{"id":1045,"date":"2026-08-05T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:35:52","slug":"the-urgency-of-washing-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"The Urgency of Washing Wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 9, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_s_349711276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_s_349711276.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_s_349711276.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_s_349711276-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_s_349711276-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cleansing is important. But workers of iniquity stay filthy. If you don\u2019t keep the filth out then stopping spiritual infection will fail. God\u2019s word is daily source for the \u201cwashing of regeneration\u201d (Titus 3:5). Jesus stated that his disciples would be \u201cclean through the word (John 15:3).\u201d Paul instructed the Corinthians that their past lives of sin and seduction should remind of the power of the Gospel because they were \u201cwashed\u201d, made clean from their past. (I Corinthians 6:11) Paul also informed the disciples at Ephesus that Jesus gave himself for the church that he might \u201ccleanse it with the washing of the water by the Word.\u201d (Ephesians 5:26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you keep rubbing dirt in the wound how can it heal? If you keep giving your ear to gossip how your trust repair from past betrayal? If you let the mud of accusation be smeared on your injured faith how can it recover? Stay clean through the preaching of the Word. Stay disinfected from doubts and lingering failures by applying the ointment of truth, the balm of Gilead. You need some salve, not fifteen more minutes of the latest headline news that confuses and angers you. Take a break from social networks and the grime of gossip contaminating your spirit. Listen to His Word. Let the counsel of Scripture wash your mind from strife and needless stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I see bandaged people looking for complete healing, but their bandages are being removed by dirty hands, hateful people, and apostate teachers. They are not helping the wound. They are worsening the wound, infecting it with the touch of unclean doctrines. And you wonder why you become more suspicious of the church? And you question things that used to convict you. And you open channels of thought you would never have allowed yourself to tune into when you were clean through His Word.  Listen now&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5303\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1045-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\">https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?powerpress_pinw=1045-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast&amp;mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2026 Cleansing is important. But workers of iniquity stay filthy. If you don&rsquo;t keep the filth out then stopping spiritual infection will fail. God&rsquo;s word is daily source for the &ldquo;washing of regeneration&rdquo; (Titus 3:5). Jesus stated that his disciples would be &ldquo;clean through the word (John 15:3).&rdquo; Paul instructed the Corinthians that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5305\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1045-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\">https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?powerpress_pinw=1045-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Urgency-of-Washing-Wounds.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast&amp;mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[223,220,221,225,224,866,222,865],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-jesus-message-podcasts","tag-clean-through-the-word","tag-cleaning-wounds","tag-overcoming-wounds-of-the-past","tag-promise-of-healing","tag-sin-versus-salvation","tag-treating-wounds","tag-washing-of-the-word","tag-wound-care"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Urgency of Washing Wounds - The Jesus Message<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1045\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Urgency of Washing Wounds - The Jesus Message\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"August 9, 2026 Cleansing is important. 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