Mar 10, 2007 - Red + Red = White

Mar 10, 2007

Isa 1:18 GW
(18) "Come on now, let's discuss this!" says the LORD. "Though your sins are bright red, they will become as white as snow. Though they are dark red, they will become as white as wool.
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What makes the God of Christianity different than so many other religions? While there are so many that I could not discuss them all here, I will discuss one. God wants us to discuss things with Him. He wants us to talk about what we have in our life and what He can do for us. A discussion? With God? God talks back to us? This what the whole book of Job is. Job wants to talk to God, to argue his case before God, to see what he has done and plead his case. Here God wants to talk with us and tell us what is in His plan.

So what is in His plan? Very simple. He will take our sins and wipe them out. Red means blood in most cases. Red fresh blood and dark red old blood. Now I have tried to wash blood out of fabric before. It is not an easy stain to get out with our modern conveniences . I can imagine that in Isiah's day it most likely was a lot harder to get out. God clearly takes the stain of blood from the fabric of our lives and washes them out so clean that the white is as bright as snow.

God will not do this for us automatically. We must talk to Him about it, request it of Him. It is not an automatic thing as some would like to teach. It is quite clear that there is only one way for this exchange to take place. That way is clear in both sections of the Bible. The Old Testament points to a person that was to come and be a sacrifice though He was sinless. The New Testament shows us who that person was. Jesus came to wash away our sins and He did it with His own blood. How can red added to red make white? I will never know. I do know that it is real and my life is an example of it.

Are you sins washed out with the Blood of Jesus?