Stain

Stain. With us selling our house, we have been doing little projects before the inspector comes out to perform his inspection and dings us for the little things we can fix now. So, the other day, I replaced two pieces of decking that had rotted on one end of the plank. I ripped them out, cleaned up the area and nailed down two new replacement planks in their place. This afternoon I stained them to match the rest of the planks that were originally there. By the time I was done, I had stain all over the side of my right hand where it had hit the rim of the paint can. I was stained too.

The Bible tells us that our sins are stains that God sees when He looks at us before we accept Christ. It was a description that was used in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. “Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD.” - Jeremiah 2:22. As much as we try to hide our sins and clean ourselves up with “good works”, our sins are a stain on our lives. The guilt of being sinful men and women stand before God uncovered until they are nailed to the Cross with Christ.

“And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.” - Jude 1:22-23. Our stains are a natural part of our fleshly nature. Our flesh wants to rebel against God and that rebellion stains our souls. Those of us who have accepted Christ as our Savior, have had our stains removed, not covered, removed!  They were taken away by the death of Jesus Christ. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” - 2 Corinthians 5:21.

Have you had your sinful, stained soul forever cleansed by the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ?  He is waiting for you to come to Him in repentance and ask for forgiveness. “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” - Isaiah 1:18.

Have a great day and God bless.