Today we will study what purity means. As I was studying what purity is I realized while most people think that purity "just" relates to being sexually pure that is not the case. Purity is a lifestyle choice that encompasses every area of life, not just sexuality. Purity is not a wide path, but a narrow road. Purity is a singular matter that touches everything.
Purity~
"In the Old Testament, the
basic sense of the Hebrew word for purity is probably an emptying out or being
clean. The verb appears about forty times, most occurrences with an ethical,
moral, or forensic sense. Purity is opposed to being guilty. It stands over
against such conduct or attitudes as unfaithfulness to God's covenant (Hosea
8:1), rebellion against God's law (v. 1), and idolatry (vv. 4-6, 11). Purity
consists of "clean hands" (Gen 20:5), innocence ( Psalm 26:6 ;
73:13), and an "empty stomach" (Amos 4:6).
In the New
Testament, there is little emphasis on ritual purity. Rather, the focus is on
moral purity or purification: chastity (2 Cor 11:2 ;Titus 2:5);
innocence in one's attitude toward members of the church ( 2 Cor 7:11 );
and moral purity or uprightness ( Php 4:8 ; 1 Tim 5:22 ; 1
Peter 3:2 ; 1 John 1:3). Purity is associated with
understanding, patience and kindness ( 2 Cor 6:6); speech, life, love, and faith ( 1 Tim
4:12 ); and reverence ( 1 Peter 3:2 )."*
Join me tomorrow as we study "How To Keep Our Way Pure"
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