Bible Questions Answered:
“What is spiritual cleansing, do we
have it or are we suppose to get it?...”
Cindy/ Kirkland, Washington U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Our God, is holy,
and He commands that all who come to Him, be like Him.
I Peter 1:16 "...it
is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of
purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity..."
Sinful Man:
Proverbs 6:16-19
KJV
16 These six
things doth The Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:
17 A proud
look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart
that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief,
19 A false
witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
Proverbs 12:22
NLT
The Lord
detests lying lips..."
Proverbs 20:11
NLT
The Lord
detests people with crooked hearts..."
Proverbs 21:27
NLT
The sacrifice
of an evil person is detestable, especially when it is offered with
wrong motives.
Proverbs 28:9
NLT
God detests the
prayers of a person who ignores the law.
Matthew 5:20 KJV
(Jesus)
For I say unto
you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of
the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom
of heaven.
Mark 10:15 KJV
Verily I say
unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little
child, he shall not enter therein.
Luke 16:15 NLT
Then He said to
them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your
hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.
John 7:7 KJV
The world
cannot hate you; but Me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the
works thereof are evil.
I Corinthians
6:9-11 NLT
9 Don’t you
realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who
worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or
practice homosexuality,
10 or are
thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat
people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
11 Some of you
were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you
were made right with God by calling on the name of The Lord Jesus
Christ and by
The Spirit Of
our God.
I Corinthians
15:50 KJV
Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Galatians
5:19-21 NLT
19 When you
follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear:
sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
20 idolatry,
sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division,
21 envy,
drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you
again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will
not inherit the Kingdom of God.
James 3:15,16
NLT
15 For jealousy
and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are
earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
16 For wherever
there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder
and evil of every kind.
Jude 1:14-17 NLT
14 Enoch, who
lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these
people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless
thousands of His holy ones
15 to execute
judgment on the people of the world. He will convict every person of
all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that
ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
16 These people
are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires.
They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get
what they want.
Revelation
21:8,27 KJV
8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
27 And there
shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in
The Lamb's Book
Of Life.
Cleansing Universally
Needed:
Jeremiah 4:14
NLT
O Jerusalem,
cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor
your evil thoughts?
Our Lord Has
Commanded Cleansing;
James 4:7-10 NLT
7 So humble
yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Come close to
God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners;
purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the
world.
9 Let there be
tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let
there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
10 Humble
yourselves before The Lord, and He will lift you up in honor.
Our
Prayer Should Be For Cleansing.
Psalm 51:2,7 NLT
2 Wash me clean
from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
7 Purify me
from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than
snow.
The
Lord, Promises Us Cleansing:
Ezekiel 36:25
KJV
Then will I
sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Our
Cleansing Is Possible, Only Through, The Blood Of Christ:
Hebrews 9:14 KJV
How much more
shall The Blood Of Christ, who through The Eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve The Living God?
I John 1:7 KJV
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.
I Corinthians
6:11 KJV
And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of The Lord Jesus, and by The Spirit Of our
God.
Prayer:
Romans 10:9l, 10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.
Are You Washed in the
Blood?
Have you been to
Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Are you fully
trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Chorus
Are you washed in
The blood,
In the soul
cleansing Blood Of The Lamb?
Are your garments
spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Are you walking
daily by The Savior's side?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Do you rest each
moment in The Crucified?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Chorus
Are you washed in
The Blood,
In the soul
cleansing Blood Of The Lamb?
Are your garments
spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
When The
Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Will your soul be
ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Chorus
Are you washed in
The Blood,
In the soul
cleansing Blood Of The Lamb?
Are your garments
spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Lay aside the
garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb;
There's a fountain
flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in The
Blood Of The Lamb!
Chorus
Are you washed in
The Blood,
In the soul
cleansing Blood Of The Lamb?
Are your garments
spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in
The Blood Of The Lamb?
Words and Music: Elisha
A. Hoffman, Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School
(Cleveland, Ohio: Samuel Barker, 1878), page 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9oW91Iv8D8
Revelation 7:15
"... they
have washed their robes and made them white in The Blood Of The Lamb
..."
