New Covenant Church
Purity is a constant challenge of believers and something the scripture is clear about yet we
don’t talk about it much...and that’s the topic of purity.
Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV
I believe it’s a constant challenge of believers and something the scripture is clear about yet we don’t talk about it much...and that’s the topic of purity.
I believe God wants us to come out with a New Purity.
In 1 Peter 1 - Peter would write to a group of believers who he was encouraging...to not be afraid to look different...he starts off the book telling them you are foreigners in the land.
1 Peter 1:13-16 NLT
Holiness and purity are synonymous. To be Holy is to be set apart.
People end up changing scripture to adapt to lifestyle - with the theology that God wants me to be happy no matter what.
• God does not exist to serve us—We exist to serve him
3 TRUTHS OF PURITY
1. CONTAMINATION COMES THROUGH EXPOSURE
• What we expose ourself to will eventually effect us. What we continually allow in our hearts, in our minds and in our spirits will eventually contaminate our heart.
Proverbs 4:23 ESV
• Everyone else is doing it - we make people our standard.
Romans 12:1-2 NLT
• Contamination comes from the outside IN. Transformation comes from the INSIDE OUT.
• It is possible to be IN the world and not OF the world. To live holy in an unholy world.
John 17:15-17 NLT
He’s not trying to get us out of the world...He wants to get the world out of us!
2. PURITY IS NOT ACCIDENTAL IT IS INTENTIONAL.
1 Peter 1:14 NLT
• People slip into sin, they don’t slip into Holiness.
1 Peter 1:13 NLT
Be alert. Be sober minded. Don’t be deceived...there is an enemy who wants to use every occasion to contaminate you, defile you and ultimately destroy you.
Matthew 26:41 ESV
Now is not the time to sit back and indulge, it’s the time to watch and pray.
3. PURITY PREPARES US FOR PURPOSE
1 Thessalonians 4:3 says “For this is the will of God, your sanctification.”
Sanctification is the process, holiness is the result. - We are not just set apart FROM the world, we are set apart TO God.
2 Timothy 2:21-22 NLT
YOUR PURPOSE IS TIED TO YOUR PURITY
Malachi 3:2-3 NLT
Silver and gold have to go through a refining process through fire to remove anything impure..and what’s left is a clean precious metal with a pure reflection.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV
The invitation today is to put a renewed focus on holiness - A new focus on purity