Chazal and many seforim discuss in length about teshuva m’ahava. All clearly state that avayros become zochiyos or merits in the Heavenly ledgers. WIY is right about people around you not forgetting but that Hashem would protect you from embarassment. I have this theory about zedonos naaseh zochiyos. We know that Hashem is beyond Time, that He knows what happened and will happen. Of course that becomes problematic to Free Will. However one answer to this is that Hashem knows all the future scenarios of your actions. He knows what the scenario would be if you do an avyaro or if you would do the good deed or mitzvos at that time. When you c’v do an avayro, the Heavenly video machine, ayin roeh v’ozen shomaas, records your actions. However when you do teshuva m’ahava, Hashem removes the avayro recording and replaces it with the virtual knowledge of the alternate scenario, had you done a mitzva. The scenario that Hashem “knew” before you did anything. I’d like to emphasize that this is only bein odom l’mokom. Sins you do to others must be compensated before you are forgiven by Hashem.
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