Jesus has taught us clearly that it’s not outer dirt or cleanliness that matters to God, but the cleanness of our hearts.
Bad things may come into our lives from germs and accidents or from ‘the world. And we try to protect ourselves and our families – with washing, cleaning with insurance and pensions. Being Christians we often struggle to know which strategies to use to avoid bad things happening in our lives.
We need God’s favor in our life to be organized for which we need to pray and read the word of God and rely more on him. As Christians, we should know that we have already been made clean by the blood sacrifice of Jesus.
Let us have a look at the following Bible verses that speak about being clean and organized.
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”
Habakkuk 2:2 “And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it”
Hebrews 10:26 “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins”
Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”
Matthew 23:26 “Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also”
Acts 10:15 “And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common”
Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
Acts 20:28 “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”
Psalm 37:23 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way”
Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord”
John 15:3 “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you”
Matthew 5:48 “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”
Isaiah 1:16 “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil”
Hebrews 9:23 “It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these”
2 Corinthians 7:1 “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God”
Ezekiel 36:25 “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you”
Hebrews 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water”
Leviticus 19:28 “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord”
1 Chronicles 6:32 “And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order”
Proverbs 27:23 “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds”
Psalm 51:7 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow”
Genesis 7:2 “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female”
1 Corinthians 14:40 “Let all things be done decently and in order”
Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things”
Revelation 1:5 “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood”
1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin”
1 Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints”
Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me”
