2 Timothy 2:21 (ESV)
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he
will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of
the house, ready for every good work.
I’ve seen bathtubs turned into salad bars and toilets turned into planters.
If we can turn unclean bathroom fixtures into salad bars and planters, it
should come as no surprise to us that God can turn someone unclean into someone
clean. There is only one way for anyone to cleanse themselves from what is
dishonorable to become honorable. That is through the blood of Jesus Christ
shed on the cross for us. We are all dishonorable apart from Jesus. It is by
God’s grace, through faith that we enter into Christ and are washed clean.
There is no one in the church that can say, “Look at me. I cleansed myself and
made myself holy. There is no one that can say, "I changed my ways and am
now holy.” When we trust God to accept us because of Jesus’s death and
resurrection, we are washed clean, set apart as holy, and become useful to the
Father. Good works do not gain God’s favor. Good works flow out of God’s favor.
No one is too dishonorable to be washed clean and made holy. No one is so good
that they do not need to be washed clean and set apart as holy. We all stand on
level ground before the Father.
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