Forgetting Your Past: Moving Forward Phillippians 3 Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV / 101 helpful votes Remember not the

former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doin g a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way i n the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 93 helpful votes Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away ; behold, the new has come. Romans 8:1 ESV / 49 helpful votes There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Galatians 2:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who li ves in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of Go d, who loved me and gave himself for me. Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 30 helpful votes I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodi es as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual wo rship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of y our mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 25 helpful votes But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect i n weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I a m weak, then I am strong. Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 22 helpful votes Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with en durance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfec ter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, des pising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 18 helpful votes So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Li ke newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to h im, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesu s Christ. ... Colossians 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, accordin g to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not a ccording to Christ Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfa st love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me th oroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressi ons, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blam eless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ... 1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. Bu t if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righ teous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for t he sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, i f we keep his commandments. Whoever says I know him but does not keep his commandm ents is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ... 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it w ill be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has d one. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will recei ve a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himse lf will be saved, but only as through fire. Colossians 3:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Philippians 1:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to com pletion at the day of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with p atience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Sp irit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit just as you were calle d to the one hope that belongs to your call one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ... Romans 14:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousne ss and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Revelation 20:4-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the test imony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beas t or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Philippians 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm t hus in the Lord, my beloved.

2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We i mplore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. Luke 9:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes And he said to all, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation 1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesu s Christ. Bitterness: Heb 12:15 --- Bitter also means have a physical reaction Gen 27-28 --- 2 people wronged --- Isaac and Esau --- both made different choice s --- 1 to kill the other to bless. Esau's bitterness led to choices that affected him more than it did, anyone lese . --- Gen 28 --- Esau marries Ishmael's daughter. So many times we make decisions to spite someone else...really bitterness or inj ury leds to that. Was he justified? Yes, he was. Isaac blessed and gave his word --- we could not take any of it back. God blessi ngs came because of Esau's blessings. When you bless, then God can bless --- when you curse, then God curses. That is why, bitterness is so closely linked to what we say. Gen 28:21 -- If God will return me safely to my father's house --- THEN I WILL S ERVE Him. Did God pre-destined that? No...the prohectic word does not create a new future for you. You were creted with a purpose in mind --- Jacob was a deceiver from birth --- b ut he changed his future. He did not want to stay the way he was born....He was a born a fighter, so he de ceived his way into the blessings of God????