the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me and I shall he whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities; Psalms 51:2. Though your sins, be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18. I have blotted out as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins. Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. Isaiah 44:22.
We must not keep away from Christ on account of our stumblings and manifold faults, if we will not come under the law again; but by humbling ourselves directly, we are to crave pardon in his blood, By delaying this, our case will be worse. But the sooner it is done, the sooner we shall be forgiven. The Lord not imputing those sins to us, which are sincerely repented of, our soul returns to its rest again. And instead of falling into carnal security (as some may think) it will rather strengthen our faith and make us more confident. Hasten, therefore, and come as soon and as well as thou canst. He will receive thee, if thou couldst but creep.
O Lord, I fall before thy face
My only refuge is thy grace;
No bleeding beast, nor flood, nor sea
Can wash the dismal stain away.
Jesus, my God, thy blood alone,
Has power sufficient to atone:
Thy blood can make me white as snow;
No Jewish types could cleanse me so.
