Thematic Bible: Uncleanness


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So once for all put to death your lower, earthly nature with respect to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is real idolatry. It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming.

For you may be absolutely sure that no one who is sexually impure, immoral or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have a part in the kingdom of Christ and God. Stop letting anyone deceive you with groundless arguments about these things, for it is because of these very sins that God's anger comes down upon the disobedient. So you must stop having anything to do with them.

So He came down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. And He continued to teach them on the Sabbath, and they were completely astounded, because His message was spoken with authority. Now there was a man in the synagogue who was under the power of the spirit of a foul demon, and he screamed with a loud voice, read more.
"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One." But Jesus reproved him, saying "Be quiet! Get out of him at once!" So the demon threw the man down in the midst of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

So Jesus retired with His disciples to the sea, and a vast throng of people followed Him from Galilee, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from the other side of the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon -- yes, a vast throng of people, as they kept hearing of the great things that He was doing, came to Him. So He told His disciples to keep a little boat ready for Him all the time, to prevent the crowds from crushing Him. read more.
For He cured so many people that all who had ailments kept crowding up against Him to touch Him. And whenever the foul spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed, "You are the Son of God."


because, although they once knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give Him thanks, but became silly in their senseless speculations, and so their insensible hearts have been shrouded in darkness. Though claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves, and have transformed the splendor of the immortal God into images in the form of mortal man, birds, beasts, and reptiles. read more.
So God has given them up to sexual impurity, in the evil trend of their heart's desires, so that they degrade their own bodies with one another,




But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people; there must be no indecency, silly talk or suggestive jesting, for they are unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.


I know, and through my union with the Lord Jesus I have a clear conviction, that nothing is unclean in itself; that a thing is unclean only to the person who thinks it unclean. Verse ConceptsConsciences, In Decision Makingdoubt, results ofAssurance in the life of faithPurity, Nature OfRitualConsideration Of OthersLegalismCleaningThinking ArightClean ObjectsUnclean ThingsConfidence And Self Esteem