But Ye Are Washed

When Paul was on his way to Damascus to have Christians thrown in prison and killed, God struck him blind and changed his heart. Later, Ananias restored Paul’s sight and then told him “Arise, be baptized and wash away your sins, having called upon His name.” Paul knew what it was like to be a murderer, a blasphemer, and a persecutor of the saints, and then to be washed clean of all that filthiness of sin.

This is what happens to sinners when they repent and call upon the name of Jesus in faith. They are cleansed. They are washed clean. Their past no longer dictates their future. And isn’t that a reason to rejoice?

Some of you may have had more obvious egregious sin in your past than others. However, each and every one of you here are guilty of sin before God and worthy of His wrath and judgment. But each and every one of you, if you have repented of your sins and believed in Christ, are washed clean, made new, sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.