Through shame man is taught the filth of sin. By the sacrifices of atonement, God taught his people the guilt of sin. By the ordinances for purification, God taught his people the filth of sin. By these Levitical laws, sacrifices and purifyings, internal and spiritual things were symbolized. The spiritual beauty and attractiveness of the soul lies in its being like God.
Sin produces spots, stains and wrinkles in the soul.
It is holiness and being like God that makes our souls truly noble. This depravity or spiritual disorder, which is the shameful defilement of sin, is revealed in two ways. All the powers and abilities of our souls are from birth shamefully and loathsomely depraved. In no way do they work to make us holy as God is holy. This depravity is revealed also by the wickedness of our behavior arising from the depraved and defiled soul.