Whose Hands are Clean?

"Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord?  Or who may stand in His holy place? One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.” Psalm 24:3-4

These days we buy a lot of alcohol and disinfectant. We use hand sanitizer after touching door knobs, elevator buttons, hand rails, etc. after holding money or using the toilet, we wash our hands. Never were more people so conscious of these precautions and protocols! When Josh was a baby, I used a lot of baby wipes. If only it was as easy to clean our hearts and hands for God!

In Rev. 7:14, we read, “...they have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb." Jesus' blood is better than any hand sanitizer, baby wipes or laundry detergent that purports to make clothes whiter than white! Jesus’ blood is the only way we can ascend the mountain of the Lord and stand before Him in His holy place! 

Here are the lyrics of the classic 1876 hymn by Robert Lowry:

“What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain:

Oh! precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

For my cleansing this my plea,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing can for sin atone,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

Naught of good that I have done,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my hope and peace,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

This is all my righteousness,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Now by this I’ll overcome—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

Now by this I’ll reach my home—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Glory! Glory! This I sing—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus,

All my praise for this I bring—

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.