jesus himself will clense us and give us pure hearts

#Jesus himself will clense us and give us pure hearts series

You must do what Mary did (Luke 10:39) and take note of Matthew 11:29. Verse 12 - Be humble, lowly and submissive. It not only has the power to cleanse you but to keep your heart clean - look up Proverbs 4:23 to see why. You will immediately begin to experience cleansing - look up John 15:3. Verse 10 - Search your Bible and be ready to obey all that God commands. Verse 9 contains our key-verse - but the remaining verses will help us too:. That is the way to be cleaned up spiritually and morally.īut what does this mean? Psalm 119:9-16 gives us the answer. This simply means, take the Bible and apply it to every part of your life and conduct. Do you read impure literature? Do you indulge in unclean habits? Do you foster unclean thoughts? It is easy just to drift and to get more and more enmeshed in all the sordidness of sin. Stop in your tracks and give careful thought to your ways (Haggai 1:7). How can my heart and life be kept pure? – “by living according to your word.” Examine this sentence carefully and you will see there are three things to do:. This great question contains: (1) an admission of need (2) a confession of desire (3) a suggestion of urgency. Psalm 119:9 is not simply beautiful poetry but the inspired testimony of a man who knew his deep need of cleansing and who also knew how that need could be met. It calls for action because it is not just a theoretical question. Our eyes, lips, feet, hands and ears - they all want to sin.

By nature we’re sinful and we’re surrounded by evil forces. There are other important questions, especially for young men and women, such as: How can I reform my ways? - but notice the question here is: How can I keep my way pure? This is not to do with education, a career, success, marriage, security, but it does have to do with the life and heart being pure. This is the chief question we need to ask. Whether we are young or old, we know that the question touches our deepest need. Here is a young man, with a sinful heart, an offensive life, impure thoughts, dirty habits, foul conversation, his reading matter is vile, his relationships are immoral - how can this young man become clean? That is a plain question - look up Mark 1:40-41. There is nothing ambiguous or difficult about it it means exactly what it says. “How can a young man keep his way pure?” Notice three things:.

This is the great question: How can I be clean? Carefully consider this:. In 1 Timothy 5:22 we read of the importance of personal purity. In 2 Corinthians 7:1 we read of the importance of entire cleansing. In Romans 7:18-24 we have a description of a struggle that we all experience. In Matthew 5:8 we read about the pure in heart. But how can our hearts be cleansed and changed? In Jeremiah 17:9 we read of the deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of our hearts. In Isaiah 52:11 we learn of the importance of being clean before God can use us. The Psalmist, who was deeply concerned about personal purity, was really saying, ‘What is the secret of personal, practical holiness?’ Such ideas are entirely wrong since it is the only book that speaks with authority about the great needs of time and eternity it is the only guide to holiness, to a life that is pure, dedicated and pleasing to God.

Some people think the Bible is not relevant to us: for David or for Paul it was ideal in its teaching and application, and even for the Lord Jesus (the Old Testament was His Bible), but they think it is not relevant to our day. The answer to this important question is given in the second part of the verse - “…by living according to your word.” The Bible answers every question that is vitally important to us in this life and the life to come.

#Jesus himself will clense us and give us pure hearts series

Series 55 Study 7 HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN KEEP HIS WAY PURE?