CLEAN – podcast 2 (Purity in Proverbs)

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/clean-podcast-2/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p>God calls us to be<br /><strong>pure on 4 levels:</strong></p><ol><li>Actions</li><li>Words</li><li>Thoughts</li><li>Heart / Conscience / Motives</li></ol><p><strong>Scripture</strong></p><ul><li>Biblically speaking, purity is a broad subject. Impurity isn't just sexual (as in Gal 5:19).</li><li>Prov 15:26 [2,3]; 16:2 [1]; 20:9 [4]; 20:11 [1]; 21:8 [1]; 22:11 [2,4]; 4:23 [4]. These proverbs speak of purity at the designated levels [-].</li><li>Isa 64:5-7. <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/q-a-1291-filthy-rags/"><strong>Filthy rags</strong></a> (click for the short article) = religion without the intention of obedience.</li></ul><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><ul><li>We <i>can</i> be clean. Don't listen to those who state that the best we can do is detestable to God, or that our best efforts are "filthy rags." That is not true, and is a gross misinterpretation of Isa 64:5-7.</li><li>Thought question: What am I doing with my life? Who am I really living for: myself, or the Lord?</li></ul>