Section 6
window which is never washed, the conscience grows darker and darker until eventually little light can penetrate.
No detergent, no chemical, no acid can wash the stain of guilt from your conscience. Not even a nuclear bomb can dislodge this stain; no, your conscience demands something more powerful than that. Your conscience needs the precious blood of Christ.
Hebrews 9:14 says, "How much more will the blood of Christ…purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" The blood of Christ is powerful enough to purge, or cleanse, your conscience from every guilty stain.
How does the blood of Christ purge guilt from your conscience? Suppose you receive a traffic ticket for parking on the sidewalk. You have three problems: first, you broke the law; second, you owe the government a fine; and third, you have a copy of the traffic ticket to remind you of the fine. Now suppose you are penniless and find it impossible to pay the fine. You cannot just throw away the ticket, because the police hold a copy, and they will prosecute you if you do not pay. You have a real problem.
This is a picture of what happens whenever you sin. First, you have broken God's law; that is, you