God’s Word says that all believers are being sanctified, or they are not genuinely saved.
Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: NKJV
That description of Jesus wants in His church is the next character quality of a grace-energized woman in Titus 2:5. God asks for grace-energized purity.
This morning, we are studying the ninth of 12 characteristics for grace-energized women, found at the start of verse 5.
Christ’s church has been called to this high standard and empowered by the Holy Spirit to stay morally pure. Believers have faced sexual temptation at every intensity level—and by God’s grace have found strength to resist.
From Joseph fleeing from Potipher’s wife (Genesis 39:6-13) to Paul’s charging Timothy to do the same thing, “flee also youthful lusts” (2 Timothy 2:22), God’s desire for His children is clear. Jesus explains that it is the impurity of thought that leads to impurity of action (Matthew 15:19), so moral purity starts with a sanctified mind.
The word “chaste” (KJV/NKJV) or “pure” (NIV/NAS) that Paul wrote to Titus in this verse is so important to God that He guided the Apostles to speak of this purity and holiness over 300 times (using 11 closely related Greek words) in the New Testament that encompass every New Testament reference to holiness, purity, and sanctification.
Paul uses this word to describe the constant choices believers make to be Christ-like. It is the same word John used when he said a believer, “purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:3, NKJV); and that James describes the first manifestation of the wisdom of the Holy Spirit as, “wisdom that is from above is first pure” (James 3:17, NKJV); and that Peter uses to describe our choices to be different from the godless culture as our testimony to them of the power of salvation, “even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear” (1 Peter 3:1-2, NKJV).
Paul says women should be chaste, conduct themselves like the holy servants of Christ Himself. Do not give in to the culture, do not reflect the sexual license of the day, stand for purity and keep yourself pure for Christ’s sake, and to be a role model He can use in His church.
From GEW-15b – Grace-Energized Women of Purity (070812AM)
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