People Are Impure

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Titus 1:15-16

You are either for God or against God; there's no grey area or happy medium. Some may even say that non-believers can be nicer than believers and that should count for something; but it doesn't. The truth is plain and simple, we are all sinners and deserve death but it's by God's grace through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that we are saved. With this said, the purity spoken in this verse can only come from the Holy Spirit. When full of the Spirit, we are not ourselves but one with the body of Christ where darkness cannot co-exist with Light. We see and perceive all things the way God sees it, as He desires and designed it to be. He doesn't see an empty piece of paper but a master artwork that will come from it. He doesn't see a tree but rather the material used to build a magnificent boat. Same with us, He sees the beginnings or pieces of His body working together with others to be His masterpiece. God's sacrifice enabled us to be pure; without the Holy Spirit nothing is pure.

This is so wonderful to understand no matter who we are and at what level of maturity we're at. It's all done through the cross and no other way. I've been eager to grow in faith and knowledge but that is just a piece of it. I need to constantly purify myself with the blood of Jesus to honer God. How do I do this? This needs to be done in the most basic ways... wear the fruit of the Spirit constantly. It takes no studying or training, it just takes a heart to apply it.

LORD God and Father, thank You for blessing us with Your mighty Spirit, who guides, counsels and fills us a fresh daily. Help me LORD to invite the Holy Spirit within me daily without hesitation. Capture my soul and never let go so that I would honer You by heart, not performance or resume3s. Thank You for Your beautiful counsel! In the precious name of Christ Jesus I pray, Amen!