1 Thessalonians 4:1
King James Version
4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren,
and exhort you by the Lord Jesus,
that as ye have received of us
how ye ought to walk and to please God,
so ye would abound more and more.
What is purity?
Why must we be pure?
Why are we called to be pure?
What happens when we're not?
What happens when we don't care to be pure?
Remember what GOD said?
Leviticus 11:44-45
King James Version
44 For I am the Lord your God:
ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:
neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner
of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God:
ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
How can we be "pure"?
Job 23:10-12
King James Version
10 But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps,
his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back
from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth
more than my necessary food.
Psalm 19:12-14
King James Version
12 Who can understand his errors?
cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me:
then shall I be upright,
and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord,
my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 51:10
King James Version
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:14
King James Version
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,
O God,
thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud
of thy righteousness.
Psalm 119:9
King James Version
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Proverbs 10:20-21
King James Version
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many:
but fools die for want of wisdom.
Matthew 5:48
King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
Romans 13:13-14
King James Version
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day;
not in rioting and drunkenness,
not in chambering and wantonness,
not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh,
to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 6:13
King James Version
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats:
but God shall destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord;
and the Lord for the body.
1 Corinthians 6:18
King James Version
18 Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication
sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
King James Version
19 What?
know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
Ephesians 5:1-5
King James Version
5 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us an offering
and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication,
and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you,
4 Neither filthiness,
nor foolish talking, nor jesting,
which are not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know,
that no whoremonger,
nor unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater,
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God.
Philippians 2:14
King James Version
14 Do all things
without murmurings
and disputings:
Philippians 4:8
King James Version
8 Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
King James Version
3 For this is the will of God,
even your sanctification,
that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel
in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence,
even as the Gentiles which know not God:
1 Timothy 1:4-5
King James Version
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,
which minister questions,
rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the commandment is
charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience,
and of faith unfeigned:
2 Timothy 2:22
King James Version
22 Flee also youthful lusts:
but follow righteousness,
faith, charity, peace,
with them that call on the Lord
out of a pure heart.
Titus 2:1-12
King James Version
2 But speak thou the things
which become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men
be sober, grave, temperate,
sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3 The aged women likewise,
that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
not false accusers,
not given to much wine,
teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober,
to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works:
in doctrine shewing uncorruptness,
gravity, sincerity,
8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned;
that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed,
having no evil thing to say of you.
9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters,
and to please them well in all things;
not answering again;
10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity;
that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour
in all things.
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present world;
James 1:27
King James Version
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God
and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Peter 2:1-2
King James Version
2 Wherefore laying aside all malice,
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies,
and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may grow thereby:
1 Peter 2:11
King James Version
11 Dearly beloved,
I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul;
1 John 3:3
King James Version
3 And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Purity is holiness.
It is perfection.
It is godliness.
It is a virtue.
It is a LOVE for GOD.
It is a respect for self, and others.
Which every believer needs to cultivate.
Through JESUS.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
Through the HOLY SPIRIT.
John 16:7-11
King James Version
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come,
he will reprove the world
of sin,
and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment,
because the prince of this world is judged.
What comes from being "pure"?
What does the WORD of GOD promise us?
Psalm 19:7-11
King James Version
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul:
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring for ever:
the judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea,
than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Matthew 5:8
King James Version
8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
Acts 3:19
King James Version
19 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord.
Philippians 2:15-16
King James Version
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God,
without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life;
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain,
neither laboured in vain.
Titus 1:15
King James Version
15 Unto the pure all things are pure:
but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving
is nothing pure;
but even their mind and conscience
is defiled.
Titus 2:13-14
King James Version
13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
1 Peter 2:12
King James Version
12 Having your conversation honest
among the Gentiles:
that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers,
they may by your good works,
which they shall behold,
glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 John 3:2
King James Version
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is.
It is vital we be born again.
That we may WALK with the SPIRIT.
And LIVE by the Bible.
Being guided every moment.
Into obeying GOD's commandments.
With love.
With delight.
With assurance.
With faith.
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