Legalism Keeps Track of Past Sins (TMF:455)

Friday, July 22, 2016
Peace to Live By: Legalism Keeps Track of Past Sins (TMF:455) - Daniel Litton
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       Second, with a legalistic attitude the Christian keeps track of past sins, and ends up repeatedly accusing him or herself of those sins. Keeping track of our past sins and continuing to feel bad about them is not God’s will for our lives. The Apostle Paul stated, “But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you” (Philippians 3:13-15, ESV). So, we are to forget bad things from our past, and move forward by the renewing of our minds in a new way of thinking. Really, with the Christian there is no regret. I often am amazed at how fellow brothers and sisters recount negative past events like tombstones in a cemetery. This is not supposed to be what we are doing. Nor should fellow Christians keep track of others sins and create sort of an ‘FBI’ file on the person. That also is wrong.