*Psalm 51:7
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Pure - purus & pyros - fire
To sacrifice made by fire, which were associated with the cleansing & renewal of the object or being to which it was referring.
With the passing of time, connotations of sacrifice connected to the term have been forgotten & the meaning that has continued refers to the cleansing & decontamination of something.
Just as each object in the natural has specific processes it needs to go through to become decontaminated, so in the spiritual God designed a process of purification for His children: the covering of the covenant of the blood that was shed by Jesus. We see that this process is directly related to a sacrifice - the sacrifice of the Son of God, who is perfect & pure.
God set the people of Israel free from slavery in Egypt by performing many signs & wonders through Moses. The last plague He sent was the most terrible of all: the death of all the firstborn sons in Egypt.
The Lord introduced the Passover to protect the lives of the children of the Israelites.
The Passover is a prototype for the sacrifice of Jesus (the lamb of God) on the cross of Calvary.
It was the blood that the father of every household applied to the doorframes of their house that sealed the deliverance of the people of Israel.
What happened at that time still holds true today. It is the blood of Jesus that sets us free from the slavery of sin & this freedom lasts forever.
John teaches us to continually apply the blood of Jesus over our lives.
*1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
The blood of Jesus cleanses me now & continually continues to cleanse me from all sins.
We live in a world where the evil of hell wants to taint our lives, but as we walk in the light & have fellowship with other Christians, the blood of Jesus continually carries out a process of purification & sanctification in us that stops the stain of sin from touching our hearts.
He will keep our clothes clean.
*Ecclesiastes 9:8
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
God can keep us in perfect purity at all times - but this comes as the result of walking in the light & walking in obedience to His Word.
If we live in unity & have fellowship with each other as believers, the blood of Jesus will keep us in perfect purity.
DECLARE: Because I walk in the light & have fellowship with other Christians, the blood of Jesus cleanses me now & continually from all sins.
REMEMBER:
THE BLOOD OF JESUS CONTINUALLY CLEANSES ME FROM MY SINS.
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