3. Purity Is About Jesus Christ

But thanks be to God that He did not leave us on our own with this great challenge. In fact, we see a great paradox of purity presented to us in 1 John 3:2-3:

“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”

Here, Jesus is both our example and reason for purity right now. As we behold and hope in what we will one day be in Christ—completely pure, following God whole-heartedly—we purify ourselves in the moment. In light of the fact that Christ has already accomplished on the cross all that is needed to make us pure, we can work out our purity here and now (Hebrews 10:14). The war for your purity is won, so we can fight our daily battles with renewed vigor.

We should take David’s charge to Solomon in 1 Chronicles 28:9 as a charge to us: “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought.”

Erick Bouwmeester