I remember having an argument with one of them one day. I was running the water for a
bath and they kept trying to remind me that they'd already had a bath earlier in the week.
My explanation of daily hygiene went right over their head, in their minds they were already
clean.
Don't we exhibit the same mentality with God? Yes, we've been saved, we've been washed
in the blood, Revelation 1:5b "Unto Him (Jesus Christ) that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in His own blood." but does it end there? Now I'm not saying that we can
lose our salvation, or that we have to add our own works for salvation, those are both false
teachings. What I am saying is that once we are saved we do not become sinless. We are
still sinners by nature, and we will still sin. So what does that mean?
1 John 1:6 - 10 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness,
we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from
all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
Just as we teach our children to bathe to keep physically clean, we must daily claim the
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and seek forgiveness for where we have sinned against Him
and failed Him. We need to put some work and upkeep into our relationship with the Lord,
and that means keeping short accounts with Him. When our children disobey us, it puts a
strain on our relationships, our bond with them is broken. They are still our children and we
still love them, but until the problem is dealt with and made right there is a broken fellowship
between us. It is the same with our Heavenly Father. When we sin, we don't lose our salvation,
we are still His children, but there is a break in our relationship and until we confess and make
it right, there is no fellowship between us.
God referred to King David in Acts 13:22b as a man after His own heart. "I (God) have
found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine own heart, which shall fulfil all My will."
Yet, this same man, David, said in Psalms 66:18, "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord
will not hear me." David knew that he must confess his sin to God or that there would be no
fellowship between them.
How are you doing today? Is your account up to date with the Lord? Are you daily enjoying
sweet communion and fellowship with your Blessed Savior? Or is your account lengthy and
overdue? May I encourage you to spend time with your Savior today and make things right.
Being estranged from the Lord will only bring you heartache and loss, and is not worth the
pleasures that sin might bring you just for a season. Pray as did David in Psalms 51:1- 3, 7
"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the
multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from
mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and
my sin is ever before me. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow."
Nothing But The Blood
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done.
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O! Precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Robert Lowry
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