1John 3:5 - The Ultimate Busboy and Carpenter Gone Wild

"And we are having come to know that that One was revealed, in order that the sin He should take up, and sin in Him it is not."

-That’s right, Jesus is the Ultimate Busboy, if you will.  He came to clean the dirty tables of our broken lives, to take up and take away our gross dirty plates, the filthy rags of our unrighteousness.  This is why He came, why His Father sent Him in the first place.  The Father did send the Son to be the Savior of the world - and that not only to save us from our sins, but also to remove them from the scene entirely!  Gone with the wind, if you will, completely and forever, as far as the east is from the west...!

-The plan is for my table - and yours - to be spotless.  The plan is for us to be like Him - 'cuz sin IN HIM IS NOT.  Sin is not in Him.  This One, He is Him Who knew no sin (2Corinthians 5.21).  Not one dirty spot or blemish or the teeniest tiniest hint of it whatsoever.  His table is impeccably incomparably clean.  That tablecloth is spotless, white as snow, not a fold or a crease or a wrinkle to be found anywhere.  In Him, there is no sin.  And that is precisely why He was revealed, and what He wants to do for us - to make us more like Him.  It’s not just for salvation, a little dash of fire insurance, a spiritual get-out-of-jail-free card.  Jesus came to clean and set your table, but oh so much more than that.  It's a complete big amazing home makeover, in fact!  The ultimate fixer upper.  He came for transformation.  Metamorphosis.  Caterpillar to butterfly.  Old things gone, all things made brand spankin’ new.  A new creation, spotless, unblemished, beautiful, breathtaking.  Not just slapping on a new coat of paint or a few updates here and there.  It’s not about a house flip - we’re talking about total renovation, down to the studs restored and remade to even better than before!  He is a carpenter, after all...!  :)  HGTV might call it Carpenter Gone Wild (or something to that effect...)  And clean?  We're talking a new floor so clean you could totally eat off it!  Obviously the process will not be completed this side of heaven, but make no mistake, all who have trusted in Christ in this life are (or should be) experiencing various stages of this wondrous massive reconstruction project.  Debris and old busted accoutrements dumped out and hauled away like the trash that it is.  Talk about an extreme makeover - this old house, the tent which is our life, is gonna be unbelievably glorious.  Just like Him...