I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh ( Ezekiel 36:26).Īnd you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure I am clean and without sin?” ( Proverbs 20:9). Throughout the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament, we can find a number of inspiring and instructional wisdom about becoming “clean” and “pure” once more. What Are Some Bible Verses about Being ‘Made Clean’? Through Jesus, we are clean physically and spiritually, and our hearts are pure. When we accept this gift, we are made new, and our heart is purified - not because we are good or pure enough on our own, but because of the great power of the spotless sacrificial lamb that is Christ. Being “washed in the blood” or “cleansed by the blood” describes what happens when we accept the free gift of salvation offered in Jesus. Often this is called being “washed in the blood,” referring to the blood of Jesus Christ, which was spilled out for our salvation. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 reminds us, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” Only through the grace of God and His magnificent mercy and generous love can we be remade and washed of our sins. We cannot achieve cleanliness on our own. Today, because of Jesus, we know we can have “clean hands” when we turn from sin and follow Jesus, when we repent and believe that Jesus is our savior, and when we strive to model our lives after His way. This involved sacrificial offerings to pay the debt of our sins and repent for any wrongdoing, whether intentional or unintentional. In the Old Testament, the people used ritual purification to achieve cleanliness. How Can We Have Clean Hands and a Pure Heart?
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