Clean Once Again

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

Whenever you buy a brand new, white shirt it is completely spotless. Absolutely free of stains or marks of any kind. And because it is such a white piece of clothing it may be difficult sometimes to keep that shirt from getting dirty, especially if you had to go and do some outdoor yard work for example. Eventually it is just going to get covered in dust or dirt, and after that it will be awfully hard to get that shirt completely clean once again. 

However, there is something that you can do to remove that dirt and stain, and that is using some kind of a good soap or bleach on your clothes, which when applied will effectively return your clothes back to their former clean state once again.

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 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 cleansed. 

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, and become clean once again.

“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