Children of God are cleansed, sanctified, purified.

Ezekiel 37:23a

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“They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions;” Ezekiel 37:23a.

As we learned in the previous verses of this chapter, the children of God are those who believe in Jesus Christ and embrace the presence of the Holy Spirit. This following verse sums it up, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12-13

Jesus Christ washes us of sin by the renewing of the Holy Spirit so that we put aside the false god of this world, put away things that are detestable to God, and by putting to rest willful transgressions against Him. “But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:4-7

The idol that the culture of today defiles themselves with is the entity that has power over physiology and gives them what to think, feel, say, and do. As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not extend a welcome to its intrusion upon our physiology. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people in every city around the world. The masses of today’s culture (global culture) are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

Today’s culture defile themselves with detestable things, which we followers of Jesus Christ want no part of. Detestable things are a result of people declaring their unbelief of God, which is a ritualistic practice nowadays. Detestable things arise because people scoff at the idea that people are sinners in need of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Detestable things occur because people oppress the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Transgressions are words, behaviors, feelings, and thoughts that are hostile to God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. If our thoughts are hostile to the Trinity, then we have to be sure not to act on or express those thoughts. We want our mind to be focused on Jesus Christ. If we have feelings against the Trinity, then we have to work them out, somehow, to be cleansed and sanctified by the Holy Spirit. If our behaviors and words are hostile to the Trinity, then we want to repent of those actions and continue in the testimony of Jesus. The most important thing is to keep believing in God through all of our shortfalls. Keep acknowledging that we are sinners in need of Jesus Christ. And keep embracing the Holy Spirit in our life. By the mercy and grace of God we are saved, not by our own righteousness.

Whoever believes in God through Jesus Christ will be saved and we will enter into eternal life. Only believe. God sees us as righteous and undefiled when He sees Jesus in us. In the eternal New Jerusalem, nothing that defiles will enter through the gates of pearl. Those who reject Christ Jesus will not enter through the gates of Heaven. “The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl… there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” Revelation 21:21, 27

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1