1st John 3:3. “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” AS HE IS PURE. He stands alone among all men and all created beings, For He alone is pure in His inherent nature. Impossible it is to sin or have unholy feelings, For in divine Persons, sinlessness is a key feature. From eternity far back beyond our imagination, The character of God always was, was never formed. His personality, when first expressed in His creation, Was such that everything He did, He said was good.
Then He chose to reveal Himself to man in His perfection, But man, in failure closed that door by sin. So then in various nations and many generations, God spoke in types and shadows – then Christ came.
A birth unique was His, a human, yet from sin apart, His sinless humanity became obvious for all to see. His life was spotless, blameless was He right from the start Of a ministry that proved Jesus Christ was truly deity.
Standing alone before the crowd of sinful men, a judge Said what all knew to be true but could not face. “No fault,” “A just man” four times over he said, Before condemning Him to death at Calvary’s place.
All of this together impresses its self upon my mind. The hope of His appearing and glory challenges me, To purity of life in view of His coming – will He find Me committed to being what He wants me to be.
The challenge of purity is often hard to keep, Because temptation lurks around each corner in my life. By the grace God gives I will trust and seek – To yield not to anything that will not reflect God’s light.
“O gracious God and heavenly Father, I have been thinking of the life and work of Thy Son and the way His purity was displayed. How far He is beyond my reach, and yet there is the fact that the more inwardly and outwardly. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”