He Is Willing, Be Cleansed

Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”  Mark 1:41

The question was: If You are willing, You can make me clean. Often we have a similar attitude as though there is something that would make our Lord Jesus unwilling to cleanse us from that thing that makes us outcast. Yes, I am thinking of the end times, even the end of the Bible where those cast out are in the outer darkness. It doesn't get more outcast than that! And those choices that place them out there are the things that Jesus is willing to cleanse us from by His atoning sacrifice. And, no, you and I do not have time to cleanse ourselves from this unrighteousness. Like ol' grain bin guy in Luke 12, our soul may well be required of us this night. The parable warned those trying to save themselves that Jesus our Savior is the only answer to our sinful condition. The question of our Lord's willingness was fully answered at the cross. The question now is whether we are willing to come to Him and let Him cleanse us of sin and anything else that grieves us this day. 

Have no doubt; He is willing, be cleansed!

Bucky