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Evans Church of Christ. A Pure Church. 25. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. 26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Ephesians 5:25-26. A Pure Church. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
25. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Ephesians 5:25-26
“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
Ephesians 5:27
The Church Is the peoplePurchased with His blood – Acts 20:28
Pure = no defilement, not contaminated, clean, chaste, immaculate
Impurity is a danger for the churchJames 1:27 “pure religion”
Cleanunspotted from the world
Doctrine = what is taughtActs 2:42 “apostles doctrine
Pro.30:5 “every word of God is pure”Ps.119:150 “Thy word is very pure”
God’s word will make us pureJn.15:3 “You are already clean because of the word which ….”
Possible to corrupt the word
2 Cor.2:17 “which corrupt the word of God”2 Tim.4:3-4 “will not endure sound doctrine”
“But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:” Titus 2:1
“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim.1:13
Sound Healthy, be well To be uncorrupt True in doctrine
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matt. 5:8
Think right - Phil. 4:8 “Pure”
Talk right - 1Pet.3:10 “speak no guile”
Do Right 2Cor.7:1“cleanse ourselves”
Chaste Bride - Eph.5:25 Refined Gold - Job 23:10 Purged branch – John 15:2
Rev.21:18 “the city was pure gold” Rev.22:1 “pure river of water of life” Rev.21:27 Not enter – that defiles
Possible to Be Defiled
By the worldJames 1:27 “keep unspotted”1 Jn.2:16 “lust of the flesh”
By a Divided heartMt. 6:24 cannot serve two mastersPartial service to God
Reading the Word“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
Ps.119:11
Doer of the Word“But be ye doers of the word” Jas.1:22
Christian Love1 Jn.4:20-21 Love God = love brotherJn.13:35 – badge of discipleship
Love EnemiesMatt.5:44 “love your enemies”
Pure love is Endangered by:
SelfishnessPhil.2:4 “look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the things of others.”
HypocrisyRm.12:9 “Let love be without hypocrisy1 Pet.1:22 Unfeigned = sincere love
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;” Rom.12:10
“Love one another with brotherly affection.” ESV
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening June 22, 2014