Chanukah


rather a continuing process of cleansing and renewal. We live in a world that is filled with sin and temptation, and in the process of walking through that world, we become defiled. John says that if we deny this truth, we are calling God a liar. We must be walking in the light for the blood of Jesus to be providing the ongoing purification that we need to experience.


Just as the Jews could not use the


Temple for worship and sacrifice again until it had been purified from the desecration wrought by Antiochus, our lives must be cleansed from sin in order for God to fully use us in service to His Kingdom. We must be willing to accept the searching gaze of the Spirit of God and yield to His leading. The Psalmist wrote:


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