Purity is a matter of the heart and a lifestyle, before it is anything else.
Purity is not “true love waits”. Because, sadly, true love doesn’t always wait. All that is is a cliché phrase that Christians everywhere have allowed to define one of the greatest ways of living our world has and ever will see. Purity is not “abstaining from sex”. Purity is the ultimate form of godliness and holiness.
“Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah.” -Psalm 24:3-6 NKJV
True purity begins with you and God. Not the talk, a ring, or even a decision. It flows out of your intimate relationship with Christ as your Husband. One of the greatest and most necessary requirements for living a life of true purity is vision. A vision that captures nations and impacts generations.
“Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.” -Habakkuk 2:2-4 NKJV
A vision that has come as a result of knowing Gods heart beat for purity. A vision that will guide a nation into wholeness by knowing the Fathers heart. The depth of your surrender and the expanse of your vision will determine the level of transformation your purity will bring to multiple generations.
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Thank you for checking out my blog! I really enjoyed this post, I have always felt like the obsession with virginal purity that runs rampant in Christian society was offbeat but I couldn’t put into words what I thought the alternative would be. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks Erin :) Anytime! I enjoyed your blog.
I agree. I think the problem is just that… The obsession is for purity rather than God. I would go as far to say that true purity has little to do with sex and has everything to do with having a passionate and intimate relationship with God. The more you fall in love with Jesus the more you realize how no one else can compare. He has to become your everything. You can never truly love someone without knowing and expirencing the love of God first. Leonard Ravenhill says; “The more joy of the Lord you have, the less entertainment you want/need.”