“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18 ESV)
Cleaning
One of the small but tedious ways that my wife displays her love, is the removal of stains on my shirts. She does not care about my shirts, she does not care about dirt, she does not care about my style… she loves me, and so she cleans.
And God loves us more than she loves my shirts. Isaiah tells us that no matter how deeply our souls are stained by sin, God cleans them. No matter how hopeless we think our stains are, God has cleaned them. No matter how difficult our stains of tomorrow, God will clean them.
And the cleaning was not accomplished through cheap detergent. We are cleaned by the precious blood of God’s only begotten Son. His red blood made our crimson stains into pure white.
God loves His people, so He cleansed us, is cleansing us, and will cleanse us.