Dealing With Your Past!

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Dealing With Your Past!
Theodore Epp
Philippians 3:12-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17.

We can do nothing about the past except make necessary confession. And when confession is made, the Bible promises: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).


By confession, sin is placed under the cleansing blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and when it is under the blood, it does not condemn any longer. Unless the past is dealt with, one is not prepared to live in the present nor to go on into the future. Unless the past is dealt with, it becomes a haunting memory that saps the strength of the believer so he is unable to honor Christ in his daily life. Also It don't mean that you have to go to a priest, or a clergyman or someone. It means to confess direct to God and has to come from the heart when you ask for forgiveness.



People has asked what does God do with sin. Well what God does with sin when it is confessed is explained in various passages. Isaiah 44:22 says, "I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud, and your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you".

Hebrews 8:12 says, "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE".


Someone has said, "The present must forget the past by correction, or else the past will become a moral and spiritual liability for the future." (Quote unknown).


Consider some items that need to be forgotten:
1. failures--they keep our faith from advancing;
2. successes--they create pride (Prov. 16:18);
3. losses--they drag us down so we cannot serve the Lord the way we should;
4. grievances--they produce false attitudes (1 Cor. 13:6);
5. sorrows--God can heal all heartaches;
6. discouragements--we need to remember Christ, not disappointments, thwarted hopes and plans.


"And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Heb. 10:17).
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Right, God and Christ can forgive any kind of a sin that any human can commit, - I agree completely. But, sin cannot become a habit, just because we know God is forgiving. In other words, we cannot deliberately sin and then come to God every time for forgiveness. Each one of us has to make efforts not to let the same sin to be committed over and over, because we need to be responsible believers who follow Christ, not just carriers of the title!
 
this conversation seems very good one. I agree with you, romans 8 i believe says sin shall have no dominion over us.
 
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