Sprinkle clean water

WORDs of Saving Grace - sprinkle clean water

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.

There are some scriptures in the Word of God that are metaphores and others which are literal. It is unfortunate that often what is meant as a metaphore is taken or desrcibed as literal and what is literal is misinterpreted as metaphorical.

The Lord is not literally saying He will sprinkle water on us to make us clean but it is a word picture. Yes literally a Word picture, or rather a picture of the Word sprinkled in our hearts.

The way we know this is by comparing scripture with scripture. Not scripture with tradition, or scripture based on our own ideas. But scripture with scripture.

The apostle Paul clearly illustrates what the water represents, and so does Jesus.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 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.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

1 Peter 1:23

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

It is very clear from these scriptures that the Water represents the Word of God.

Jesus said when we believe on Him living water or life giving Word will flow from our heart!

John 7:38

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.