As I washed my hands at work the other day God brought to my mind a spiritual truth. Think about this for a moment. When you wash your hands do you think for a moment that they are still unclean? No. You continue about your day. But yet, he reminded me that so often we think that we have to come to God again and again with a sin to allow Him to wash us and cleanse us when he washed us the first time. As Christians when we make a mistake if we ask God to forgive us and repent (turn away) from our sin then we are forgiven the first time. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." The word cleanse means to purify; to make clean; to remove filth, to purify from guilt. God makes us a promise in 1 John 1:9. If we do our part and repent then He will not only forgive us but also cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So we need to resist the urge to go back and ask God to forgive us again, again, and again because we don't FEEL like you are cleansed because you ARE cleansed by the precious blood of the Lamb.
"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~
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