Scripture warns against dwelling on past regrets or successes, instead encouraging believers to focus on the present and future. In Isaiah, God commands His people to forget the former things and not dwell on the past, for He is doing a new thing. The teachings of Jesus, as recorded in Luke, also caution against looking back, while the wisdom of Ecclesiastes advises against saying "the former days were better." As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians, those in Christ are new creations, and in Romans, he urges believers to lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, living in the reality of their newfound life in Christ.
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“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.
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
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.
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.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.