Who does the triune God wash and save according to 1 Corinthians 6:11?
The triune God washes and saves sinful people like the Corinthians—those guilty of idolatry or gross immorality—and sinners no different from them, including you and me. This cleansing, sanctifying, and justifying comes by grace, through the finished work of the cross and faith in it.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 6:11 shows the working of the whole three persons of the Godhead. God the Father in heaven looks down on sinful men, and the Holy Spirit convicts sinful men of the finished work of God the Son. The whole triune God comes in and washes these kind of people of which you and I were no different. We may not have been steeped in idolatry or practicing gross immorality, but the potential was there. Les says his heart was born just as wicked as these Corinthians, and so was yours. But as a result of the grace of God, the finished work of the cross, and our faith in it, we too have been washed, sanctified, and justified.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
More Questions
Who washes, sanctifies, and justifies believers in 1 Corinthians 6:11?
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, the washing, sanctification, and justification of sinners is the work of the whole triune God—the Father, the Holy Spirit, and God the Son.
What does the Holy Spirit do in salvation according to 1 Corinthians 6:11?
The Holy Spirit's role in salvation is to convict sinful men of the finished work of God the Son.