Can You Really Be Set Free From Your Past?

New Hope Church | becomehope · May 14, 2026 · 38m

Week 2 of our "Set Free" Galatians series. Today we won't even mention Galatians—we're setting up framework by looking at PAUL'S STORY.

Satan uses our past as a weapon against us in two ways:

Believers plagued by their past - Every time they sin, they remember who they've been. It holds them from recovering, from coming to God for forgiveness and guidance.

Keeps people from coming to Christ - Their past convinces them they're too far gone.

PAUL'S PAST:

Acts 8:1-2 - "Saul APPROVED the stoning of Stephen." Stephen was the first martyr of the church—a good, honorable, godly man. Paul was there…