Leaving the Past Behind
by Rev. Joel C Glenn
Type of Event: Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon
Date Recorded: 27 Aug, 2023
Location: Westville, RSA
Topics: Regeneration / Spiritual Growth 
We sometimes think that to leave our mistakes behind we can just forget about them; but we also know that really doesn’t work. The alternative seems to be to somehow make up for them, and there is truth in this. But what does it take to make up for a mistake? Especially a mistake that rises to the level of being evil? It can feel like we have to undo our mistake, and yet there is no way to change the past. The reality is that repentance (the Lord’s way of making up for mistakes) is not so much about the past, but the present: repentance does not undo the things we have done; instead it allows us to become a different person in the present moment. It’s all about who we are, not who we used to be.
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