A Clean Heart And Soul
Posted By buzz_roberts on February 24, 2010
A CLEAN HEART AND SOUL
How do we know our heart and soul are clean before God?
Ephesians 5:24-26:
“Therefore as the church is subject unto “CHRIST,” (Church-A calling out from the world; a religious community; members on earth or saints in heaven. Subject unto-to be under obedience to, and submit ones self unto the CHRIST. CHRIST -The Anointed Son of God, the promised Messiah of the Old Testament) “so let wives be to their own husbands in everything.”
(We, the church as a whole, are ‘the spiritual wife’ of CHRIST; as such, we are subject unto our own husband-who is, the ‘LORD GOD’ Himself. “In everything,“-thoroughly, wholly, completely.) CHRIST is concerned about every facet of our lives. If it is important to us, then it is important to Him.
We are looking at this spiritually, however there is an earthly meaning also, for married couples.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as CHRIST loved the church and gave Himself for it.”( CHRIST- surrendered, willingly sacrificed, His Royal Blood, on the cross of Calvary, as our perfect Atonement. HE, as GOD’S High Priest, had ‘no sin’ in Himself.)
“That HE might sanctify it (the church) and cleanse it, with the washing of water, by the word.” (Making His church, Holy, purified and consecrated-setting us apart, dedicating us to the worship of God the Father. To mentally venerate-to regard CHRIST with respect and reverence in our thoughts, and deeds.)
(Cleanse with washing of water- to purge or purify with baptism or total immersion, into all CHRIST’S spoken and written Word.) His Word make us clean.
Psalms 119:11 “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, That I might not sin against Thee. (Your Word, commandments,’ have I reserved, protected, esteemed, absorbed into my heart: my feelings, my will, my intellect, the center of my being) that I might not sin against Thee. (To repent, to take the blame, to be purged and purified by GOD, through CHRIST’S , commands and written Word to us)
Ephesians 5:26: (Speaking to us, His church.) That HE might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water by the word. (To be sanctified and purified by being totally immersed in His Truth.
It feels so-good to be clean! LORD, we are so grateful to Thee!
May our LORD richly bless each of you,
Robyn
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