Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
The theme of this verse is dealing with Jewish abstinent
exclusions. The laws and regulations that the Jews lived by were, in fact,
commandments of humans, not according to the Law of God (Titus 1:14). To the
Jews of that day, purity was drawn from human-made regulations. Purity to the
Jews of the day was ceremonial; as long as their leaders were ceremonially
pure, nothing else was important to them. Christ Jesus preached against the error
of external purity in our Christian walk.
Clothing stains are a problem because there is more than the
visible stain. There is also a deeper deposit in the material that can
sometimes be permanent. Evil does the same thing. Sin corrupts our inner self;
it goes deep down into our inner being and leaves a stain on our hearts and
souls. Therefore, God warns us to shun evil, to keep our hearts and souls clean
of any sin stain. Christ Jesus went to the Cross to clean away the sin residue
that slips into our inner-self.
That is why Christ Jesus admonishes us to keep a great distance
from evil and avoid its very presence. That's also why Jesus went to the Cross,
to overcome the Evil One and clean away the stain and its residue. To the pure
in heart, all things are pure. The idea of this declaration is essential to
Christianity. This concept does not indicate purity in sinful behavior; there
is no purity in sin.
If one has a pure heart, their perspective on all life is pure;
internal purity produces external purity. Jesus said that it was not what
entered our bodies that make us impure; it was what comes out of the heart that
defiles a person (Matthew 15:18).
All people that accept the sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the
Cross for their sins are pure in the sight of God (John 3:16). On the other
hand, all people that try to approach God through their good works are unclean
and impure. The only path to purity is the sinless, perfect, innocent blood of
Jesus, not any form of legalism.
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