1. THE PAST CANT’ BE CHANGED
Isaiah 43:18-19: “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
** Hope for the future – positive change and new beginning in the Lord is the assurance.
** Forgetting the old – remember not the former things”.
Phil 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
** Focus on the new – focus on the new things God is going to do for you now and in future.
2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
2. OPINION DOES NOT DEFINE YOUR REALITY
Isaiah 43:18-19
18.. “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Let’s get it straight here. The fact and truth of the Gospel is that God doesn’t retreat nor go back to rewrite history. Once you sin or you encounter problems in your life and you ask for correction, direction and forgiveness from God with repentance, consider it done through his grace and mercy as long as you don’t go back to your vomit.
It will be needless for you to continue to beat your head over the past sin. “Forget the former things” and move from the past to “now” and trust the Lord with faith and hope for the future.
The Lord God is always living in our present and future of our life. Don’t expect God to undo the past. In his rightful place, we trust him to forgive us of our sins and take all of the sufferings that we have experienced, and by his grace and his glory and his love to work everything for good for us.
A lot of people give up hope after they fall. Listen, just because you’ve fallen doesn’t signify that you are a castaway or you have to stay down. To move forward, find a way to stand up. And that WAY is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the way because he is both God and man. Jesus is also the truth. Jesus is also life, which includes both physical and spiritual existence. Jesus is Lord
Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”. John 14:6
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