Lesson 7 The Cross Cleanses Us
Question 4 and 5
The Effects of the Cross
Jesus’ death is a cleansing fountain! He died to cleanse us and wash us from the dirt and defilement of sin. He died to wash away all wrongs that we have done, and in so doing, He made us holy. All we need to do is to believe this to be true, accept that Jesus paid for our wrongs, and embrace Him as the One who has died to cleanse us.
Please turn to the cross and look with me to see Jesus hanging there covered in blood; this is atoning blood, blood that pays for your sins and makes amends for your wrongs. The years of overdrinking and all the destruction that resulted, the defilement of drugs, all the years of desecrating your body with cigarettes are atoned for and cleansed in the fountain of Christ’s blood.
After Jesus died, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear, and blood and water gushed out (John 19:34). Blood that forgives you of every sin and water that washes them all away, making you clean and white as snow. Do you see it? If so, put faith in Jesus right now, believe this good news.
Ephesians 5:27 says,
"and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
Ephesians 5:27
Question 4. According to Ephesians 5:27 NIV, what did the cross of Jesus Christ make you (as a believer in Jesus)?
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Do you believe this right now? The Bible has just told you something about the cross and its effects on you. Do you believe it? Here is what it has told you:
- The blood of Jesus is a stain remover. My dear brother Erick Hurt says it like this, “unlike the store detergents, the blood of Jesus removes 100 percent of all sin-stains.”
- The cross is a washing machine. Jesus has taken all your defilement upon Himself, all your impurity, and He has died to remove it all, thereby making you clean, “white as snow.”
- The cross is an ironing board. It takes our lives that were all disheveled and wrinkled with sin, and it irons us out and makes us straight, wrinkle-free.
- The cross is a great exchange. At the cross, Jesus took all your sin, and there Jesus gave you all His righteousness. He removed the dark spots and made you pure, holy, and clean. He made you radiant!
Question 5. Which of the above-listed effects of the cross do you need the most today? Please share:
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Sharon writes: "To embrace the reality of the cross as a great exchange. Not that the cross will be a great exchange when I start being a better person. I don’t have to remove the dark spots. Trying harder and doing better (for a few minutes anyway) are not what removes the sin. Maybe heave a sigh of relief that Jesus accomplished this already and grow into this truth that His finished work on the cross renders me pure, holy, and clean right this moment. There is NOTHING I can do to nullify that."
