Purity & Perfection

Faith & Grace

Basic Understanding
TSN, SBC

Upgraded 2-4-2002
Refined 3-29-2007

Grace. . . is "Favor". Specifically, it is the free and unmerited Favor that

YHVH bestows upon "Repentant Sinners," who have, also, chosen to obey
the Righteous Commandments of YHVH by following the Righteous
example of Y'Shua (YHVH's Proxy). By Grace, a person comes to know
YHVH and Y'Shua, is Justified, and receives "The (conditional) Promise of
Salvation" through Faith in Y'Shua's Ministry. True Believers (through
Righteous Faith, Hope and Love) remain in YHVH's Favor (Grace) by
becoming Obedient (through Love) to the Will (Holy Spirit or Holy Pneuma)
of YHVH. Grace or Favor is the Proof that YHVH "First Loved Us". . . . . . .
However, we can fall from Grace (YHVH's Favor), and therefore, lose our
Promise of Salvation. One does not need to be sinless to be under Grace or
find Favor with YHVH, but one must have a Repentant Attitude for past
sins, an aversion to (a turning away from) new sins, AND have a New
Righteousness Seeking Attitude of Love, expressed as selfless Obedience to
YHVH's (Spiritual) Torah (of Love), and selfless desire to care for the well
being of others (especially the brethren, which includes the "Perfecting of the
Saints").

Romans 10:17; Hebrews 11:6; Ephesians 2:8-9, 4:12; James 2:17; Romans 6:23.

Faith . . . is the "Free Will" belief by a person based on natural and

scriptural evidence (without first hand knowledge) that there is a Creator
YHVH, that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (His
Righteousness), and that He loved us enough (after the Spiritual example of
Abraham) to provide mankind with a Righteousness Seeking Leader, Y'Shua
(His Appointed Firstborn Son), as a perfect sacrificial example for redemption
from sin. YHVH's Grace allows Faith to work in us. (Romans 1:17) It is from
True Faith to True Faith that the righteousness of YHVH is revealed. Faith is
the "Trust" and "Love" that we freely place in the unseen Eternal Creator
YHVH, and yet it is through our Faith that we truly come to know (see) Him.
(Romans 14:23) whatsoever is not of Faith is sin. Righteous Faith is our
shield. (Ephesians 6:16) Above all, taking the shield of Faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. (James 2:17)
However, Faith by itself is not enough. True Faith must produce works of
Righteous Love through Selfless Charity; (and Obedience / Romans 1:5). . . .
Hebrews 11:1-40; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 2
Thessalonians1:3; Acts 5:29, 32.

Purity & Perfection

Purity and Perfection are terms that are often used in Scripture, and
can be looked upon in either a strict legalistic sense or as an Intent of
The Heart.

Note: The terms Purity, Impurity, Pure, Impure, Perfect, Imperfect,

and Perfection or Imperfection are all words that can be used as
anthropomorphisms to describe the parallel that exists between "The
Physical World," and "The Spiritual World," comparing physical
purity at the HUMAN EYE level to Spiritual Purity at the Spiritual
Eye level of YHVH. This is only a comparison, and a method used by
YHVH to teach Spiritual Understanding.

Additionally, most of Scripture involves itself with taking something that is

impure and purifying it, such as silver, gold, olive oil, frankincense, a
candlestick, man, the heart, etc.. The legalistic human concept of Purity and
Perfection fit perfectly into the understanding of YHVH's concept of purity
too; not because YHVH seeks perfectly pure people to become His children,
but because YHVH ONLY SEEKS impure people (sinners) that TRULY
SEEK PERFECTION (are truly repentant or reject "Self") and it is "The
Intent of Their Hearts" to eventually become perfectly pure, and this, my
brothers and sisters, is the Purity of Spirit (Righteous Intent) that YHVH
seeks in His children.

YHVH does not seek perfection according to "The Letter of The Law,"
BUT according to "The Righteous Loving Spiritual Intent of The Law."

Job 4:17 Shall mortal man be more "JUST" than God? Shall a man
be more pure than his maker?

The secret to purity is the Constant Refining

of a repentant heart
that
Seeks Righteousness.