Jeremiah 33:8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.
Ezekiel 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
Ephesians 5: 25-27 Just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
1 Corinthians 6:6-16 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
I love it when you can see the same promises of God reflected in both the Old and New Testaments. It reminds me that God does not change - He always has been a God of forgiveness and purification.
These verses reinforce to me that God not only cleanses and forgives, but He makes all things new..what we once were, when His cleansing occurs, we no longer are. Does that mean that we never sin, that we never fall back into some old temptation?
I know it cannot mean that we never sin again, because you and I know that every saved believer still encounters sinfulness in their lives. Some would say that they never again are tempted by an old sin pattern or addiction, while other very strong Christians say that they have been, and some have even succumbed to that old temptation, only to realize the pit that they have again fallen into was Satan's trap, and they once again ask for God's forgiveness, and guess what....He is faithful and just to forgive them and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness and, He in His graciousness, pulls them up out of that pit and puts their feet back on solid ground.
I think the main difference in saved believers and those who are have not ever accepted God's grace and mercy exhibited to us through Jesus Christ, is that we as believers are so disappointed in ourselves when we realize that we have, once again, inflicted pain on our Jesus, as He hung on the cross. For every sin committed added to Jesus load of pain as He took on the sins of the world. When you love your Savior, that is the last thing you want to do. So believers grieve over their sin, but we rejoice in the fact that we have a God who has been so ready, throughout time, to provide cleansing and redemption.
Thank You, God, for the cleansing of my life...guard me from sin...make me aware of Satan's schemes...and let me walk in Your light!
Ezekiel 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
Ephesians 5: 25-27 Just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
1 Corinthians 6:6-16 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
I love it when you can see the same promises of God reflected in both the Old and New Testaments. It reminds me that God does not change - He always has been a God of forgiveness and purification.
These verses reinforce to me that God not only cleanses and forgives, but He makes all things new..what we once were, when His cleansing occurs, we no longer are. Does that mean that we never sin, that we never fall back into some old temptation?
I know it cannot mean that we never sin again, because you and I know that every saved believer still encounters sinfulness in their lives. Some would say that they never again are tempted by an old sin pattern or addiction, while other very strong Christians say that they have been, and some have even succumbed to that old temptation, only to realize the pit that they have again fallen into was Satan's trap, and they once again ask for God's forgiveness, and guess what....He is faithful and just to forgive them and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness and, He in His graciousness, pulls them up out of that pit and puts their feet back on solid ground.
I think the main difference in saved believers and those who are have not ever accepted God's grace and mercy exhibited to us through Jesus Christ, is that we as believers are so disappointed in ourselves when we realize that we have, once again, inflicted pain on our Jesus, as He hung on the cross. For every sin committed added to Jesus load of pain as He took on the sins of the world. When you love your Savior, that is the last thing you want to do. So believers grieve over their sin, but we rejoice in the fact that we have a God who has been so ready, throughout time, to provide cleansing and redemption.
Thank You, God, for the cleansing of my life...guard me from sin...make me aware of Satan's schemes...and let me walk in Your light!
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