How To Un-Sin!
"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me hear joy and gladness, that the
bones You have broken may rejoice."
Psalm 51: 7-8
On the night before the exodus of the
Hebrew slaves from Egypt, Moses
gave instructions to the people.
That night, the Lord brought judgment on the
firstborn sons of Egypt, but not on the Hebrew
families. They were to take hyssop and paint
their doorways with the sacrificial blood. Upon
seeing the blood, the “destroyer” would pass
over their homes (Exodus 12:22-23).
Hyssop was a plant that was
used to sprinkle blood during
ritual
cleansings.
Scholars suggest that the word cleanse
means to “un-sin”, to make me as I was
before I sinned. That’s what God does
when
He forgives us.
Christians are not called sinners in the
New Testament but saints (holy ones).
After being forgiven, God sees us as
“whiter than snow.”
"God does not demand a beautiful
vessel for His work, but He does
demand a clean one."
R. A.
Torrey