Pure in an Impure World

Last week we considered exhibiting purity in character by dressing modestly.  This week let’s contemplate purity in our thoughts and actions.   What does purity mean?  Purity is being morally blameless, above reproach, unmixed with sin, innocent, clean.  We live in an impure world, and, therefore, we must take great care in what we choose to think and how we choose to act.

Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.   Philippians 2:14-15

We must be diligent and zealous to pursue purity.  Great discernment is needed to be pure in an impure world.   We cannot walk through life willy-nilly, living on impulses and doing whatever we deem best.   We must carefully line up our thoughts and actions according to God’s standard, not our own.

You might find the following questions helpful as you seek to discern whether your thoughts and actions are pure.

• Is it evil/bad?  1 Corinthians 10:6; Romans 12:9, 21
• Is it expedient/best?  1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 10:23
• Is it enslaving/binding?  1 Corinthians 6:12, 2 Peter 2:19, Romans 14:19
• Is it edifying/building?  Romans 14:19; 1 Corinthians 10:23

God has granted us forgiveness of sin and has also provided us with the power we need to overcome sin – to be pure “in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation”.   May He help us each day to set our minds on things above!

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:1-5

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