Your Past Has Passed

Our past can haunt us.

Things we did, should have done, and should not have done, tend to weigh us down and strangle the life out of us. Many of us think, "If I hadn't sinned so much, God could use me." Dwelling on our past can lead us to what Martyn Lloyd-Jones called spiritual depression. Here is what he has to say about this.

Would you like to get rid of this spiritual depression? The first think you have to do is say farewell now once and forever to your past. Realize that it has been covered and blotted out in Christ. Never look back at your sins again. Say: "It is finished, it is covered by the Blood of Christ." That is your first step. Take that and finish yourself and all this talk about goodness, and look to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is only then that true happiness and joy are possible for you. What you need is not to make resolutions to live a better life, to start fasting and sweating and praying. No! you just begin to say:

I rest my faith on Him alone

Who died for my transgressions to atone

Take that first step and you will find that immediately you will begin to experience a joy and a release that you have never known in your life. (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression, 35)

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