Pure

Q: What does the Bible refer to as pure? What criteria determines the purity? A: The Bible’s purity is derived from the entirety of its pure words. ——————————————————————————————————————— Psalms 12:6 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” - Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” ——————————————————————————————————————— * What if a person does not believe the word is “pure”? - Titus 1:15 “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.” ——————————————————————————————————————— * Wisdom from above begins with “pure”! - James 3:17 “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” ——————————————————————————————————————— * What needs “purification”? Your SOUL! - 1st Peter 1:22 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:” ——————————————————————————————————————— * Becoming and remaining “pure” is a commandment - 1st Timothy 1:5 “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:” - 2nd Timothy 2:22 “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” ——————————————————————————————————————— * The criteria for us to be “pure”? HOPE (faith) - 1st John 3:2 “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.” - 1st John 3:3 “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” ——————————————————————————————————————— END - Pure #churchofchrist #cyberchurchofchrist web: cyberchurchofchrist.org email: [email protected]