Another excerpt from my book, “WHoly Christian”

Our Lord, Jesus the Christ, has called us to walk in Christian purity, also known as holiness of heart and life, and He has assured us that He will enable us to do that walk if we request His help.

We all instinctively know what is meant by being pure because when we talk about the purity of things around us, we mean that they are clean and unadulterated.  That is they are not only without dirt or filthiness, but have no inferior substance mixed with them.  When we say that a man is pure in a religious sense, we mean that he is right and honest and true inside and out; that he not only professes, but practices the things that have to do with his duty to God and man.  Only a minority of Christians have dared to brook the difficulties and go on to that possession of the full promise available to every follower of Christ Jesus.  Those who press forward stand as examples of the power of faith amid surrounding sterility and desolation, and at the same time are inspirational witnesses to the Church of her present privilege and reproving her or her inexcusable shortcomings; inexcusable because the Holy Spirit stands ready to empower each and every follower of Christ Jesus just as He promised.

Exercise your grace or Satan will exercise your corruption.

–Pastor Ward Clinton