Different From The Washing Away Of Sin By The Blood
DIFFERENT FROM THE WASHING AWAY
OF SIN BY THE BLOOD
As we have already pointed out, to be dirty does not mean that we are sinful. Many times you are not sinful, but you are dirty. Dust is every where. How easy it is to get dirty. While you are living on earth, even if you sit there without mov ing, you will become dirty. This earth is full of dirt. Thus, in doing anything, you will get dirty. Even as you are driving along the street on the way to the meeting, your eyes may accidentally see something that causes you to become dirty. Before you got into the car your spirit was living and uplifted, but after driving for ten minutes, al though you had no intention of seeing anything, simply by seeing certain things on the way to the meeting place, you were dirtied and your spirit went down. Sometimes, even in our fellowship we can become dirty.
For things that are sinful we need the cleans ing of the blood, but for things that are dirty and not sinful we need the spiritual washing. We need a washing by the Holy Spirit, the living Word, and the inner life.
Because being dirty is very close to being sin ful, it is difficult to make a distinction between