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935. “Washed Out”

“Wash Away Thy Sins” Act_22:16

Walking down Kingsway, I noticed a pavement artist, who was assiduously applying his art. Against the scene that he was sketching he had chalked, “Five hours’ work washed out by the rain.” In the earlier part of that afternoon there had been a tremendous downpour of rain, accompanying a terrific storm, and as the poor man indicated, it had completely obliterated all the result of his toil. The words, “Washed out” arrested me, and it made me think of what the Bible says about washing. Both sides are presented to us—what God has done for us for the sake of Christ, and what He would have us do for our own sakes, as well as for His.

1. A Searching Command. “Wash you, make you clean” (Isa_1:16). Till we are willing to be cleansed, and cleanse, the Lord cannot bless us.

2. A Personal Prayer. “Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psa_51:7). There is no one so clean as the one who has been cleansed in the Blood of Christ.

3. An Earnest Desire. “Wash me throughly of mine iniquity” (Psa_51:2). The Lord’s work is always thorough. When He washes, He washes right through.

4. A Qualified Host. Those who stand before the throne of God in the glory are those who have “washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb” (Rev_7:14).

5. An Assuring Statement. In reminding the believers at Corinth what they were, and what they are, the Apostle says, “But ye are washed” (1Co_6:11).

6. An Essential Qualification. In drawing near to God in worship, it is necessary to have “our bodies washed with pure water” (Heb_10:22).

7. A Grateful Doxology. “Unto Him that has loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own Blood… be glory and dominion for ever” (Rev_1:5-6).

By: DR. F. E. MARSH