The Works of God

What are we like?  We are entirely covered in our own sin, like a body covered with the sores of leprosy.

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly estranged.

Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.  Isaiah 1:4-6

What is Jesus like?  He takes away every sin making us entirely clean by his own power, like he healed a man covered from head to toe with leprosy.

While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:12-13

Thank you to Pastor Mark Driscoll who helped me see this when he preached on Luke 5 in February.  I’m only half-way through that sermon and looking forward to the rest!