Abraham clearly told the rich man, "Son, remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but not he is comforted here, while you are in agony." How would Lazarus know he was being comforted if he couldn't remember the troubles of his former life?

Likewise, the rich man clearly remembered his former life as well, and what's more, he also remembered that he had 5 brothers back on earth and begged Abraham to send Lazarus back from the dead in order to get them to believe (but Abraham said that if they won't believe Moses and the prophets, they won't believe even someone who returns from the dead.)

Abraham also says there is a deep chasm between the place of being with God and the place of torment that can never be crossed. I heard it said once (though I know of no other Biblical "proof" except this passage and consider it to be only a vast assumption) that this is one of the greatest torments of hell--supposedly, the people there will be able to see what they are missing out on, and will be constantly be reminded of the fact that they could have chosen a different path.

I know that technically, a parable is just a story, and therefore, it would probably be argued that these little details are not facts.

However, I personally believe that if they weren't true, Jesus would not have included them in the story. Jesus does not lie, and so I'm convinced that He wouldn't make up these small but very telling details just for the sake of telling a parable.

Again, I could be wrong, and would appreciate references to any passages about this subject, because it's a question I have heard and have been interested in since childhood.

Philosophically, I can't see how humans can praise Christ for all eternity for saving them, if they have no recollection of what they were saved from.

But it's a good question, and an interesting post.

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I lean to the latter, that we would have the ability to handle our memories. Do you think Jesus will remember his stay here?

Quantrill

When we are in our glorified estates, won't we be outside of time, like we will just be.

Will we remember our pets? Will they remember us?