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Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity.—PSA. 51:2.
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.—Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.—If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
He saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.—Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Jer. 33:8. -Ezek. 36:25.John 3:5. -Heb. 9:13,14.Psa. 106:8. -Psa. 115:1.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”
Ecclesiastes 10:7
Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common a fact, that none of us should murmur if it should fall to our own lot. When our Lord was upon earth, although he is the Prince of the kings of the earth, yet he walked the footpath of weariness and service as the Servant of servants: what wonder is it if his followers, who are princes of the blood, should also be looked down upon as inferior and contemptible persons? The world is upside down, and therefore, the first are last and the last first. See how the servile sons of Satan lord it in the earth! What a high horse they ride! How they lift up their horn on high! Haman is in the court, while Mordecai sits in the gate; David wanders on the mountains, while Saul reigns in state; Elijah is complaining in the cave while Jezebel is boasting in the palace; yet who would wish to take the places of the proud rebels? and who, on the other hand, might not envy the despised saints? When the wheel turns, those who are lowest rise, and the highest sink. Patience, then, believer, eternity will right the wrongs of time.
Let us not fall into the error of letting our passions and carnal appetites ride in triumph, while our nobler powers walk in the dust. Grace must reign as a prince, and make the members of the body instruments of righteousness. The Holy Spirit loves order, and he therefore sets our powers and faculties in due rank and place, giving the highest room to those spiritual faculties which link us with the great King; let us not disturb the divine arrangement, but ask for grace that we may keep under our body and bring it into subjection. We were not new created to allow our passions to rule over us, but that we, as kings, may reign in Christ Jesus over the triple kingdom of spirit, soul, and body, to the glory of God the Father.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Leviticus 15
15. Discharges Causing Uncleanness
Concerning Bodily Discharges
15
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:2Speak to the people of Israel and say to them:
When any man has a discharge from his member, his discharge makes him ceremonially unclean.3The uncleanness of his discharge is this: whether his member flows with his discharge, or his member is stopped from discharging, it is uncleanness for him.4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.5Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.6All who sit on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.7All who touch the body of the one with the discharge shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.8If the one with the discharge spits on persons who are clean, then they shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.9Any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.10All who touch anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening, and all who carry such a thing shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.11All those whom the one with the discharge touches without his having rinsed his hands in water shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.12Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 When the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, he shall count seven days for his cleansing; he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in fresh water, and he shall be clean.14On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.15The priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord for his discharge.
16 If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.17Everything made of cloth or of skin on which the semen falls shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
19 When a woman has a discharge of blood that is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.20Everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.21Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.22Whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening;23whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.24If any man lies with her, and her impurity falls on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
25 If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.26Every bed on which she lies during all the days of her discharge shall be treated as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.27Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.28If she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean.29On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.30The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the Lord for her unclean discharge.
31 Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.
32 This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,33for her who is in the infirmity of her period, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 6:18-20
6. Lawsuits Among Believers
18Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself.19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?20For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 106:1-15
106. Psalm 106
Psalm 106
A Confession of Israel’s Sins
1
Praise the Lord!
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever.
2
Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord,
or declare all his praise?
3
Happy are those who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times.
4
Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
help me when you deliver them;
5
that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory in your heritage.
6
Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.
7
Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.
8
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
so that he might make known his mighty power.
9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry;
he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10
So he saved them from the hand of the foe,
and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
11
The waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.
12
Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.
13
But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
14
But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;
15
he gave them what they asked,
but sent a wasting disease among them.