TOTALLY CLEAN

TOTALLY CLEAN

READ:
1 John 1:1-10

If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.  -1 John 1:9

A friend was updating me on his past year-a year in which he had been receiving ongoing medical treatment for cancer.  The smile on his face was a powerful testimony to the good news he had just received.  He said that at his one-year checkup the doctor announced that the test results all pointed to one thing:  "You are totally clean!"  What a difference two words can make!  To my friend, totally clean meant every trace of the disease that had threatened his life only months before had been wiped from his body.  We rejoiced to hear that he was totally clean!

King David, after his moral failure with Bathsheba, longed for a similar thing to happen in his heart.  Hoping for the stains of his sin to be washed away, he cried out, "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me: Psalm 51:10).  The good news for him and for us is that our sins can be taken care of.  When we need cleansing, John's familiar words bring hope:  "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

We can't cleanse our own hearts; only God can do that.  If we confess our sins to Him, He promises to make us totally clean! - Bill Crowder

Search me, O God, and know my heart today
Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray.
See if there be some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from every sin and set me free. -Orr
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Confession to God always brings cleansing from God.

INSIGHT
The primary emphasis of 1 John is love.  Chapter 1 reminds us that our love for one another is rooted in our relationship with God (v.3), and a relationship with God begins with His cleansing us from sin (vv.8-10).

Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always
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