Divine Alchemy

Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV) 18 “Come now, and 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 be as wool.

# 3. What does this mean to you?

A. It means that God has a plan to rescue you from the power of sin.

a. You see sin is not just something that we have done once ..... it has worked its way into the very fabric of our being.

*** A friend of ours told us the other night that her mother has just been diagnosed w/ mercury poisoning. Her husband has been a keen fisherman all his life & he has always supplied the family w/ fresh fish, straight from the ocean.

The problem is that over the years she has eaten a lot of fish that has been contaminated by mercury. Mercury permeates the flesh of the fish so much so that when humans ingest it they are also eating the mercury contaminating the fish. The problem here is one of contamination!

i. And that’s what sin is like ...... it has so thoroughly contaminated the lives of men / women that the very fabric of our beings are riddled w/ it.

ii. But b/c of what Jesus did on the cross we can live every day w/ a clean conscience b/c we’ve been rescued from the power of sin.

Hebrews 9:14 (NKJV) 14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

iii. It means that you can live as a new creation fully rescued from sin from the moment you bow your knee to Jesus Christ.

Vs 21. 21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, ............

iv. It means that although sin has made everyone of us unclean in a moment of time we can be cleansed from every unclean thing we’ve ever done.

John 13:8 (NKJV) 8Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

v. Without our being washed clean, we all die from the contamination of sin.

B. It means that God has not only rescued you but he has made you right w/ God.

Vs 21. 21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

a. Jesus died on the cross not only so that you could be forgiven but so that you could by His divine alchemy be changed from being wrong to being right!

i. B/c of the cross of Jesus you have been acquitted of the charge of every sin you’ve ever committed & made right w/ God.

ii. How can God charge you w/ sin that He doesn’t even remember any more?

Hebrews 8:12 (NKJV) 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”