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Evans Church of Christ

Evans Church of Christ. A Pure Church. 25. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. 26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Ephesians 5:25-26. A Pure Church.

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Evans Church of Christ

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  1. Evans Church of Christ

  2. A Pure Church 25. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. 26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Ephesians 5:25-26

  3. A Pure Church “That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Ephesians 5:27

  4. A Pure Church The Church Is the people Purchased with His blood – Acts 20:28 Pure = no defilement, not contaminated, clean, chaste, immaculate Impurity is a danger for the church James 1:27 “pure religion” Clean unspotted from the world

  5. A Pure Church

  6. Preach Pure Doctrine Doctrine = what is taught Acts 2:42 “apostles doctrine Pro.30:5 “every word of God is pure” Ps.119:150 “Thy word is very pure” God’s word will make us pure Jn.15:3 “You are already clean because of the word which ….”

  7. Possible to corrupt the word 2 Cor.2:17 “which corrupt the word of God” 2 Tim.4:3-4 “will not endure sound doctrine” “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:” Titus 2:1

  8. “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim.1:13 • Sound • Healthy, be well • To be uncorrupt • True in doctrine A Pure Church Preach Pure Doctrine

  9. A Pure Church

  10. Pure Live Lives • “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matt. 5:8 • Think right - Phil. 4:8 “Pure” • Talk right - 1Pet.3:10 “speak no guile” • Do Right 2Cor.7:1“cleanse ourselves”

  11. What purity means • Chaste Bride - Eph.5:25 • Refined Gold - Job 23:10 • Purged branch – John 15:2 Heaven is pure • Rev.21:18 “the city was pure gold” • Rev.22:1 “pure river of water of life” • Rev.21:27 Not enter – that defiles

  12. Possible to Be Defiled By the world James 1:27 “keep unspotted” 1 Jn.2:16 “lust of the flesh” By a Divided heart Mt. 6:24 cannot serve two masters Partial service to God ½ Honest ½ Godly ½ Pure

  13. Pure Live Lives Reading the Word “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Ps.119:11 Doer of the Word “But be ye doers of the word” Jas.1:22

  14. A Pure Church

  15. Pure Practice Love Christian Love 1 Jn.4:20-21 Love God = love brother Jn.13:35 – badge of discipleship Love Enemies Matt.5:44 “love your enemies”

  16. Pure love is Endangered by: Selfishness Phil.2:4 “look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” Hypocrisy Rm.12:9 “Let love be without hypocrisy 1 Pet.1:22 Unfeigned = sincere love

  17. How Sweet How Heavenly “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;” Rom.12:10 “Love one another with brotherly affection.” ESV

  18. A Pure Church Doctrine Living Love Heaven will be the home Of the pure

  19. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Evening June 22, 2014

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