Are you trying to clean yourself up for God?

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

Cleaning yourself up for God is a completely unnecessary and futile act on the part of the believer and the unbeliever alike.

Years ago, I was talking to a man about the condition of his soul. He insisted he had to change his behavior before he could commit himself to Christ. I assured him that not only was it unnecessary, but it was also impossible.