Personal holiness and purity in today's culture is no more than a thing of the past, an idealized virtue that broken people like you and me try to pursue and yet willingly ignores. Here's a fact that I know of: morality is mocked, purity is laughed at, and the people who try to stand for these are labelled as bigoted and intolerant and Dark Age prophets.
But here's the truth that remains today: God still demands holiness and purity. It has not changed over the course of generations when God issued the decree which commands His people to pursue purity. The call to be holy and separated from the world is ever more resounding today.
God through the prophet Isaiah proclaimed that same message many generations ago: "wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil." (Isa 1:16)
God desires our purity and holiness. He is a holy God. No sin and transgression can ever stand before Him. For without holiness no one will be able to see Him. (Hebrews 12:14)
God desires repentance. He wants our turning away from evil. Physical offerings and works are never sufficient to obtain God's forgiveness and grace. What matters to the Lord is a repentant heart that is willing to yield to God's heart.
God desires my utmost devotion and obedience. A direct result of repentance is obedience to God and His word.God desires our obedience because with it comes the essential process where we can experience His awesome power. It is in obedience to His commands that I will be able to experience God fully in my life.
Today, He still invites people to come to Him and reason with Him (Isa 1:18). God is daring us to settle the matter before Him, with the promise that if we repent, even our darkest deed and sins as deep as crimson and red will be forgiven and forgotten. Will you come to Him today?
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