MY FRIENDS, OUR HEARTS CAN IT BE PURE AS GOD’S ONE DAY?

Sep. 14, 2016

MY FRIENDS, OUR HEARTS CAN IT BE PURE AS GOD’S ONE DAY?

Ezekiel 16:49-50 (KJV) declares, “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me…”As Christians we attempt to explain away the biblical condemnations of one sin over another. But Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of how God feels about sin as a whole, it is all an abomination to God and when Christ comes a second time He will not touch this earth.

All the redeemed who are alive will be caught up together with those who have died in Christ “to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” 1 Thess. 4:17 (KJV) As we look at the world we live in today, we can all say with no reservation that it is a “habitation of devils, and a [cesspool] of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” Rev. 18:2 (KJV)

So the purity of Christ will not touch this earth until “both the earth and the works that are in it are burned up. Therefore, Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought we to be [in the meantime] in holy behavior [that is, in a pattern of daily life that sets us apart as a believer who has forsaken all others] and in godliness [displaying profound reverence toward our awesome God], 2 Peter 3:10-11 (AMP)

My friends, the purity of our character will meet the purity of Christ in the clouds….”And so we will be with the Lord forever” 1 John 3:2 (NKJV Paragraphed) tells us, it is not yet fully clear what we will be like [after His coming but what we do know is when] He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him [in character and deed], because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory and purity.]

Satan wants us to think, one sin is greater than another. Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 64:6 (KJV) “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags……..” From the one whose sin is only streaming illegally off of Netflix, to the one who has killed thousands in the name of a religious cause, it is all an abomination to God. So friends, if we are anticipating God’s presence throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity, we must understand only the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], will see God.”

So today, we must be preparing our character to be “safe to save,” our salvation will not be some sort of game of chance whose outcome will be “influenced by that same source that has said in his heart for six thousand plus years, “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.” No my friends, God knows our heart and he knows if our Character is like His Son who suffered and died at Calvary so that our Character could be just as pure as Christ.

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Cor. 5:21 (KJV) My friends, let’s make it personal and look at the purity of Christ and ask ourselves, will we be among that great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, and stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands [Remember Affliction will not rise up a second time” so how pure are we”] Rev. &:9 (KJV)