Living in the Past

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.