Daily Devotional

-November 9, 2020-

Good morning, happy Monday,

-Cleansing Through The Blood Of Christ-

“‘Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’”

(Isaiah 1:18).

We are all sinners, born in sin and conceived in iniquity. Sin separated us from God, brought death to us spiritual and physical, and defiled us. We had no hope. Sin is far more widespread and deadly than any earthly disease, including the Coronavirus.

Today it was announced that a vaccine for the Coronavirus is 90% effective in clinical trials. That figure is high, and higher than expected. It is in the range of the measles vaccine of the last century. The U.S. army is ready to distribute it on a massive scale. There is great hope, anticipation, and optimism. So much so that the stock market is soaring like I have never seen it before. For a vaccine to be effective a person has to take it, and pray everyone will.

As great as 90% is, and that is fantastic, it can’t compare to the blood of Jesus to cleanse and forgive us of our sin. His blood is 100 % effective for everyone human being who accepts God’s remedy for our sins. Through Christ’s shed blood our sin is now white as snow and is like wool. Instead of death, there is life; instead of separation there is nearness to God; instead of hopelessness, there is hope; instead of conflict, there is peace. For the blood of Jesus to be effective for a sinner he must receive Christ.

Ephesians 2:13 says, “But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” John writing of the efficacy of the blood of Christ said, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sins” (1 John 1:7).

As exciting as the vaccine for the Coronavirus is, and I am thrilled, it can’t compare to the joy of having our sins forgiven, cleansed, and removed as far as the east is from the west. The blood of Jesus is an eternal salvation of from sin once and and for all the moment we receive Christ as Lord and Savior. We are a blood bought people. Our sins are under the blood, and God remembers them no more. Vaccines have to be continually taken for protection, and new diseases come, but once one is cleansed from sin is it effective for all eternity. Andre Crouch sang, “The blood that gives me strength from day to day will never lose its power.”

We are now are sinners saved by grace. We rejoice that Jesus died in our place on the cross and bore our sins in His own body and shed His blood. Now that is something to be excited about!

Have a blessed day rejoicing in the cleansing of our sins once and for all. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean