These verses tell me, that my faith allows me to know that I will have the prize of heaven. 1John 1:8-10 says: If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.There is no way to be sinless while we are in these bodies. Also, Romans 14:23 ...whatever is not from faith is sin.
Paul knew he wasn't there yet. He knew he was far from perfect. But he kept pressing on, kept persevering in the Christian walk.He uses the descriptive language of someone striving forward, pressing on, reaching out. You can picture a hiker trying to make it to the peak of a mountain. A runner trying to make it to the end of a marathon. Whatever illustration you keep in your mind, the words hold true: forget what lies behind. There is no bigger defeat than to dwell on what you've already past, how many miles you've already gone, how many steps you've already taken. Paul says that he was forgetting what lay behind and kept reaching forward.
The past doesn't matter - it's already the past. Are you growing in Christ now? Are you ministering now? Are you praying now? What matters is where you're at in the Lord today.
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