Beatitude #6- The Pure in Heart, Part 3 (TMF:409)

Thursday, May 19, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #6- The Pure in Heart, Part 3 (TMF:409) - Daniel Litton
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       But there is also a sense where we, as Christians, are to have personal purity in general. The Apostle Peter stated in his first epistle, “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Peter 1:22-23, ESV). So this teaching from Peter reinforces what Jesus taught us about loving our neighbors as ourselves, though Peter is focusing on specifically those within the church. Here, purity equals “obedience to the truth.” It all comes back to knowing God’s Word. We have to be familiar with our Bibles if we want to have any chance at doing what is right in our lives. God has given us the Bible so that we can live our lives to the fullest extent, doing what’s best for us and what is pleasing to him. Paul told Timothy, “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22, ESV).