Hebrews 10:22 English Standard Version (ESV) let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

I finance my car and my lender demands full coverage. The value of the car must not be less than the lenders investment. If I default on the loan they want to recover their losses. I was pondering this issue today in comparison to our full assurance of faith and how that might relate to this verse.

Hearts, conscience and our bodies are covered by full assurance of faith. Our bodies belong to Jesus and it is in our best interest to not damage His vehicle. He has made provisions much like the insurance company to cover any and all damages, to restore our value.

It troubles me to see a new car damaged and the owner has not taken the vehicle to the shop to be fixed. It says something about the owner. There may be extenuating circumstances for sure but what would the lender say if the damage went without repair?

We as humans get dinged up all the time. Much like the car owner above we cannot get repaired without making a claim. We walk around damaged, ashamed, and fail to report to our Lord for a variety of reasons. Here is the difference, our Lord knows about our vehicle condition at all times, the car lender does not.

Confession is for the cleansing of conscience. It has nothing to do with the value Christ has invested in us. It is about appearance and goes straight to our relationship with our Lord. In the case of the car a report has to be filed to determine fault. Not so with our Lord, He knows all things and does not want to hear excuses, pointing fingers, and assigning blame. His concern it restoration by full assurance of faith.

Cars don’t get repaired without insurance and souls don’t get repaired without faith.