When it comes to our past, we're not just to forget the bad things we've done. We're to forget the good things we've done.
Seems kind of funny to say, but reveling in your accomplishments is just as much a hindrance as wallering in your shame.
We learn this from the Apostle Paul in Philippians chapter three, where he lists all of his mind-blowing accomplishments just to call them garbage compared with knowing Christ.
If you want to know Jesus, like really know Him, you have to become unimpressed with yourself.
Do you understand why this is? Because closeness with God requires righteousness. And the only way we can become righteous is by receiving it as a gift through our faith in Jesus Christ.
We must place no confidence in human effort. Salvation is only available to those who solely rely on the perfection of Jesus Christ.
