Come To Jesus For Cleansing

“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7

Boris Yeltsin, former Russian President, once attended church, something politicians occasionally do, especially when the press covers it. But, Yeltsin later told a news agency, that he went to church to undergo cleansing…” This is interesting because Yeltsin is an avowed atheist, at least he says that he is. But deep down in his heart, is he really? You don’t talk about God unless you believe He exists.

Ronald Reagan, speaking before a prayer breakfast, once said, “I have long been unable to understand the atheist in this world of so much beauty. And I’ve had this desire to invite some atheists to dinner and serve the most fabulous dish and, after dinner, ask them if they believe there was a cook.”

When we talk of cleansing, we speak of that which only God can do. Paul spoke of the cleansing which God’s Holy Spirit does in our lives. He said, “… Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word” Ephesians 5:25-26.

The need for cleansing and forgiveness is a universal one. No individual, no matter how good or how many civic causes he supports is so perfect that at some time or another he does not need cleansing and forgiveness. True, we sin against others and must learn to seek forgiveness and extend it as well, but ultimately the issue is between the individual and his Maker.

In Psalm 51, David cried out, “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…Against you [God], you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”… “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow”

The good news is that what David sought is what God still dispenses today. To find cleansing and forgiveness, you need only ask for it