In God's eyes, past mistakes and regrets do not define His children. According to 2 Corinthians, those who are in Christ are new creations, with their old selves gone and new lives begun. The apostle Paul, in Philippians, encourages believers to forget what is behind and press on toward the future, while Jesus teaches in Matthew that forgiveness is a two-way street, requiring both receiving and giving. Through confession and repentance, as promised in 1 John, God forgives and cleanses, and as Isaiah declares, He remembers sins no more.
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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!
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.
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.