14. (a) How does David explain Jehovah’s far-reaching forgiveness? (Psalm 103:12) (b) How does David’s example show the completeness of Jehovah’s forgiveness? (See the box “How Jehovah Forgives and Forgets.”)

¹⁴ How far-reaching is Jehovah’s forgiveness? (Read Psalm 103:12.) David says that when Jehovah forgives, He puts our sins “as far off as the sunrise [east] is from the sunset [west].” In a sense, east is always at the utmost distance imaginable from west; the two points can never meet. What does this tell us about the sins that Jehovah forgives? One reference work illustrates it this way: “If sin be removed so far, then we may be sure that the scent, the trace, the very memory of it must be entirely gone.” Just think​—a scent can trigger a memory. But when Jehovah forgives, it is as if not even a trace of a scent remains that would call to mind the sin and cause him to hold it against us.​—Ezek. 18:21, 22; Acts 3:19.

Am I also remembering what Jehovah chooses to forget​—that is, am I remembering the sins that he has forgiven and would never hold against me?’ Jehovah does not focus on our past sins. Neither should we. (Ps. 130:3)