Our Sins, Like Scarlet 

     It's a picture of being stained with blood. 

     We try to "bleach" our lives with church attendance and good deeds. But under heaven's light, the stain remains. We cannot self-clean sin. 

     Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. - Hebrews 9:22. The Jewish people understood that. Sacrifice. But the blood of bulls and goats could never erase the stain.  

The Blood of Jesus 

     It doesn't lighten the stain. It replaces it, if we believe. His blood covers our guilt, our stain. We are purchased, cleansed. We are not our own. We are bought with the very blood of Jesus. 

     There is no conference or self-help book - worthy though they may be - just the blood. That's why we value communion, to remind us of what Jesus did for us. 

     Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. - Isaiah 1:18. 

Thank you, pastor