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Question 6
The speaker contrasts “Christ’s blood covers our sin” (paint over mildew) with “Christ’s blood cleanses” (bleach that kills mildew); in practical terms, what would a “covered” Christianity look like in habits and expectations, and what would a “cleansed” Christianity demand that many believers resist?
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Direct Answer
A “covered” Christianity, as he critiques it, expects God not to “see” sin while believers remain basically unchanged—sin is hidden rather than removed. A “cleansed” Christianity expects sin to be killed and removed through Christ’s blood and grace, demanding real moral change and sustained turning from “unholy living” to “godly living.”
- He recalls a sermon: when the Father looks down “he doesn't even see our sin… he just sees the blood of Christ, which covers over us.”
- He critiques that as “painting over something to cover it up,” which doesn’t solve the underlying problem.
- Mildew analogy: paint covers temporarily, but “that mildew is eventually going to bleed right back through… because mildew is… living and growing.”
- Proper solution: “wash down… with a bleach solution to kill the mildew… clean off the residue… then… repaint.”
- He says early Christians saw Christ’s blood as the “bleach solution… it actually cleanses us. It gets rid of the sin inside of us.”
- He ties cleansing to practice: drawing near requires “Cleanse your hands… purify your hearts,” turning “from unholy living to godly living” by grace.