Saturday 30 April 2022

Inspiring Quotes on Purity

 


"A person who is not being purified from sin has no claim on being saved from it."
- John MacArthur

"Become pure in heart. The pure in heart shall see God. Here, then, is one opening for soul-culture--the avenue through purity of heart to the spiritual seeing of God."
- Henry Drummond

"I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. 
Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness."
- Charles Spurgeon

"This desire for heart purity is a creation of the Holy Spirit at work in the heart."
- Duncan Campbell

"God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can seeits secrets. All other efforts will fail."
- Winkie Pratney

"God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments."
- William Gurnall

"He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful."
- Dwight L. Moody

"The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity."
- Matthew Henry

"When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes."
- Smith Wigglesworth

"God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love."
- John Wesley

"7  Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

 8  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

 9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

 10  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 11  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."
- St. Matthew, chapter 5

"12  Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

 13  Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

 14  Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."
- Timothy, chapter 4