BRO. RICK HUMPHREYS

"CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART"

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." Psalm 51:7-10

To create is make something new, something that did not exist but has now has been brought to the forefront. This statement is from a man that has sinned and has been confronted about his actions In verse 7 he says “ purge me with hyssop”. The word purge is the Hebrew Khaw-taw which means to miss, hence sin He says “I missed the mark, I missed the way, I missed the word, the truth, I missed, I messed up. Clean up my mess with hyssop”. Hyssop. A species of marjoram and a member of the mint family Hyssop was an aromatic shrub under one meter (three feet) tall with clusters of yellow flowers. It grew in rocky crevices and was cultivated on terraced walls (1 Kings 4:33) Bunches of hyssop were used to sprinkle blood on the doorposts in Egypt (Ex 12:22), and in purification ceremonies (Lev 14:4,6,51-52) David mentioned it as an instrument of inner cleansing (Ps 51:7). It was used at the crucifixion to relieve Jesus' thirst (John 19:29). Blood and holy cleansing water were sprinkled on objects and people to purify them, sanctify them for use in the kingdom. Cleanse a man that he might dwell in the camp of Israel again

“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field" Leviticus 14:2-7

David asked to be cleansed. We must have the desire to be cleansed and ask for it, ask and you will receive He says if I will do this with hyssop I will be white like snow. God said in Isa 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool”. Repent, realign with the word, you will be cleansed Paul said in Eph 5:26-27, “That he might sanctify and cleanse it (that is the church) with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish”. The writer of Hebrews said in Heb 9:14, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God”? Here we see the washing of the word and the blood of Christ (one and the same) cleanse us of our sin. John said in 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”. Jesus said in John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you."

Zech 3:1-4, “And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment” 1 Cor 6:9-11, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves,