How Pure Can We Be?

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the Sons of God; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure." 1 John 3:2-3

Through Christ just how pure can we be? Are there any limits for our purity, because we do by the way still have flesh and blood? The answer for us is glorious. The power of our Savior is absolute: through Christ there are no limits for God’s children. If we have the hope of Jesus; we are pure even as Jesus is pure! This only makes sense, look Who is purifying us, we aren’t pure through our own efforts, we are pure through Jesus’ and His standard is perfection, so of course we are pure as He is pure!

If you know and understand that you are pure only because of Jesus, then you will never struggle with this level of purity. However, if you are trying to earn it, or trying to obtain purity through your own human efforts, faith in absolute purity will be an offense and a stumbling block for you, something that is almost even an abomination to think of. But for the truly saved, our strength lies solely with Jesus and our Saviors Blood has the ability, the power, and the will to purify us to His perfect level of purity! We are perfect even as our Father in Heaven is perfect, because our Father has made us that way through Christ! Christians are perfect, because we have been forgiven and because the shed and eternal Blood of our Savior is that powerful!

"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it." 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Ask yourself this, what did Jesus have to do to be pure other than to be born of God? If Jesus was made pure by His works, we could stand and argue that He didn’t live long enough to prove it. I mean He was only in His thirties when He suffered the temptation of the Cross, could He have done it in is sixties? But the Truth is that Jesus was just born pure. He was One with God from the beginning, our Father made Him that way. We have the same Father, the exact same Spirit, and the exact same birth as Jesus. Jesus was born of a woman and of the Spirit, and you and I have been born again of a woman and of the Spirit!

With our Father all things are possible: purity, perfection, sanctification, power, love, faith that moves mountains, being completely blameless, free from all iniquity, these are all of our blessings through Christ Who strengthens us! Be blessed in the power of His might because as He is, so are we even while in this world!