"All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies" Psalm 25:10).
The third point is: Let's walk in righteousness. The grace of God that bringeth salvation also teaches the heart that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world.
There you have the three dimensions of life. Soberly - that is me. Righteously - that is my fellow man. Godly - that is God.
Let us not make the mistake of thinking we can be spiritual and not be good. Let's not make the mistake of thinking we can walk with the Holy Spirit and go a wrong or a dirty or an unrighteous way, for how can two walk together except they be agreed?
He is the Holy Spirit, and if I walk an unholy way, how can I fellowship with Him?
No matter how men deny and resist, the Bible teaches that the purification of the heart is the work of God. John states that it is while "we walk in the light," having fellowship one with another," that then "the blood of Jesus Christ... cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
~A. W. Tozer~
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Decorations in the Sanctuary
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me" (Psalm 139:23-24)
The fourth is: Make your thoughts a clean sanctuary. To God, our thoughts are things. Our thoughts are the decorations inside the sanctuary where we live. If our thoughts are purified by the blood of Christ, we are living in a clean room no matter if we are wearing overalls covered with grease.
Your thoughts pretty much decide the mood and weather and climate inside your heart, and God considers your thoughts as part of you.
Thoughts of peace, thoughts of pity, thoughts of mercy, thoughts of kindness, thoughts of charity, thoughts of God, thoughts of the Son of God - these are pure things, good things, and high things.
Therefore, if you would cultivate the Spirit's acquaintance, you must get hold of your thoughts and not allow your mind to be a wilderness in which every kind of unclean beast roams and bird flies. You must have a clean heart.
The evil thought is the forerunner of the devil; for satan knows that if a Christian will allow the evil thought he will in time allow the originator of the temptation to come in.
~A. W. Tozer~
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