There are many ways that we change from our old selves to our new selves when Christ becomes the focus of our lives. The biggest thing is that our sins are forgiven. 100%. Forever. Any sin we have ever done or ever will do has been completely erased by the blood of Jesus. As it says in 1 John, “the blood of Jesus, [God’s] Son, cleanses us from all sin.” All of it!

We don’t necessarily think of blood being all that clean, right? If a child falls and gets a bloody knee, moms and dads are quick to clean off the blood. We think of blood as dirty, messy, and a sign of injury. But that’s the glorious thing about the blood of Christ. When His blood spilled on that cross, He cleansed us from all of our bad deeds, once and for all, and forever.

There is a Scottish theologian who interprets the verse from 1 John by saying that Jesus’ blood disinfects us. What I like about this interpretation is that something that is cleaned can become dirty again, but something that is disinfected? That means that all germs on it have been killed, and all future germs are likely killed as well. It’s past, present, and future cleanliness. This is what Jesus’s blood provides us.

That means that whatever anyone has done, large or small, or whatever they will do in the future is cleaned by the blood of God. Praise Jesus! Spread this good news. It’s the best gift you can give.

This is Luis Palau.