The Contagious Holiness of Jesus

In Hebrew law all kinds of things could defile a person such as contact with a dead body or contact with a leper. In order to remain holy or clean you had to keep yourself clean and stay away from certain people and situations. I notice that the holiness of Jesus is different. It is active. The holiness that Jesus carried could not be defiled. Rather he had power to cleanse and sanctify whoever he touched. When he touches the leper in Luke 5:12-16, he is not defiled; the leper is cleansed. Even the weight of the whole sin of world could not defile Jesus. Rather--by his work on the cross--we are cleansed and sanctified. Jesus offers us an active contagious holiness that cleanses us and makes us holy. Hallelujah!