- And in no way shall there enter into it anything that is defiled, nor anyone who does abominations, or lies; Rev 21:8,27
- And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed. Isa 35:8
- Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For from this time forward the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no more come into you. Isa 52:1
We are saved by heart-and-soul-purifying grace through our faith in God's promises, but we must have the hope of our securing them:
- being guided into all truth and taught all things by God,
- being cleansed by the power of God,
- being delivered from our sins,
- coming out of darkness to the light of God,
- becoming children of the light, (the light being God),
- overcoming the world, the devil, and death, to victory,
- being renewed into the spiritual image of God,
- walking by faith, in the spirit, in love, and in the light,
- becoming pure,
- seeing God appear in your heart,
- seeing the glory of God,
- you appearing in glory with Him when he appears,
- producing the fruit of the spirit and bringing glory to the Father,
- becoming righteous,
- becoming holy,
- a forever cleansing and perfection,
- being perfected as commanded,
- growing up into a perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
- being raised with Christ, as Christ is resurrected in you,
- becoming an entirely new creature,
- Christ ruling in your heart,
- entering the promised rest from our labors, to thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, energized by God,
- joining in union with Christ and the Father,
- entering the Kingdom of God ,
- fellowship with Christ and the Father,
- fellowship in the Spirit with other saints in the world, and past men made perfect,
- eternal Life in God that is brought to us as we see him bring our salvation - and
- all of this occurring by faith through the grace of God as we live in this present world.
For God is not seen except in the eternal light where all pure wisdom comes.
ReplyDeleteThis treasure is not seen but with the spiritual eye, nor received but with the pure in heart, and by those who dwell and abide in the eternal light.
And the true faith has been lost since the apostles' days;
ReplyDeletethe true faith which purifies the heart, which is the faith of God's elect,
which faith gives victory over that which separates from God;
in which faith you all please God;
which faith is the gift of God, and Christ is the author of it;
everyone look to him for it, for the finishing of it, who is the author of it.
In this faith all the saints have unity in that which gives victory over the devil;
for by the faith, which is the shield, they resist him and quench his fiery darts;
and they resist him who would defile them and make them imperfect,
and lead them into those things which would displease God.