Moments For You

“If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?” (2 Kings 5:13). The Bible tells us that Naaman was “captain of the host of the king of Syria … a... Read more →

Some of the ancient cliff-dwellers of Arizona had an interesting way of cleaning house. The smoke of their fires filled their dwellings and covered their walls with a black layer of soot. When this became intolerable they did not wash or scrape it off, but plastered over it with a... Read more →

“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). God does not want anyone to live in the dark or die in the dark. He wants... Read more →

A friend was updating me on his past year—a year in which he had been receiving ongoing medical treatment for cancer. The smile on his face was a powerful testimony to the good news he had just received. He said that at his one-year checkup the doctor announced that the... Read more →

“The voice spake unto [Peter] … What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common” (Acts 10:15). Is cleanliness considered to be next to godliness? It certainly was in the minds of many Jews, not only in Peter’s day, but through much of Israel’s history. The difference between that which... Read more →

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy word” (Psalm 119:9) On the day of our conversion, we are cleansed from all our sins. This washing never needs to be repeated: it is “once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). But between the day of... Read more →

“Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (2 Corinthians 7:1). Holiness is more than cleansing, though cleansing must come first. This is taught in more than one passage of the New Testament. “Christ also loved the church, and gave... Read more →

“He poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel” (John 13:5). This is what is meant by Jesus taking upon Himself the form of a servant (Philippians 2:7). Christ did not wash His disciples’s feet for show or pretense,... Read more →

“Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5). The gleaming beauty of God’s holiness was like a mirror held up before the prophet Isaiah. He saw his own filth and need. Notice, it is his lips which he especially perceives as... Read more →