Holiness And Heart Purity
 

It seems as if holiness and heart purity are not separate from each other.

Jesus said:

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8

Paul said:

Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 12:14

Heart purity is the root of holiness.

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Amen!

Furthermore, Peter said when Cornelius and his people got the Holy Ghost, God 'put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith'.

Seems there is a solid connection between the baptism with the Holy Ghost and heart purity, as in heart purity is a biblical work or effect of receiving the Holy Ghost.

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Amen! We believe and when spirit filled we are actually receiving the LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST!

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2

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WHAT! No mention of the clothesline here? ;)

Seriously... amen to this thread! Holiness and purity of heart with faith is indeed the standard of the Lord.

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Purified heart by faith. So does one get Holy Ghost to get purified or because they are purified by faith?

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Some who say Christians cannot cease from sin say that we will always sin at least in thought if not in actual deed.

Yet Apostle Peter wrote to Christians assuming their inner thoughts were pure.

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 Peter 3:1

So friends its not impossible to live in heart purity.

Matter of fact unless our hearts ARE pure let us not expect to ever see God.

Blessed are the PURE IN HEART for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8

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God gave them the same gift as us, and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

The giving of the gift is part of the purifying of the heart, apparently. And also, both are 'by faith'.

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As you know brother, I do not care about the beard thing at all, for after all our Lord Jesus Christ had a beard.

However I preach that if a man is going to have a mustache or a full beard, he needs to keep it neat and professional.

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What in the world does that have to do with the topic?

And while we're running this train off the rails, what about John the Baptist? Did he keep his beard 'neat and professional'? According to whose 'standards'? (Pun intended)

WHAT? This is your response to his post?