The Purity of Christ

Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”

1 John 1:7 Blood purifies us from every sin.

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~ to be clean, blameless, unstained from guilt ~

Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 9:19-22 When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. He said, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you to keep. In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle, and everything used in its ceremonies. In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?

Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Hebrews 9:26b,28a But He has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself… so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many.

Matthew 15:18–19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a man.”

John 14:6b “No one comes to the Father except through me.”

1 Peter 1:19 [We have been redeemed] with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 John 1:9 IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and PURIFY us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:7b The blood of Jesus, His Son purifies us from all sin.

Matthew 6:15 “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Luke 6:37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.”

Matthew 5:23-24 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”

Ephesians 4:17b-18 “You must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.”

John 8:31b-32 “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Romans 6:6-7 For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin - because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.”

2 Corinthians 5:14b One died for all, and therefore all died.

Psalms 51:10 (KJV) Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Ezekiel 36:25-29 “I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I’ll go even beyond that, I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I’ll put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you’ll be careful to observe my ordinances, and you will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers, so you will be my people and I’ll be your God. Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it. I will not bring a famine on you.”

1 Peter 1:16 “You shall be holy for I am holy.”

1 Peter 1:18-19 You were redeemed, you were bought back out of sin with not perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”

1 Peter 1:22 You have in obedience to the truth of Christ, the gospel, purified your souls.

Matthew 6:21 “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”