PRACTICAL THOUGHTS ON SCRIPTURE SUBJECTS.
Sinful acts leave every time lasting stains upon our hands. These stains will not wear off. They are indelible and will not wash out. Every sin leaves a stain peculiar to itself. Could our eyes be enlightened by the Spirit of God how awful the sight of our hands. There is no skill of ours that can take out the deep dye that sin has colored and stained in our flesh. Excusing or justifying our conduct will not make our hands white. Shall we come up to the Judgment and have not merely the books of God’s record to stand against us, but even our own hands to bear witness to our every crime? I said these stains will not wash out. They will if the “fuller’s soap” is used. This is nothing else than the blood of Christ. Even this soap cannot do it unless rightly used. It must be applied with genuine repentance. This is always made up of confession, repentance, and entire change of conduct caused by this godly sorrow for sin which the Holy Spirit works in us.