and the gates, and the wall.
This verse simply shows the progression of the work of God in a family or a church. God always begins with one person. I cannot ask someone else to change their lives until I've first let God work in me. The purifying process is an inside out work. If you want to see some movement in your home or your business or your church then allow God to work in you. The priest had to deal with themselves before they stood in front of others and told them how to live. That is the power of the gospel, it's alive and at work in me and then it flows over into others. While the wall was built for protection of the people, it was the overflow of what God was doing in the people that purified the project of the wall. An interesting question is "Do the people make the church pure?'" or "Does the church make the people pure?" The projects that God give us to accomplish are made pure by the purity of the people who are called to lead and accomplish them.
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I am holding on to this scripture as I know God has a plan for me to help purify others just as through his grace he has purified me. Words cannot explain the joy in my heart as I am seeing the fruits of obedience. God is profoundly moving in my life. I know he has a plan and a purpose and I don't want to miss it! Each day I strive to be more like him and less like me. I want to be a person who makes the church pure! I want other people to see a difference and desire what makes me different, so he will receive the glory!
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