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Friday, February 29, 2008

Tabernacle cleansing

Reality says that we do sin, but...we have the Laver to come to and we can wash and ask Him to cleanse us and He will. Thank you Jesus for the Laver of Your Word. We read in our text that the priests had to wash with water, lest they die...if you and I do not wash in the Laver we will also die spiritually.We need to wash in the Laver of God's Word. COME OFTEN TO THE LAVER. Here are some scripture references: Psalm 119:9, John 15:3, John 17:17.
We do not have the capacity or the ability or the inclination to be cleansed in our own self. We need God's provision The provision in these verses makes it possible to live a sanctified life and be useful to the Lord. Living in the Word of God is the antidote that is required to live above the filth and smut and garbage that we are bombarded with on a daily basis; we are subjected all too often to the pollution of this world, through television, through business dealings; no one can say
that they have not now or ever been contaminated or defiled by the world. Read 1 John 1:8,9 but let us not think for one moment that these verses suggest or even hint that we can continue in sin because we know there is cleansing available. The apostle asks the question in Romans 6:15-19, "What then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, You are that one's slave, whether of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness. But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. For I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness."

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