Point of Purity

“David said… I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed” (1 Samuel 18:23).  “Thy Word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loveth it.  I am small and despised: yet do not I forget Thy precepts… Thy law is the truth” (Psalm 119:140-142).  “Purge out therefore the old leaven… For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthian 5:7). 

The point of purity is sure: 

Though we are despised and are small,

The Word of God is very pure

For God Himself preserves it all.

We praise the Lord for confidence

That even His servants in youth

May thus provide a sure defense

To show the Word of God is truth. 

Though we ourselves be not esteemed,

The Word of God sustains no loss. 

The truth remains:  we are redeemed

By Christ who died upon the cross. 

Regarding our own purity,

Our conduct clearly should reflect  

A life that’s pure so others see

The grace of God that we project.   

As evil is portrayed as leaven,  

Such evil in us should be purged.

Since grace now fits our souls for heaven,

Let purity on earth be urged. 

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,   

Was slain to thus remove our sin.

The Lamb of God was sacrificed,

To purge our hearts by grace within. 

The point of purity, O Lord,

Is not to doubt our own salvation,

But rather that it should afford

A life that’s purged with consecration. 

Revive us, Lord, in this late hour  

With purity in our behavior   

To point to Your transforming power

Beheld now in salvation’s favor.