Faith's Checkbook

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Oct 30

October 30
Thorough Cleansing
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all
your idols, will I cleanse you. (Ezekiel 36:25)
What an exceeding joy is this! He who has purified us with the blood of Jesus will also cleanse us with
the water of the Holy Spirit. God hath said it, and so it must be, "Ye shall be clean." Lord, we feel and
mourn our uncleanness, and it is cheering to be assured by Thine own mouth that we shall be clean.
Oh, that Thou wouldst make a speedy work of it!
He will deliver us from our worst sins. The uprisings of unbelief and the deceitful lusts that war
against the soul, the vile thoughts of pride, and the suggestions of Satan to blaspheme the sacred
name-all these shall be so purged away as never to return.
He will also cleanse us from all our idols, whether of gold or of clay: our impure loves and our
excessive love of that which in itself is pure. That which we have idolized shall either be broken from
us or we shall be broken off from it.
It is God who speaks of what He Himself will do. Therefore is this word established and sure, and we
may boldly look for that which it guarantees to us. Cleansing is a covenant blessing, and the covenant
is ordered in all things and sure.