Imagine beingness a rigid, prejudiced, Jewish militant, hating all Christians in addition to wishing them dead, making it your finish to hunt downward in addition to persecute them.
Imagine standing past times in addition to enjoying the sight of an innocent homo stoned to expiry for his faith inwards Christ (Acts 7:54-8:1).
That was the onetime life of the Apostle Paul (Philippians 3:4-6).
How did Paul overcome such an ungodly past?
"Forgetting what is behind in addition to straining toward what is ahead," Paul moved beyond his past times (Philippians 3:13-14):
1. He "remembered" who he was inwards the past.
"Forgetting" our past times doesn't hateful nosotros literally forget it. It way that nosotros humbly in addition to honestly repent. Paul shared his past times sins honestly in addition to without excuse (1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:15).
2. He served God faithfully inwards the present.
When nosotros are serving God faithfully inwards the present, nosotros assay to ourselves in addition to others that nosotros are no longer the individual nosotros used to survive (Philippians 3:7-14).
3. He understood that God was His judge.
Paul didn't tending if men nevertheless judged him based on his past. He allow God approximate him (Ezekiel 18:21-22; Galatians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5).
If you're struggling alongside past times sins, follow these 3 steps to freedom.
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