Kick those Skeletons out 16. Aug 2024 On The Way In Love As Christians, we may sometimes remember words or actions from our past that we are not proud of. The devil can try to sow those thoughts into our minds (John 13:2; Acts 5:3). We sometimes refer to them as “skeletons in our closet.” However, let’s be clear, Jesus paid the price for our sins and won forgiveness for us. “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col 1:14; NKJV). That’s forgiveness of all sins, past, present and future! The apostle Paul also wrote: “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new’ (2 Cor 5:17; NKJV). Now that’s encouraging! As Christians we are God’s beloved children (John 1:12) and there is no condemnation for us (Rom 8:1). The apostle Paul (Saul) persecuted Christians to the point imprisonment and death (Acts 7:58; 8:1-3). However, God (Acts 9:3-19), forgave Paul and used him to grow the early church (Acts 13:2-28:31). Paul did not look back at his previous life but pressed forward to be all God had for him (Phil 3:13-14). Jesus told us to be like a man ploughing and look forward, never backwards (Luke 9:62). You may be thinking that’s too hard, but we can be confident that God who, “began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6; NKJV). What is our part in this process? We need to get into God’s word, memorize it and do it, then we will be blessed with God thoughts (James 1:25) and we can kick those skeletons out of the closet!