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Did you ever hear about the bank robber who could have joined the Blue Man Group? Yep, he drove off with the cash in a bag, got home, thought he was in the clear, opened the bag and...

Ka-bluey!

Literally. Inside the bag was an anti-theft device that explodes and covers everything remotely near it with permanent florescent blue ink. And boy do I mean permanent. Day and night he tried and tried to rid himself of his royal blueness...but to no avail. No amount of washing or wishing lessened his shaded self. Because of this, he couldn't leave his home, so he was completely isolated from the world. Eventually his colorful condition drove him nearly insane (he was WAY beyond just feeling blue at this point), so he hauled his hued self to the nearest police station and turned himself in.

At least he might brighten up the prison a bit.

I wonder...have you ever felt like this guy? I'm guessing that you have. I'm assuming you've never robbed a bank and been the victim of an anti-theft device, but I'm also assuming that each of us has guilt that weighs us down in the same way. It sticks to our soul like permanent ink and isolates us to the point of near insanity. Every time we look in the mirror we're reminded of that certain big something or the thousands of little somethings that we've done that go directly against God's will and word. So we're afraid to go public with our true selves because someone might find out the truth about our past.

I have good news...no, I have great news for you today. There is ink remover available. The best part is that it comes free of charge, because it was paid for with the blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary over 2000 years ago. This ink remover also has no limit to its supply either. It is guaranteed to work every time and never run out.

The problem is that it sits on the shelf of most people's lives because they don't really believe that it works.

It does work, and here are the simple instructions for use:

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. (I John 1:9 NLT)

Here are the expanded instructions:

If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. (1 John 1:9 Amplified Bible)

Lather, rinse, repeat.

What this verse is saying is that the moment you confess your sins (i.e. agree with God that what you did was wrong), your blue stained soul is cleansed and becomes white as snow. Now I realize that some of us are carrying around more color than others, but compared to God's forgiveness, even the most horrible sins are no match. Why? Because His faithfulness in forgiving us doesn't depend on how sorry we feel, how many promises we make to stop, or even how much we believe He will cleanse us. It actually depends on how faithful God is to His own nature, and I guarantee you that He is perfectly and flawlessly faithful to Himself. In other words, if God refused forgiveness, He would violate His own nature, and cease to be God.

That's just not gonna happen folks.

What needs to happen is for you to take God at His word, confess your sins, and receive His complete and total forgiveness. As one person put it, when God forgives us, He takes all our sins and buries them at the bottom of the deepest sea. Then He posts a huge sign that says:

No fishing allowed!

And that's nothing to feel blue about!

Head: What you need to know about this truth

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. (I John 1:9 NLT)

Heart: What you need to feel about this truth

She was crazy. Everyone knew it because she had the habit of talking to herself in public and it was known that she believed she even talked to Jesus - and Jesus talked back to her. A new preacher came to town and, hearing of the crazy woman, thought that he might be able to make her face reality.

One day, as he saw her walking down the street he spoke to her and eventually got around to asking,

"I hear you talk to Jesus."

"Yes," she replied. "Jesus and I talk for just hours and hours."

"Would you do me a favor?" the minister began. "Could you ask Him something for me?"

"Why of course," the old woman responded.

"Would you ask Jesus what the last sin was that I confessed to Him?"

"Certainly," she replied.

The next day, the preacher saw the crazy woman just down the street and so he approached her asked, "Well, did you talk to Jesus last night?"

"Why, I surely did," she squealed.

"What did He say was the last sin was that I confessed to Him?" the preacher coyly asked.

She smiled as she replied: "Why, He said He didn't remember."

Hands: What you need to do about this truth

Write a letter to Christ, thanking Him for dying on the Cross and making forgiveness available to you. At the bottom of the letter, write down any unconfessed sins, then claim this verse:

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. (I John 1:9 NLT)