Yes - through faith in the shed blood of Christ, God judicially declares the believer clean, as if he had never sinned, which is what it means to be made white as snow.
Being white as snow is a spiritual cleansing, not a physical change. Because Christ's blood was divine and holy, it has the power to cleanse the whole world's sin problem. The moment a person believes the gospel, God justifies that person by His shed blood and sees them as just as if they had never sinned.
Isaiah 1:18 — This is the Bible verse that literally promises sins will be 'white as snow.'
Romans 5:9 — Paul directly says believers are 'justified by his blood,' connecting Christ's blood to a clean standing before God.
Hebrews 9:22 — Shows why blood is the divinely required means of remission and cleansing.
The Bible's classic promise is Isaiah 1:18: 'Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.' The New Testament explains how this happens through Christ's blood. Romans 5:9 states, 'Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.' Hebrews 9:22 declares, 'And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.' Ephesians 1:7 adds, 'In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.' The Bible consistently presents the shed blood of Christ as God's appointed means for cleansing, forgiveness, and justification.
Les Feldick does not use the exact phrase 'white as snow' in these clips, but he teaches the same truth: when a person believes in Christ's shed blood, God justifies him and declares him just as if he had never sinned. He explains that God sovereignly chose the shed blood as the only way He would forgive sin, and that the blood of Christ was divine and holy, powerful enough to cleanse the whole world's sin problem.
Scripture says we are 'justified by his blood' (Romans 5:9). Les Feldick defines justification as 'that judicial act of God whereby He declares the sinner just as if they had never sinned.' He illustrates that God justifies the idolater as though he had never worshiped an idol, the drunkard as though he had never taken a drink, and the adulterer as though he had never committed adultery. This is the essence of being made white as snow in God's sight.
No. Les Feldick describes how people often say, 'When I can clean up my life, when I can quit...' But the gospel is that while we were still sinners, God already went to the cross to purchase salvation. The blood of Christ is applied to guilty sinners through faith, not to people who have already made themselves presentable.
God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood (Romans 3:25). Les Feldick says there are two mandatory statements of Scripture: without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. A person is redeemed when they believe what God says about the shed blood, His death, His burial, and His resurrection.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that being aware of your justified standing should affect your daily behavior. If a believer is constantly conscious from the moment he wakes up until he sleeps that God has declared him just as if he never sinned, that will have a psychological impact on how he lives. If it does not affect behavior, something is wrong.
Salvation for Sinners, Not Self-Cleaned People
Les addresses the common excuse that a person needs to clean up their life first, showing that God went to the cross while we were still sinners.
Faith in His Blood
God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood, so that He could be just and justify the one who believes.
Mandatory Blood and Faith
Without shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God; redemption comes by believing what God says about the shed blood.
Divine Blood's Cleansing Power
The blood of Christ was divine and holy, and it had the power to cleanse the whole world's sin problem; therefore it cannot be reduced to human effort.
Redemption Through His Blood
God sovereignly chose the shed blood as the only way to forgive sin, and redemption and forgiveness come through His blood according to His grace.
The Blood of the Creator
It is through the blood of Christ, who is the image of the invisible God and creator of all things, that we have forgiveness; Peter points to His precious blood.
Justified as if Never Sinned
In 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 believers are washed, sanctified, and justified; justification is God's judicial act declaring the sinner just as if they had never sinned.
Justified by the Shed Blood
The moment we believe the work of the cross, God justifies us by virtue of His shed blood and declares us just as if we never sinned, which should affect our behavior.
Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
This is the Bible's direct promise that God can make scarlet sins white as snow.
Romans 5:9: Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
This verse ties justification directly to the blood of Christ.
Romans 3:25-26: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say at this time, his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Paul explains that Christ's blood is received through faith and that God remains just while justifying believers.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
This establishes the shed blood as mandatory for sin's cleansing.
Ephesians 1:7: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Redemption and forgiveness of sins come through Christ's blood.
Colossians 1:14: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Again, the blood of Christ is the means of redemption and forgiveness.
1 Peter 1:18-19: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Peter emphasizes that redemption is by the precious blood of Christ, the spotless Lamb.
1 Corinthians 6:11: 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.
Paul says believers have been washed, sanctified, and justified, which is the cleansing believers receive.
In a spiritual sense, yes. God's Word promises that sins as scarlet can become white as snow (Isaiah 1:18). Les Feldick describes the same truth through justification: God declares the believing sinner just as if he had never sinned. This is a divine legal cleansing, not a physical change in skin color.
It requires faith. God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood (Romans 3:25). Les Feldick says a person is redeemed when they believe what God says about the shed blood, His death, His burial, and His resurrection.
Yes. Les Feldick points out that people often say, 'When I can clean up my life...' But the gospel is that while we were still sinners, God went to the cross for us. Salvation is not earned by cleanup; it is received by faith in the blood of Christ.
Because being justified should affect behavior. Les Feldick says that if a believer is constantly aware that he is justified, it has to affect how he lives. The cleansing is real, and the changed life flows from that awareness.
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