Let us draw near We have seen throughout that the notion of free access and approach to Godis prominent in the writer's mind.

in full assurance of faith See Hebrews 6:11.

having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience That is, having our souls our inmost consciousness sprinkled as it were with the blood of Christ (Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 12:24; 1 Peter 1:2) and so cleansed from the consciousness of guilt. So the Jewish priests were purified from ceremonial defilement by being sprinkled with blood (Exodus 29:21; Leviticus 8:30).

and our bodies washed The perfect participles in these clauses "having been sprinkled," "having been washed" imply that it is to be done once and for ever. All Christians are priests to God (Revelation 1:5-6); and therefore Christian Priests, before being permitted to approach to God, must, like the Jewish Priests (Exodus 30:20), be sprinkledwith the blood of Christ, and bathed in the water of baptism (Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 3:21).

with pure water "I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean" (Ezekiel 36:25).

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