Cover-Up or Deep Clean

Removing dark and set-in stains from clothing or surfaces can be challenging. Correction fluid applied to mistakes on paper are undetectable but only hidden; the same is true of products covering skin blemishes. We can scrub, cover or mask sin, but no one can remove sin’s dark result from their life; it is humanly impossible. The only remedy for our sins is Jesus, dying for all humanity, shedding His precious innocent blood for the world’s sin. But before remission of sins happens, sinners must confess and repent of those sins, and God is the only One who can forgive and wash sin-filled souls clean. Isaiah penned that even if sins are the deepest red color, God’s forgiveness washes them white as snow or wool (Isaiah 1:18)—stain and mistake-free. God forgives and saves sinners who call on Him, choosing not to remember their sins (Hebrews 10:17). “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). God loves us, sending Jesus to die for us. He forgives, cleanses, and restores, yet we sometimes struggle with living for Him and don’t stay sin-free. But our heavenly Father doesn’t give up on us who surrender to the lordship of His beloved Son; God’s mercy and grace are readily available for His children when we call on Him.