A New Day

By: Pastor Johnie Akers 

Zechariah 13:1, “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.”  Activated charcoal has been used for years by the medical community in effectively treating individuals who have ingested toxins, medicines, or household chemicals.  It is a highly absorbent substance.  It removes toxins when they adhere to the surface of the charcoal.  It is not absorbed by the body, but passes through the GI system, so chemicals adhere to it, pass through the body and are then expelled by the digestive system.  Activated charcoal is also used in gas masks and in water filters.  Amazingly, some holistic dentists use it to whiten their patient’s teeth.  Evidently it has the same effect on the teeth as it does the GI tract by pulling toxins from the mouth and removing stains.  One would certainly give pause to think that something so black and grimy could actually make teeth whiter.  I do not recommend trying these remedies without the recommendation of a medical professional.  But the thought of the application fascinates me in spiritual terms.  Dr. Billy Graham once said that he did not fully understand how that a brown cow can eat green grass and give white milk and yellow butter, but he accepted it by faith.  Furthermore, Dr. Graham said that he does not understand how that red blood can be applied to black sin and make it white as snow, but this he accepts by faith as well.  There is a universal cleansing agent that can cleanse a person from every toxin and stain of sin.  It is the precious blood of Jesus.  We may look at our lives and find the tarnish that years of transgressions have left.  Yet through the cleansing power of the precious blood of Christ, not only can we beclean, but His cleansing can be so thorough that it will be just as if we had never sinned.  Some cleansing agents have an expiration date.  But His blood is just as effective today as the day it was shed on Calvary to provide each of us His gift of grace with each new day.