God's Presence in His Word
God's presence cleanses from sin. When our Lord appeared to Moses in the burning bush and to Joshua as the Captain of the Lord's host, His Presence made the ground holy. Ex. 3:5; Joshua 5:15. Mount Sinai was made holy by the same Presence, and it seemed to sinful Israel as a consuming fire, but it only consumes sin. God's living Presence in His Word gives it power to cleanse whoever receives it. Jesus spoke, and the leper was cleansed. Matt. 8:3. He said to the disciples: "Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." John 15:3. He cleanses His church "with the washing of water by the Word." Eph. 5:26. Let God's Word reign in the heart, and it will purify and sanctify the life.