“So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.” (v. 7)

Let me start by saying that you and I are incapable of perfection in our own power.

But…don’t miss the clarion call of the Scriptures!

If you have been called according to His grace…

If you have trusted the truth of this Gospel…

If you have fixed your hopes in heaven, for which He has saved you…

…then you have got to pursue complete purity.

It’s more likely that we pursue SOME purity, MORE purity. It’s more likely that we aim to be purer than we were before.

But the Spirit, by the Word, urges you to pursue it toward perfection. Another reading would call it completion.

Incomplete purity, for the believer, is a dangerous thing. That little but if impurity that you permit is the thing that will take you down. It doesn’t take an avalanche of sin to shipwreck your life. It just takes one, unchecked.

My friends, commit yourselves to purity, and to its perfect completion. Pray for the wisdom and the will to do it, in the Spirit. Be honest about the junk you let hang around in your heart. Repent, and keep going.

I’m praying for you.

— Tyler