The past

Recalling God’s work in the past

Remembering God’s work of creation

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Remembering God’s saving works

Psalm 105:5 NKJV

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

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Remembering God’s work in Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:8 NKJV

Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,

See also One of the purposes of the Lord’s Supper is to remember Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

Learning from the past

Romans 15:4 NKJV

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

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Rediscovering God’s word from the past

2 Kings 22:8–13 NKJV

Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. So Shaphan the scribe went to the king, bringing the king word, saying, “Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who do the work, who oversee the house of the Lord.” Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

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Leaving the past behind

Jesus Christ sets believers free from the past

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

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Warnings not to rely on or be preoccupied with the past

This can mean either that God is not to be restricted to his past actions or that Israel should forget their former sins.

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Dangers of the past

The danger of ignoring the past

Psalm 78:11 NKJV

And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.

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The danger of lapsing into past sins

Galatians 4:8–9 NKJV

But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

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Jesus Christ supersedes God’s revelation in the past

Jesus Christ supersedes earlier expectations

Acts 17:30 NKJV

Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

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Jesus Christ supersedes earlier covenants

Hebrews 7:22 NKJV

by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

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Jesus Christ reveals God’s past mystery

Colossians 1:26–27 NKJV

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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