The teaching about uncleanness springs from the concept of God's holiness. - Lev. 11:44-45 - Freedom from uncleanness and guilt is possible through God's gracious work. Holiness within purity of heart is possible through the exercise of love and faith in Christ's redemption and obedience to His word of truth.
You are pruned already,
by means of the word that I have spoken to you.
Make your home in me, as I make mine in you.
As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,
but must remain part of the vine,
neither can you unless you remain in me. - John 15:3-4 -
You have been obedient to the truth and purified your souls until you can love like brothers in sincerity; let your love for each other be real and from the heart - your new birth was not from any mortal seed but from the everlasting word of the living and eternal God. All flesh is grass and its glory like the wild flowers's. The grass withers, the flower falls but the word of the Lord remains forever. What is this word? it is the Good News that has been brought to you. - 1Pet. 1:22-25 -
In the Gospels, the word unclean describes those who are possessed by undesirable or even demonic spirits. Jesus effectively rebuked them and the disciples were also given power over unclean spirits. Because of sin, 'we are all like an unclean thing' The word defilement described a sinful and unfit condition. The New Testament lists uncleanness or moral defilement along with fornication and other sins such as covetousness as works of the flesh. Believers are not called to defilement or uncleanness but they are to live in holiness. Christians are not to yield their brothers and sisters to defilement or uncleanness but to righteousness and holiness.
When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: fornication gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels; disagreements, factions, envy; drunkenness, orgies and similar things. I warn you now, as I warned you before: those who behave like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. - Gal. 5:19-21 -
That is why you must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly life; fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires and especially greed which is the same thing as worshipping a false god; all this is the sort of behaviour that makes God angry. And it is the way in which you used to live when you were surrounded by people doing the same thing but now you, all people, must give all these things up: getting angry, being bad tempered, spitefulness, abusive language and dirty talk; and never tell each other lies. - Col. 3:5-8 -
We have been called by God to be holy, not to be immoral; in other words, anyone who objects is not objecting to a human authority but to God, who gives you his Holy Spirit. - 1Thess. 4: 7-8 - Rom. 6:17-23 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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