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BUT YE ARE WASHED
FRIDAY, JULY 21
1 Corinthians 6:1-11

1 Corinthians 6:11

 

“But ye are washed.”

 

BUT YE ARE WASHED
 
We are to meet some qualifications to enter a country as an immigrant. How about the kingdom of God and the qualifications? God is holy and righteous, and His kingdom is holy and righteous, so His citizens are to be holy and righteous. Then who is qualified to enter God’s kingdom? Sadly but truly, no one is qualified because “there is none righteous, no, not one” and that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:10, 23). But thank God for His gracious work of salvation in Christ Jesus, “but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Cor 6:11).
 
Truly, we are washed and cleansed by the blood of our Lord Jesus, by God’s Word, and by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost (John 15:3; Eph 5:26; Tit 3:5; 1 John 1:7). However, God will not cleanse us if we do not acknowledge our sins, forsake them and confess them before Him. (1 John 1:9; cf. Ps 32:5). Therefore, there are commandments requiring us to wash or cleanse ourselves, “wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved” (Jer 4:14) and “Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded” (James 4:8). Are there still any sins that we have not confessed and forsaken? “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Prov 28:13). The more we read God’s Word, the more we shall see and be convicted of our sins and unrighteousness and the more we shall need the Saviour Jesus Christ and the washing and cleansing by His blood. That is the way the Holy Spirit uses God’s Word to minister to our souls and hearts, and this is the first step of regeneration to enter into the kingdom of God, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). The qualification to enter into God’s kingdom is to be born again in Christ.
 
THOUGHT: To be washed by Christ’s blood and be born again by the Holy Spirit are the qualifications to enter into God’s kingdom.

PRAYER: Father, wash me and keep me clean always in Thy blood.

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