Philippians 3:13 (ESV)
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Only through the blood of Jesus can one find and walk in the way of salvation. We begin as a child of God no matter how old one is when we find the way. We are commanded to follow Him and we do that by obeying His word.
Paul describes his frame of mind and heart as he follows the Lord. The Israelites followed a pillar of a cloud through the wilderness. We have His Spirit who leads us individually from within and is always by our side. What Paul did in his past, good or bad, has no relevance to what lies ahead. The past is forgotten because the future is all he can think about. The light grows brighter as he draws closer.
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