Purity.
As humans we are not pure but we are walking towards perfection. God is pure. Jesus is pure and that helps us not to feel condemned by the devil as we walk in the consciousness of who we are in God.
Walking in purity frees you from the sting of guilt and condemnation. You can no longer be living in guilt when you know you have a Father that readily forgives. It's not an avenue to continue in sin because it means we are making a mockery of the salvation we have received.
Walking in purity is the doorway to supernatural encounter. The Bible make us understand that those of pure heart will see God. Humans may judge your actions but God sees your heart. Get your heart right and you will see God manifest.
Walking in purity also enhances spiritual and mental growth. It breaks you from the hold of addictions. There is nothing that can resist the power of God. It consistently drive you to stay in tune with the spirit and break away from the flesh.
How To Maintain Purity?
1. Being honest with yourself:
Search me and renew a right spirit within me...says the Psalmist. You need to accept your frailties and ask God for help. God helps us to do His Will. God is always willing to help. Do you want to be helped? Adopt the position of the person that needs help and watch God come through for you.
2. By making God's Word your standard:
God's Word is the standard. There is nothing that beats the Word of God and that's the template we should all be following. The world and it's standards would always be an obstacle. We need to make God's Word our focus and things would naturally work out well for us.
3. By keeping the right association:
We soon smell like the company we keep. Show me your friend they say... a person would remain the same except for two things...the books he reads and the association he keeps. Who you have around you would determine your growth or lack of it. Surround yourself with those who encourages and sees the positive in everything. They will show you possibilities and walk with you every step of the way.
4. Becoming accountable to a person of honour:
This is related to having the right association around you. There are people of honour and there are people with questionable characters, we need to learn how to maintain the standard by keeping the right association around us.
5. Regular communion with the Holy Spirit:
The Bible makes us understand that the Holy Spirit is our bespoke helper. We can do all things through the help of Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God helps us to stay in tune in the realm of the spirit and allows us to understand the heart of God and what's expected of us to do. That's why we can never be in the dark because the Bible makes us understand that our teacher will not be withdrawn to a corner - meaning we would never be without help or clarity or knowing what to do. The Holy Spirit helps us to be teachable.
6. By creating the right environment:
Our association and our environment determines a lot as to how we turn out and what we see. Our exposure is our reality. What we constantly see around us soon influence our decisions whether we like it or not and it determines what we see. Create the right atmosphere that would encourage you to like right as you have desired to. If the desire is lacking, it would be hard to.
What Fights Against Purity? - Enemies of Purity.
1. The world and it's corrupt systems:
There is even a debate going on now about God's gender. Isn't this madness? Now there is a debate about using a neutral gender to describe God. What has the world come to? It's scary how things are happening just to drive people away from God. The devil is aggressive in his approach and we have to take charge as Christians. When you take God away from the equation, there is always chaos.
2. Flesh and its lustful desires:
The flesh will always contend with the spirit. They are two lines that would always be at war with each other and there is no staying in between. You are either in line with the spirit or giving in to the flesh.
3. The devil and his evil schemes:
The devil knows his time is short. The devil is doing everything to throw confusion into the world. The devil is corny, full of trickery but not powerful. The devil is leading people with fear and confusion. It's all a matter of choice.
Purify won't occur automatically just because you are saved. You have to be intentional. You must take responsibility in order to function in purity. - 1 Corinthians 9:27
You can engage in every Christian service and still miss heaven but you cannot live holy and miss heaven. - Hebrews 12:14
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I loved the ending. It reminded me of the scripture that I might not remember correctly but it says, "Not by work less any man should boast". One can certainly be busy serving the Lord, and his inner man is not really pleasing the lord. They may not have much of the word of God to guide and direct their steps. Which could outrightly make them miss the kingdom.
God had definitely told us to be Holy because he is a Holy God. And we should strive to walk in holiness which of course will be through his grace. This is because as long as we are humans incarnated through the ribs of Adam and Eve, the first humans, we are born of sin.
However, I love the fact that Grace does abound and that we move from the lineage of Adam to that of our Savior, Jesus Christ, if we confess and accept him as our Lord and Personal Savior. At this point, we will no longer be living in guilt when we know our Father had forgiven us and wash us clean by the blood of the lamb.
We will no longer live in guilt. You are right. This is how the devil rules by making us live in guilt like we have been condemned. When we feel down, it's easier to feel we have fallen off Grace and it makes people misbehave. We are no longer a slave to sin and guilt.
The devil is corny. The devil acts with craftiness, willing to deceive us by making us live in condemnation. The Bible is the mirror we need to hold up to our face so we can see who we truly are in Christ.
We are definitely not a slave to sin anymore because of the sacrifice of the lamb of God on the cross of Calvary. Whomever is saved, is free indeed.
Whoever is saved is free indeed. God is intentional about us. Jesus paid the price.
Yeah. That's the most amazing and beautiful thing about the love of God. Even the scripture says, his love is greater than life itself 🥰😍
God wants us to be holy like He is. He knows it's possible and the distractions of this world makes it harder for us to live the life God called us to live. When we follow the guide in the Bible, it makes us aware of the devices of the devil and gives us the strength to live.
Thank you so much for this detailed comment. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I agree 💯
You are welcome. Your post inspired this.
I thought I had forgotten the word sef 😩🥺
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Yeah. Thank you
Honestly.. it's all vanity upon vanity.
Why will people be so much focused on the outward look for people to take notice of them and see them as workaholic whereas within their heart, they are not giving God the glory.
That's a futile service
That's what you get with lots of Christians.
The feel the work is what will count... Which is not bad... But should be backed by purity of hearts.
It's the heart of which the work is done that really matters above the work we do actually
It looks like we are getting the doses back to back and I know another one would pop tomorrow. We can never get tired of hearing God's Word because it edifies and teaches us the way to live. I love your constant reminders on how we are to live. God bless you.
Haha non stop, yes. This platform is an opportunity to share the Word. Every opportunity we have, we have to share the gospel of Christ. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ because it's the way to salvation and I am where I am today by God's help, as we all are.
God's word can never be "overhead" It is the only thing that we can never exhaust. The word of God is ever new and always refreshing.
Indeed, his write ups are continual reminders of how we are to go about life. I guess we need more write ups like this, in this crumbling generation.
Very good recommendations, you have to be honest with ourselves always because we all at the end of the day we make mistakes, look for what we can improve as people and of course surround yourself with people who are in the same tune as you, that is, that radiate positive energy that people want to be with you, try to do good and not look at who, that's what it's all about, thanks for this ♥
When we are honest with ourselves, we know where to improve and what we need to do to get better. You are absolutely right. Thank you so much for being here, my friend. I enjoyed your contribution as always.
Thanks to you my friend for all these great contributions, I wish many, many people could read these posts of salvation so to speak, something I always tell my friends is to always be honest no matter what the circumstance is ♥
Indeed, purity is essential to us in our daily lively activities. It is shows the state of your heart
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You are so right. It shows the state of the heart and out of the fullness of that heart we are expected to live. I'm glad to have you here and welcome to Hive.
It's a quest to always walk and strive for perfection that will eventually make us better Christians.
It is only when someone admits he has a problem that he could be helped.
Acceptance is the key to many life events because that's when the need to search for solutions arises.
You've made a beautiful post and elaborated very much on purity....
Above all, we should strive and watch out for those factors you listed that fights against Purity especially lustful desires.
When we keep overcoming them, we would eventually be pure
Going to church, attending to fellowships and Church activities are all good but above all, Leading a Holy life is certainly the best
We have to accept we need help. Just like the popular saying, Heaven helps those who help themselves.
I'm glad you enjoyed this and thanks for your wonderful comment. Deeply appreciated.
This is a great topic many need to see, especially in this crumbling world where evil overtly encircled every single corner of the Earth.
The point I'll really emphasize on is the fact that we need to be honest to maintain purity. This is a fact that most christians ignore. They fail to accept the fact that they are capable of doing something wrong, and always claim they're always right even amidst their mistakes.
I've seen so many people like this. We should learn to accept our wrongs and mistakes to maintain our white garments and gain validation from God.
Thanks for this message @olawalium
That's the sad part. Most people hide behind it and keep claiming what they are not. God helps those with a humble heart and only then can Holy Spirit work in us to walk right.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate this.
Honesty place a good role here, if you're being honest keeping to ones word has a significant impact on ones Spiritual part, i think i read so like this this morning
I'm glad you can resonate with this and it strikes a chord with something similar. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It means a lot. Thank you.
Yes of course, Thank you for Thanking me ☺️
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How beautiful....scriptural words that lift the soul. Even though grace abounds, walking in purity is the best way to ensure that God's blessings remain steadfast in our lives.