John 15:3, “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.”

     In the old covenant there where a lot of instructions and rituals that would take a person from being unclean (unpure), to clean (pure).  Because God was in the midst of the people, the only way you could approach Him or minister unto Him was by ritually washing first at the laver.  If any one was found to be unclean they had to go outside the camp until a priest confirmed them, by ritual, to be clean again.  In the new covenant, ritual, ceremony, religion (ritual) has all been abolished because Jesus paid the price outside the camp to make us all pure.  Therefore we can boldly approach the throne of grace and receive mercy and help in the time of trouble.  We can confidently ask Him anything and He will grant it unto us.  We can draw near to Him, and He will draw near to us!  The main point this morning is this;  We are made pure in the new covenant by the word.  Jesus washes us clean by the word.  Our purification comes to us as a free gift and we stay pure by staying in the word.  The water in the laver was a type of the word that Jesus has washed His church clean with.  So I only have one question for you today;  have you washed this morning?                      God Bless,  Rusty