Why This Call to Purity?

In our post-modern age, which is highly subjective, the Church must recover the objective truth and standard of God’s written Word. We must know, based on the authority of the Scriptures, what we believe and why we believe it.

Among the many targets of relativism in our culture is the subject of sexual lifestyle and behavior. Our culture is preaching a message of sexual freedom and license through the media, education, entertainment and the culture of political correctness. This pervasive relativistic message is eroding the spiritual convictions and moral standards of God’s people. Sexual immorality is invading the Church like a plague.

We must recover the objective truth and clear teaching of the Bible with regard to sexual purity and how to be overcomers in the midst of relentless temptation to immorality. Both youth and adults again need to be discipled in what God says in His Word about this matter.

Part One of A Call to Purity defines clearly what God says in His Word about sexual immorality and why sexual purity is so important. Part Two of the booklet underlines the importance of confessing our sin and turning from sexual sin at all levels – verbal, visual and physical. Part Three provides Scriptural ways to say no to temptation and compromise, ways to submit to God and resist the devil, and ways to be real overcomers in daily life. Part Four of the booklet provides seven commitments to purity as suggested guidelines for making a corporate covenant of purity at a congregational level.

Who Will Benefit from A Call to Purity?

1. Adults – Christian adults need to hear again the Word of the Lord concerning its strong message about the wrongness of adultery and all other forms of sexual immorality. Because we have become lukewarm, we are vulnerable to the message and addictions of our culture. Pornography, sexual abuse, fornication and adultery are pervasive among adults in the Church today.

2. Parents – This booklet will help parents disciple their children and teenagers regarding sexual purity according to God’s Word. It will also help them form a biblical worldview and thereby defend themselves against the rising tide of immorality in our culture.

3. Youth – This booklet will help ground young people in the objective truth and moral standards of God’s Word. It will help protect Christian youth by clearly defining God’s moral boundaries in contrast to the world’s definition of “normal” sexuality and the peer pressure that results.

4. Leaders & Congregations – This booklet will help leaders lead their congregations out of the mire of sexual confusion and worldly compromise, and back to the plumbline of purity according to God’s Word and holiness. The “Call to Purity” will help leaders shepherd their flocks to be a pure and chaste Bride of Christ.

5. Communities – Sexual immorality is a major obstacle to God coming in His manifest Presence and Glory to dwell in a community. Therefore, rooting out sexual immorality through repentance among God’s people is necessary preparation for transforming revival.