“๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ” is an exposition of Ezekiel 36:25-29 and Ephesians 5:5-6, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ.
It heavily ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
The message concludes by ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ.
1. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
Uncleanness is primarily a state of the heart and spirit, often masked by a religious or clean outward appearance.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง
The unconverted are inwardly unclean, living with “very wickedness” and “ravishing and wickedness” in their inner lives, despite their clean appearance (like whited sepulchres). The unrighteous are simply religious, still unclean, and unfit for heaven.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง
This unrighteousness is not ignorance but rebellion. The unrighteous intentionally suppress the truth and willfully choose to remain unholy, often exhibiting pride and defying their parents. When grace is rejected, God gives them over to a reprobate mind to pursue destructive and shameful ways.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง
Those who neglect spiritual fortification (filling their hearts with the Word and prayer) become “reoccupied” by evil spirits, making their final state worse than the first. Remaining entangled in the defilement of the world (Babylon) will lead to sharing in her judgment.
2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
God promises to cleanse thoroughly, not through human effort, but through His direct intervention, superseding the repeated purification rituals of the Old Testament.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐
God declares, “I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you”. This cleansing is not an external wash but a divine operation that removes the hardened, stony heart and replaces it with a sensitive heart of flesh.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐
The promises encourage believers to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. The work of cleansing involves personal responsibility, rejecting unequal yokes and actively fleeing from what is unclean.
๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐
Believers must safeguard the sensitivity of their conscience. Ignoring the conscience, which is meant to point out what is wrong, leads to the ruin of faith.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐
Conviction is a powerful force that overcomes timidity and the threat of suffering, steering one away from being swayed by negative habits and toward embodying the mind of Christ.
3. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
Cleaving to the Lord is a privilege necessary for the enduring power of purification and escaping eternal condemnation.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐
Cleaving to Christ means leaving behind old relationships, unholy influences, and everything from the past that defiled life. This connection makes the believer “one flesh” with Christ.
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๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐
Anything done outside of faith in Christ and faithfulness to Christ is sin. Christlikeness is found in continuously asking: “What would Christ do? What would He say? How would He love?”.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
The sacrifice of Christ aims to bring believers into glory. To avoid eternal condemnation (“wrath of God upon the children of disobedience”), the believer must hold fast to Christ, the Captain of our salvation.
