Purify us to be like Jesus.
1 John 3: 1
See what love the Father has given us, so that we may be called children of God; This is why the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
Believers are children of heaven, but we live on earth, for this reason the world does not recognize us ...
1 John 3: 2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we have to be has not yet been manifested; but we know that when he manifests, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
The fact that what we will be has not yet manifested; It means that we are still in a process of growth. We are children of God because we were born again, but we still do not have full conformity with the likeness of Christ. For this reason we must be careful, because we become what we contemplate!
Today we do not have the full revelation of what Jesus is like, but as we transform, we will have the full revelation of who He is, and we will be like Him.
1 John 3: 3
And everyone who has this hope in him, purifies himself, just as he is pure.
From these words it is clear that it is we who have to purify ourselves; the Lord can not purify us; Each one of us must make quality decisions and separate what is pure from what is impure, what is Christ from what is not.
If we want to become disciples, we must have the same lifestyle as Jesus, but to have his own lifestyle we must have a mind that is equal to his.
Let's search the scriptures, pray for the Holy Spirit's direction, be more in communion with God, reject everything that does not please the Lord, to purify us and be more and more like Jesus.
References:
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : http://blessed-girl.vornix.blog/2019/01/17/purify-us-to-be-like-jesus/
Very important this sister teaching, one day we will have the dimensions of the perfect man. That is our glory, to resemble our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thanks for this message.
Self purification is like climbing up the ladder with luggage on both hands which is impossible. Some things-habits, attitudes, languages, lifestyles need to be dropped for easy movement..
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