Being Clean

This one above is the last time I will post it. I am retiring that logo...
for this one here, the logo-6 replacement. The one up top is just too busy for me. Anyway, this study is about being clean. And when I say clean, I mean spiritually clean. It is often too easy to be dirty. Dirty with sin of this or that nature. And I can fall into the dirty category just as easy as anyone else can.

The Bible is full of scriptures that talk about clean and cleanliness. Doing an NIV search, I found 111 passages with the word clean in it. Do all of them use clean in the meaning of being clean without sin? Probably not. But that is beside the point. Some, if not most, do. And that is where this study is going to be focused.

And the question is, do you want to be something clean for God, like the towels above? Or do you want to be unclean, like the towel below? Both are useful, but one can only be used to make others clean.
Proverbs 51:1-19
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Starting out with a Psalm has to be encouraging. At least it is for me. I will knock on this door a little more tomorrow. Johnny Out.

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