99.9% Pure Is Not Pure (by Pastor Linda Pugsley)

Something can look like pure gold but not until it goes into the fire do you really know if it is truly pure. If it is pure gold, no junk (dross) comes out. And so it is with us. As we encounter various fiery trials, either our fleshy Adam nature comes out or the pure nature of God arises. We get to choose, folks, so no excuses ... we let either the purity of God rule or the dross of the flesh. There is no such thing as "almost" pure. Even if something is 99.9% pure, that 0.1% makes it impure. Of what are you made? If any part of the flesh is there, you are not pure.

The Temple, the altar, the candlesticks ... the instruments of worship in the Old Testament were overlaid with pure gold ... it was a command ... it had to be pure. That was the glorious "word picture" of what was to come in Jesus. Jesus was never polluted but, in Christ, we are made acceptable to God ... 100% pure.

Let us strive to put away any defilement of sin (physical and mental, as well as spiritual) ... even if it is as small as 0.1%! When we walk in the Spirit, we CANNOT SIN ... ah, PURE GOLD!

NOW GO LIVE IT!