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 Scripture Reading
Johnst 1:29
“The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto
Him, and saith, Behold
the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of
the world.”
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The Trashcan
Trashcan
 What is it?
It is made up of two words:
“trash” and “can”
Trash: means something worth little or nothing as a junk,
rubbish

In terms of speech it’s Empty talk (non-sense), inferior or

worthless writing or artistic matter;

Simply put It is waste, something in a crumbled or broken

condition or mass; esp. debris from pruning or processing
plant material
In the personal sense it means A worthless person or (if in a
group) riffraffs
 What is it?

“Can” means container or

receptacleraffs

So trashcan means a CONTAINER or

a RECEPTACLE for TRASH
 A Trashcan is therefore a recep-
tacle for worthless things call it junk,
rubbish, worthless writing or artistic
matter, debris from pruning or proces-
sing plant material. It is a receptacle for
refuse.

It can be called wastebasket, refuse

or garbage can, compost bucket.
What is the nature of the trash?

The trash/waste . . .
Can be SOLID, LIQUID, OR GAS
Can be COLD, HOT OR SUPER
HOT
Can be POISONOUS OR NOT
POISONOUS
Can be SCENTY or ODOURLESS
 The TRASHCAN occupies a very
important place in any healthy society
 Functions of Trashcan?
To contain waste temporary until it can be
disposed of permanently.
To keep wastes and unwholesome things
out of sight to keep our surroundings
clean, fresh, and tidy.
Their presence makes hygiene a reality.
They make us presentable and happy and
comfortable to live with.
Because we have different wastes
or Trash we have different
trashcans oriented to the type of
waste or Trash
 TYPES OF TRASHCANS

• Consequently they range

– from mobile to stationary
– from personal to public,
• from light weight to heavy weights
Examples:
Paper napkins, handkerchiefs, rags, mops,
mopping can, vacuum cleaners, paper baskets,
plastic baskets, plastic bags in airplanes,
specialized cans, specially made containers,
canisters for radioactive wastes,
Chamber pots, ash trays, sand boxes, pads of all
kinds, shapes, brands, and makes, diapers of all
kinds (pampers, the red cloth diaper or “amoase,”
etc), bibs, door mats, etc
kitchen sinks, Urinals, WCs, bathrooms and
washrooms in general.
We have dusters, air filters, water and oil filters
etc
 TYPES
• From the ordinary Baskets to complex office
trashcans
• From manually operated to automatic ones
• From those that keep liquids to those that trap
gases and dust
• Some keep even explosives and radioactive
substances and radiations that might be lethal to
human life and leave our world unsafe to live in.
 Qualities of the Trashcan

• Ability to contain trash

• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of the trash
• Accessible to all who needs its services. Yes it must be
handy.
• Be neat. Not an eyesore
• Easy to handle -- as portable as possible
• Be presentable (Must have aesthetic shape) esp. if it’s
to be used in offices and public places. Not an eyesore
or offensive to view. But eyeful—pleasant to look at.
• Be convenient
• Be harmless
When Should The Trashcan
Be Ready?

It should be ready
before the
production of the
trash
SPIRITUAL APPLICATION
 Theological Significance

The “trashcan” concept is a very important

theme in theology.

In fact, the plan of redemption centers around

and in this concept. For without the spiritual
trashcan, all of us are and will be doomed to
hell.
 Sin as a Spiritual Trash

• When Adam and Eve sinned

the most dangerous trash was
produced.
• It was most dangerous
because it was more than a
Radioactive trash.
 NATURE OF SIN
Dangerous Spiritual Waste:
Beloved, in the universe nothing
is so dangerous as sin. So
infectious, so deadly, that its
nature and spread is described as
“a mystery”
Roy Gane likens it to “radioactive
waste” whose nature and spread
is not only deadly but persists and
lingers for a long time.
 Dangerous Nature of Sin

Sin and death, represented by

ritual impurity, have spread to
each person (cf. Rom. 5:12).
Roy Gane The NIV Application Commentary:
Leviticus, Numbers (Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan, 2004), 279.
SPIRITUAL APPLICATION

Jjust a fruit
 Just One Fruit

Just imagine it was just a fruit

and for over 6000 years we
still feel and see its devasta-
ting effects—unthinkable
crimes, unthinkable diseases,
and mysterious happenings.
 “Sin is a complex
phenomenon, so its
effects must be
addressed in complex
way. The ‘legal” and
‘biological
 Rev 13:8
• When there was sin the was a
Savior

• God did not delay in putting the

remedy in place. It was there
even before the foundation of
the world.
 Exodus 25:8

And let them

construct a sanctuary
for Me, that I may
dwell among them.
 Exodus 25:9

Make this tabernacle and

all its furnishings
exactly like the pattern
I will show you.
Innocent Animals Died for our sins
The Sinner confessed unto the victim and killed it himself to signify
ownership and responsibility for the sin.
These Holy purification
offerings [or sacrifi-
ces]absorbed sins and
impurities from them
[the offerers]. Gane, 279.
These rituals found fulfillment in our most
holy Purification Offering (John1:29) [THE
DIVINE TRASHCAN], who paradoxically
allowed sin and death to penetrate Him (2
Cor. 5:21) so that he can cleanse these evils
out of those who accept his sacrifice: “If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9,
emphasis added). [Gane, 279].
The value of animal sacrifice in the
Old Testament lie in the fact that
they were prophetic, pointing to
"the lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world" (John 1:29).
Hebrews explains that "it is
impossible that the blood of bulls
and goats should take away sins"
(Heb 10:4). Bacchiocchi, God’s Festivals 2, p. 132, 133
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made him who
had no sin to be sin
for us, so that in him
we might become the
righteousness of God.
Christ is the Ultimate Spiritual
Trashcan.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made him who
had no sin to be [sin
container] for us,
so that in him we
might become the
righteousness of God.
 “Behold the
Lamb of God
that taketh
away the sin
of the world”
John 1:29
 Behold the
DOOR into
the Kingdom
of heaven
because the Cf.
ALTAR of Psalm
SACRIFICE 77:13
symbolizes
Forgiveness
Isaiah 53:3-6,
“He had no form or
comeliness that we should
look at him, and no beauty
that we should desire
Him. He was despised
and rejected by men; a
man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief,
and as one from whom
men hide their faces he
was despised, and we
esteemed him not.”
Surely he has borne our
grief's and carried our
sorrows; yet we esteemed
him stricken, smitten by
God, and afflicted. But he
was wounded for our
transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities;
upon him was the
chastisement that made
us whole, and with stripes
we are healed.
THE TRASHCAN IS ABOUT
FORGIVENESS
 NIV
Luke 23:34
Jesus said, "Father, forgive
them, for they do not know
what they are doing."
 All we like sheep have gone
astray; we have turned
everyone to his own way; and

“Come has laid

to me,
the LORD all on him
the
who labour iniquity
and of
areus all …
It was the will of the LORD to
heavy laden
bruise [laden
him; he has put him to
grief, He poured out his soul
withtosin and grief],
death, and was numbered
and with
I will give you yet he
the transgressors;
bore the sin of many, and
rest,” (Matt.
made 11:28
intercession ). the
for
transgressors
(Isa. 53:3-6, 10, 12).
 “Come . . .[bring
all your spiritual
TRASH just
dump them in
Me], and I WILL
[CARRY ALL FOR
YOU and] give
you rest,”
(Matt. 11:28).
 Matthew 6:12
NIV

Forgive us our debts, as we

also have forgiven our
debtors.

Forgive us our sins, as we

NLT

have forgiven those who sin

against us.
 Matthew 6:14, 15

For if you forgive men when they sin

against you, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their
sins, your Father will not forgive your
sins.
 FORGIVENESS: THE DOOR

The spirit of forgiveness is the door

into the kingdom of heaven. The
refusal to forgive others closes that
door in our faces. This is doubtless
the reason why many prayers are no
answered.
Taylor G. Bunch, The Prevailing Prayer (Washington DC. Review and
Herald, 1946), 68.
He bore our sin throughout
His life
He died to contain our
spiritual Trash
He Sacrificed all to be our
Trashcan
 Behold the
Divine
Trashcan who
takes away the
trash (sin) of
the world.
Do you have the Trashcan?
They crucified Him outside Jerusalem

At Golgotha meaning:
The place of skull
They trashed the
Divine Trashcan
Wherefore Jesus also, that
he might sanctify the
people with his own blood,
suffered without the
gate . . . without the camp,
bearing his reproach.
Hebrews 13:12, 13.
Christ’s forgiveness
is accessible to
everyone
For God so love the World
 Why Not join Him
Today in the
trashcan business?
 •Gal 2:20 I am
crucified with
Christ:
nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ
LIVETH IN ME:
 Gal 2:20
I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless
I live; yet not I, but
The Divine
Trashcan
LIVES IN ME:
 Join in the
ministry of
reconcialiation
now.
 2 Corinthians 5:18
NIV

All this is from God,

who reconciled us to
himself through
Christ and gave us
the ministry of
reconciliation
 The ministry of
RECONCIALIATION
means
dispensing
FORGIVENESS or GRACE
 “There is no limit to the
forgiving grace of Him who
saves to the uttermost all
who come to Him in faith.
There should, therefore, be
no limit to our willingness
to forgive others.”
Prevailing Prayer, 71
To forgive is to have mercy
The fifth beatitude should be
written indelibly on every heart,
“Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain mercy.” For
“forgiveness is like the
fragrance of the rose the
rises to bless the foot
that crushes it.”
(Prevailing Prayer, 71)
 NIV
Exodus 40:1, 2
Then the LORD said to
Moses: "Set up the
tabernacle, the Tent of
Meeting, on the first day
of the first month.”
Have the
Divine
Trashcan
Now
On a hill far away stood an old
rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and
shame;
and I love that old cross where
the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was
slain.
 Refrain
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a
crown.