PROMISE #311 - NOVEMBER 7
Promise #311:
Draw near to Me and I will cleanse you from an evil conscience.
Hebrews 10:22 (WEB)
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and having our body washed with pure water,
An evil conscience is a guilty conscience. When we feel guilty, we feel shame. When we feel shame, we want to run and hide from God, just like Adam and Eve did. Today’s promise is an invitation from our heavenly Father to come close to Him. He will cleanse us from the guilt that we struggle with and wash our bodies with pure water.
It takes genuine faith to believe we are forgiven for all our sins. In the Christian life, we sometimes act as if Jesus forgave our sins when we first became Christians, but then it was our responsibility to keep from sinning from that point on. When we fall, we feel guilty and ashamed, and that sense of guilt keeps us from coming into the presence of God.
The truth is that God's heart is to cleanse us from a guilty conscience so that we can truly draw near to Him without shame or condemnation. Jesus' shed blood is the once-and-for-all sacrifice for our past, present, and future sins. There is nothing that we can do to add to what Jesus has already done. When He cried, "It is finished!" on the cross, He meant it.
I pray that each of us receives the sprinkling of hearts from a guilty conscience today so that we can draw near to God, as He is drawing near to us.
Draw near to Me and I will cleanse you from an evil conscience.
Hebrews 10:22 (WEB)
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and having our body washed with pure water,
An evil conscience is a guilty conscience. When we feel guilty, we feel shame. When we feel shame, we want to run and hide from God, just like Adam and Eve did. Today’s promise is an invitation from our heavenly Father to come close to Him. He will cleanse us from the guilt that we struggle with and wash our bodies with pure water.
It takes genuine faith to believe we are forgiven for all our sins. In the Christian life, we sometimes act as if Jesus forgave our sins when we first became Christians, but then it was our responsibility to keep from sinning from that point on. When we fall, we feel guilty and ashamed, and that sense of guilt keeps us from coming into the presence of God.
The truth is that God's heart is to cleanse us from a guilty conscience so that we can truly draw near to Him without shame or condemnation. Jesus' shed blood is the once-and-for-all sacrifice for our past, present, and future sins. There is nothing that we can do to add to what Jesus has already done. When He cried, "It is finished!" on the cross, He meant it.
I pray that each of us receives the sprinkling of hearts from a guilty conscience today so that we can draw near to God, as He is drawing near to us.