One of the issues this chapter addresses is hidden uncleanness. This speaks of the sins we are able to camouflage or hide from others.
It discusses abnormal male and female conditions, possibly the result of an illness or sexually transmitted disease and the appropriate procedures for hygiene under normal circumstances in that time period. While these conditions are dealt with medically today, the reasons for contacting them have not changed.The laws given to Moses here were meant for the protection of the people, the tabernacle, and future generations. The general principle was that when the unclean comes into contact with the clean, it is the clean that is made unclean. This principle was completely reversed in the person and work of Jesus the Messiah. When Jesus – who was “clean” in every sense – touched an unclean person, He made them clean. They never made Him unclean. It was the individual's faith in Him that cleansed both their body and their soul.
How shall a young man cleanse his way David asked. By taking heed to the Word.” (Psalm 119:9) Paul reminds us, “We are washed by the water which is the Word.” (Ephesians 5) Jesus declared in John 15:3, “Now ye are clean by the Word I have spoken unto you.” There is a washing, a cleansing from spiritual disease as we drink of the Scriptures. His word will protect us from the infection of lustful thoughts and a host of other diseases, which we think no one sees. Like the woman in Mark 5, all one needs to be healed is the faith to reach out and touch the Lord in prayer. For those who do, the refreshing news is: "Your faith has made you well."
How shall a young man cleanse his way David asked. By taking heed to the Word.” (Psalm 119:9) Paul reminds us, “We are washed by the water which is the Word.” (Ephesians 5) Jesus declared in John 15:3, “Now ye are clean by the Word I have spoken unto you.” There is a washing, a cleansing from spiritual disease as we drink of the Scriptures. His word will protect us from the infection of lustful thoughts and a host of other diseases, which we think no one sees. Like the woman in Mark 5, all one needs to be healed is the faith to reach out and touch the Lord in prayer. For those who do, the refreshing news is: "Your faith has made you well."
If you would like to be cleansed, made clean from your sin, simply believe in your heart that Jesus can make you clean, and pray the prayer found to the right on this page "Connect With God," and He will make you clean. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." (Isaiah 1:18)
God Bless you all.
The Truth: Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed." (Mark 1:40-42)
