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“But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water” (John 19:34).
We have seen that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin, and makes us fit for the presence of God. But here we read about water that also flowed from the Lord’s side. Water in the Bible usually speaks of the Word of God. God cleanses us from our sins by the blood of Christ but does not leave us with only a sinful nature. No, by His Word and His Spirit He gives us a new life that wants to please Him. Then, we might say, we have “the whole package,” and our Christian state is complete. Our sins are forgiven, but we are also clean morally, so that we may live to please the Lord.
We first of all get the new life, and then, as we have seen earlier, we need the constant application of the water (the Word of God) to keep us clean as we go through this sinful world. So the water is applied once when we are saved, but then we need our feet washed regularly. This may sound a bit complicated, but it simply means that God washes us all over when we get saved, but then needs only to wash our feet afterwards.
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