Sunday, January 18, 2009

Truth About Purity

In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God … we prove ourselves by our purity.—2 Corinthians 6:4, 6 NLT

Purity simply means being righteous in the sight of God; when He looks at you, He sees you as pure. However, we cannot be made righteous by our own strength or will. We are filthy and sinful. Righteousness for us can only come through the cleansing power and covering of Jesus' blood. God promises believers, "Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as whiteas snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool" (Isaiah 1:18 NLT).
Jesus' blood can make us pure; His cleansing makes us white as snow. It doesn't matter who you are or where you have been. The Bible explains that "as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous" (Romans 5:19).When Adam sinned against the Lord, we were all made sinners; but when Jesus went to the cross, His blood made us righteous and pure in His sight."

So basically I can do whatever I want and as long as I believe that Christ died for me I will be pure?" No.Purity is a byproduct of a right-relationship with Jesus Christ. So you need to: Acknowledge that you are a sinner in need of a Savior, believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sin, surrender to Him, turn from your sin, dig into His Word (the Bible), pray without ceasing, worship Christ for what He has done for you, and purity will be a by-product!

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