We Can't Cleanse Ourselves
Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
God Cleanses Those Who Confess
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 51:7, 10
The Cleansing Power of God's Word
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow... Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
The Cleansing Power of God's Word
Matthew 8:2-3 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Question: What does 1 John 1:7 mean about Jesus' blood cleansing us from sin? Answer: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11). Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." John 6:63
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
Psalm 33:9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
The Word Accompanied with Faith
Romans 10:17 ...faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
Habakuk 2:4
Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Jesus Gives You Faith
Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Not A Creed, But A Life
To believe on Christ is to receive Christ; not to assent to a creed, but to accept a life; not to strive for the maintenance of certain outward forms, but to become “partakers of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4. Creeds and forms cannot save people from their sins. Terrible is the catalogue of the sins of those “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5. A new life must be imparted before man can “live unto God.” “Except a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3. “For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” Galatians 6:15, R.V. This experience depends upon the faith which each one exercises for himself, and “it is of faith, that it might be by grace.” Romans 4:16. To all who sincerely pray the prayer, “Create in me a clean heart,” (Psalm 51:10), the reply comes, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?... According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:28, 29. “And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4); but faith for victory is the “faith which worketh by love.” Galatians 5:6. {WWP, BEST 138.2}
Jesus Literally Imparts His Life
“They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” This world is a vast lazar [leprosy] house, but Christ came to heal the sick, to proclaim deliverance to the captives of Satan. He was in Himself health and strength. He imparted His life to the sick, the afflicted, those possessed of demons. He turned away none who came to receive His healing power. DA 823
Jesus Bears Our Sins Upon Himself
Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Your sin is traded for His righteousness
2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Christ in You, The Hope of Glory
Colossians 1:27 ...Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Jesus Tempted With Your Temptations, But Without Sin
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Dead To Sin, Alive to God
Romans 6:10-11 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sin Has No More Dominion Over You
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
God Gives You A New Heart To Serve Him
Ezekiel 36:26-28 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
Take Jesus' Yoke, Learn of Him, He Bears The Load
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
God Works In You The Desire and The Power to Do His Will
Philippians 2:13
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Jesus's Example: He Depended on The Father
John 5:30
I can of Myself do nothing.... I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father...
We Are To Depend on Jesus
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
The Mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
God Is Able To Keep You From Falling
Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Question: What does 1 John 1:7 mean about Jesus' blood cleansing us from sin? Answer: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11). Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." John 6:63
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
Psalm 33:9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
The Word Accompanied with Faith
Romans 10:17 ...faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
Habakuk 2:4
Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Jesus Gives You Faith
Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Not A Creed, But A Life
To believe on Christ is to receive Christ; not to assent to a creed, but to accept a life; not to strive for the maintenance of certain outward forms, but to become “partakers of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4. Creeds and forms cannot save people from their sins. Terrible is the catalogue of the sins of those “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5. A new life must be imparted before man can “live unto God.” “Except a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3. “For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” Galatians 6:15, R.V. This experience depends upon the faith which each one exercises for himself, and “it is of faith, that it might be by grace.” Romans 4:16. To all who sincerely pray the prayer, “Create in me a clean heart,” (Psalm 51:10), the reply comes, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?... According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:28, 29. “And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4); but faith for victory is the “faith which worketh by love.” Galatians 5:6. {WWP, BEST 138.2}
Jesus Literally Imparts His Life
“They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” This world is a vast lazar [leprosy] house, but Christ came to heal the sick, to proclaim deliverance to the captives of Satan. He was in Himself health and strength. He imparted His life to the sick, the afflicted, those possessed of demons. He turned away none who came to receive His healing power. DA 823
Jesus Bears Our Sins Upon Himself
Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Your sin is traded for His righteousness
2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Christ in You, The Hope of Glory
Colossians 1:27 ...Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Jesus Tempted With Your Temptations, But Without Sin
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Dead To Sin, Alive to God
Romans 6:10-11 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sin Has No More Dominion Over You
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
God Gives You A New Heart To Serve Him
Ezekiel 36:26-28 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
Take Jesus' Yoke, Learn of Him, He Bears The Load
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
God Works In You The Desire and The Power to Do His Will
Philippians 2:13
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Jesus's Example: He Depended on The Father
John 5:30
I can of Myself do nothing.... I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father...
We Are To Depend on Jesus
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
The Mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
God Is Able To Keep You From Falling
Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless
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