Love Relationship
"And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." (1 John 3:3 NKJV) Being the first work of grace, salvation delivers a sinful heart from the power of sin in order to commence a love relationship with Christ. However, salvation does not reduce or remove the attractiveness of sin. It is the appreciation of the love of Christ that constraints the heart in the path of righteousness. Love attracts soul-mates. And it is natural for a bride that hope to be with her soul-mate in an holy land to strive for nothing but holiness. While the pursuit of power and position depicts the existence of a love relationship between man and the world, the pursuit of purity represents the existence of a love relationship between man and Christ.