13th July 2025

Cleansing Power of Christ

If the blood of bulls and of goats . . . sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, . . . purge your conscience

from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:13-14

Today's Bible Reading: Hebrews 9:11-15.

To have a guilty conscience is an experience. Psychologists may define it as a guilt complex and may seek to rationalize away the sense of guilt; but once this has been awakened through the application of the law of God, no explanation will quiet the insistent voice of conscience. Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars. The Bible teaches that Christ cleanses the conscience. To have a guilty conscience cleansed and to be free from its constant accusation is an experience, but it is not the cleansing of the conscience that saves you; it is faith in Christ, and Christ alone that saves, and a cleansed conscience is the result of having come into the right relationship with God.

Prayer: Father God, I stand in awe of the magnitude of Your forgiveness, and thank You for it. In Jesus name. Amen.