Purity

As Valentine's Day has come & gone, nothing seems to be more at the forefront of people's minds than dating & relationships. And if that's not at the forefront of your mind, well then, ice-cream or discounted chocolate is most likely at the top of your list.

Either way, when we evaluate this area of our lives, most of us realize the struggle it brings in our efforts to remain pure. And it's not just dating & relationships that bring struggles to our purity. The one common link I find that corrupts our purity is sexual immorality.

Sexual immorality has run rampant in our lives. We see it all over TV & movies. We hear it through the music we listen to. We lust after it with pornography & masturbation. We feel it & do it with others, or even satisfy ourselves. We have become a people completely obsessed with sex & sexual immorality.

And it's easy to see. We have younger people having sex, sexting & becoming much more physical than ever before. We have men tearing marriages & families apart through addiction to pornography. Romans 3:10 never sounded more true in there "being no one righteous, not even one."

Sexual immorality has ruined us. Has made us dirty. Filthy. Shameful. This sin in our lives has made us so impure in the sight of the Lord.

But the TRUTH remains in that this further proves our need to be saved. This further proves our need for a Savior to save us from our impure & sinful lives. This further proves how lost we are & how much we need to be found.

And the GREAT truth lies in "Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own" (Titus 2;13-14). That GREAT truth is that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, for our shame & for our guilt. And in turn, has made us PURE AGAIN!

In fact, 1 John1:9 tells us "if we confess our sins, He is faithful & just & and will forgive us our sins & PURIFY us from all unrighteousness." Through our desire to turn from our sinful nature, Jesus is making us pure. He is cleansing us & ridding our lives of all our sin, and delivering us to be His children. Holy & blameless in the sight of the Lord.

So don't live in the guilt your sin brings. Don't live in the shame of your sexual immorality or mistakes. Don't remain in your filthy & dirty state. But confess your sins & allow Jesus to come in, wreck shop & purify your life from the inside out!

Jesus died for YOU. For all your sins. And He desires to make you pure once again. He is wanting & waiting on you. Be made pure tonight.

JV