The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. We don't get much help there. It's a revolving door. Sanctifying grace moves us from imputed to imparted righteousness.
Sanctification restores our original righteousness.
Now that might help if I could understand it. . . . I do know that when Jesus came into my life, he stood between me and God. God hates sin, and I was sinful. So the only chance I had was to hid behind Jesus. When God came looking for me, I wanted him to see Jesus in front of me.