Whitened

“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psaml 51:7

Coffee is one of, if not the most popular drinks that people around the world consume. In the United States alone, it is estimated that Americans consume over 140 billion cups of coffee each year! But, all of that coffee can come at a cost to a person’s teeth. Over time, coffee can slowly start to stain teeth slightly yellow. Instead of flashing a bright white smile, a person could be left with a dull yellow grin.

But today, there are a few different things that a person can do to restore that bright smile once again. Certain kinds of toothpaste are labeled as “stain-erasing” or “whitening” toothpaste and are helpful in returning those teeth back to the white they used to be. There are also things called whitening strips which are thin plastic strips with a peroxide gel on them, and the gel is what whitens the teeth.

And that is what made me think of our scripture today. When each one of us is born, we have inherited sin, and are “sinners.” As the days, months, and years go by and we slowly grow older, slowly those sins can begin to pile up, and “stain” us. Instead of being perfectly white and pure, we are slowly being stained yellow with sin, and it is not pretty. We need to get those stains removed, and the absolute only way to do that is through Jesus.

Only Jesus can remove the stain of sin. All of those sins have become stuck to us, and we need to be whitened. 

Colossians 1:12-14  “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”

“In whom we have redemption through his blood.” That is how we can become purified. That is how we can become cleansed, through the blood of Christ. 

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7

Through the partaking of Holy Communion, Jesus washes our sins away with His blood. Heaven is a perfect, pure place without the filth of sin. We need the whitening power of Jesus to take those stains away. He truly is our spiritual whitener.

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18

In Christ,

Andrew