[Dr. Eckleburg]

I have no objection with Paul. Paul tells me I and all Bible-believing Christians who know Jesus Christ to be their Lord and Saviour have been redeemed by His blood.

We are "clean," Campion, even while we yet sin because Christ has paid for ALL our sins IN FULL. That's the miracle of it all.

"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." -- Ephesians 4:4-9

By the grace of God and the gift of the Holy Spirit who leads our sanctification, we will want to sin less and less. But all men die with some tinge of Adam's stain on them. Thank God, Christ has paid for even that sinful remnant.

[Campion]

Cleansed or covered? Which one?

Luther said that the sinner was covered by Christ's righteousness like snow covers a dungheap.

Scripture says that "our God is a consuming fire".

What happens when a consuming fire encounters a snow-covered dungheap?