{"id":464,"date":"2015-05-01T17:35:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T22:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissakaysimonds.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2015-05-23T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T21:21:24","slug":"stubborn-stain-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melissakaysimonds.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Stubborn Stain Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhy is Your apparel red, and Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?\u201d Isaiah 63:2<\/em><\/p>\n

My mother\u2019s generation was really good at getting stains out of clothing. Everything was less disposable then \u2013 clothes needed to last \u2013 and most moms were really skilled at getting out grass stains and other stubborn stains. The trick to easier stain removal is quick treatment. It seems the longer a stain is in a garment, the harder it is to remove.<\/p>\n

That goes for spiritual stains, too. It seems the longer the enemy has had a toe hold, the more resistant he is to letting go of it. Some Christians talk about \u2018generational curses\u2019, as in \u201cIn those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children\u2019s teeth are set on edge.\u201d<\/em> (Jeremiah 31:29) I don\u2019t think anyone in his right mind denies that propensities toward certain behaviors run in families, hence the little ditty, \u201cMirror, mirror, on the wall; I am my mother after all.\u201d<\/em> Usually, this is not intended as a flattering observation.<\/p>\n

We live our lives in stained clothing. Some of the stains are faded and barely visible. Some we\u2019ve been able to get out altogether through patient, faithful following on to know the Lord (Hebrews 6:12). Some are embarrassing, and we don\u2019t know how to get them out. We try to hide them, but that\u2019s hard to do.<\/p>\n

Jesus is coming for a bride without spot or blemish (Ephesians 5:27). That\u2019s a hopeful concept because it tells us we aren\u2019t wasting our time to keep working on getting those stains out, even the oldest ones that are stubbornly set-in. The blood of Jesus has been around longer than any stain that mars you or me. He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, before God breathed the first breath into the first human being (Revelation 13:8). There is no stain that can resist the scrubbing power of Jesus\u2019 blood. It washes as white as snow (Isaiah 1:18). Jesus wears the red stains of Calvary so we don\u2019t have to \u2013 we can be clean. By faith, we are clean.<\/p>\n

What can wash away my sin?<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nWhat can make me whole again?<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

For my pardon, this I see,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nFor my cleansing this my plea,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nothing can for sin atone,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nNaught of good that I have done,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is all my hope and peace,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nThis is all my righteousness,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now by this I\u2019ll overcome-<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nNow by this I\u2019ll reach my home-<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Glory! Glory! This I sing-<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em>
\nAll my praise for this I bring-<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh! Precious is the flow<\/em>
\nThat makes me white as snow.<\/em>
\nNo other fount I know,<\/em>
\nNothing but the blood of Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Leaves Of Grace \u00a9 Melissa Kay Simonds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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