Clean Hands

INTRO: Last week I felt it appropriate to speak on the coronavirus by comparing it to what I called the sinavirus. On Monday I caught up with the news and listened to the president of the United States tell people how they were planning to tackle this issue. He had set out the vice president to look after this matter.

They had enlisted businesses like Wal-Mart and numerous others to help with things like the need for places to park health clinics. Top American health officials spoke to the issue and answered reporter's questions, and one thing caught my attention in particular, and a passage of Scripture came to mind. Over and over the doctors stressed the washing of the hands.
Well the passage that came to my mind was, Psalm 24:3-4. Listen to it:
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
Clean hands and a pure heart, what a goal for the Christian! So the message title is "Clean Hands." This message would be appropriate any time but it might be better understood now. Clean hands, what a need for those who are not ready to die! Well, right now, in the world, clean hands has become a very big thing. People are even wondering what will happen to the age old practice of shaking hands after this. To avoid transferring the coronavirus to oneself, people refrain from shaking hands, and the question is, will it bring the practice to an end?
So we want to look at the great questions in this text and then the divine answer.