Our world is inundated with solvents, cleansers, and detergents. Shampoos that wash, conditioners that cleanse, soaps that sterilize, and fresheners that, well, freshen. But with all this attention and resource focused on cleansing and purification, I wonder if we've forgotten what needs to be cleansed, what is the real source of the disorder and chaos that ails the world, namely, sin.
Sin is that pervasive repugnancy, the ominous pall, and the supreme disease of creation. It is repulsive, corrosive, and altogether disgusting. The vicious malignancy of sin, however, is that until we are made alive through Jesus we do not see sin as it is, we will always think of it as something other than the utter refuse and rubbish that it is, and we will be blind to the detritus it deposits in our lives.
Only Christ Jesus, by virtue of His sacrificially atoning death, redeems creation from sin. Only by His grace applied to our lives through faith will our hearts and our minds be enlightened to allow for us to see unveiled the utter disgust that is sin and its effects in our lives. This is why Jesus came, this is why He came, why He died, and why He rose again! Amen that Christ Jesus has provided the ultimate solvent for the dirt and grime of our lives and for all creation!
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