November 25, 2017

Pure Like JesusBrent Lokker

We saw him with our very own eyes.    We gazed upon him and heard him speak.    Our hands actually touched him,    the one who was from the beginning, the Living Expression of God.

“Word [Logos] of life.”

1 John 1:1 (TPT)

This Life-Giver was made visible and we have seen him. We testify to this truth: the eternal Life-Giver lived face-to-face with the Father and has now dawned upon us.

1 John 1:2 (TPT)

So we proclaim to you    what we have seen and heard    about this Life-Giver    so that we may share and enjoy this life together.    For truly our fellowship is with the Father     and with his Son, Jesus, the Anointed One

1 John 1:3 (TPT)

We are writing these things to you because we want to release to you our fullness of joy. This is the life-giving message we heard him share and it’s still ringing in our ears. We now repeat his words to you: God is pure light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in him.

1 John 1:4-5 (TPT)

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99.994% pure

Your Heavenly Father is 100% Pure This is why you can trust Him!

Papa God cannot and will not…

✤ Cut you off

✤ Think poorly of you

✤ Blame you or shame you

✤ Lie about you

✤ Hate you

Papa God…

✤ Chose you to be His own child

✤ Wants to be with you

✤ Calls you Royalty

✤ Empowers you & Trusts you

✤ Loves you every moment of every day!

If we claim that we share life with him,

but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the truth. But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6-7 (TPT)

Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him.  Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become. But we do know that when it is finally made visible, we will be just like him, for we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 3:1-2

Everyone who sets their hope on Jesus purifies themselves just as

He is pure!

–1 John 3:3

Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds. We know that the truth lives within us because we demonstrate love in action, which will reassure our hearts in his presence.

1 John 3:18-19

Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us.

My delightfully loved friends, when our hearts don’t condemn us, we have a bold freedom to speak face-to-face with God.  

1 John 3:20-21

And whatever we ask of him we receive, because we keep his commands. And by our beautiful intentions we continue to do what brings pleasure to him.

1 John 3:22

You were not liberated by perishable things like silver or gold from the empty lifestyle you inherited from your ancestors. Instead, you were liberated by the precious blood of Christ, like that of a flawless, spotless lamb.

~1 Peter 1:18-19 (CEB)

✤ Thank you, Jesus, that by dying for my sins, you have given me the full ability to step into the light and enjoy face-to-face intimacy with my heavenly Father

✤ Father, keep my heart tender towards you

✤ I give you permission to show me any areas of my life that need to come into your purifying light.

✤ I am the one you love!