Cleansing

The Surprise of Regret

For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. (Psalm 51:3 NLT)

As a pastor I often speak with people struggling with personal guilt. Most seem to go back and forth between how bad they feel for what they have done and the fact that they still believe…

The Cleansing of the Branches, Part 2

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 15:3

We are constantly being dirtied inwardly by the world, by the devil, and by our own sinful nature. When we were children our mothers…

The Cleansing of the Branches, Part 1

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:2

God Sees and Will Cleanse

For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.

Proverbs 5:21

The sins we imagine are hidden from others have an unseen witness — the Lord Himself. He not only observes but He examines, meaning that He…

Christ Is Willing

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.

Matthew 8:3

Christ is the friend of sinners, the healer of broken hearts and shattered lives. “If you are willing you…

Without Blemish

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and…

Righteous Forgiveness

…He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

It would appear to us that God’s justice would repel us from Him, not draw us to Him. But the Scripture says otherwise, that from His…

Keeping His Servants Clean

Keeping His Servants Clean

Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there…and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

The Cleansing of the Priests

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they…