In God's plan of redemption, forgiveness and forgetting are closely tied. According to Hebrews 8:12, God promises to remember our sins no more, while 2 Corinthians 5:17 suggests that in Christ, we become new creations, freed from past mistakes. As we confess our sins, 1 John 1:9 assures us that God is faithful to forgive and purify us. Meanwhile, Philippians 3:13-14 encourages believers to forget what lies behind and press on towards the future, unencumbered by past regrets, just as Romans 8:1 reminds us that there is now no condemnation for those in Christ.
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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.
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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,
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
“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.