#A pure heart and clean hands full

In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. Ask each youth to have some quiet moments with God of confession, and contemplating what he has done for us and how they can help others find the cleansing of Christ.

And once we are clean before God, we are given the ministry to reconcile others to God, to help them to find forgiveness in him and also be cleansed from sin. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away our sins. We can wash the dirt off our bodies, but what can we do about sin which is inside our hearts? Water cannot cannot remove sin. Those things are good but they are seen on the outside we have to also clean ourselves on the inside. How does this relate to confession, God’s cleansing, and our mission as Christians? How does clean hands affect how we live life?Įxplain some people think going to church, being nice, doing good things is all you have to do to remove the sin in your life. Let them use towels to dry each others hands.Īsk the youth to share how they feel now, and how it feels to not only hold clean hands, but also to help others get their hands clean. Use some of the scriptures listed below to discuss sin and cleansing.īring the youth to a water faucet and help them to wash their hands.How does it affect relationships with God and others around us?.How does sin affect us when we come before God?.What would happen if we never washed our hands?.Ask youth to share ways that the mud similar to sin?.Ask the youth to join hands and then describe what it is like to hold a muddy hand.Ask the youth to compare what the mud feels like to how David was feeling.

Ask them to share the circumstances of the Psalm (2 Samuel 11)?.Ask the youth what David was feeling when he wrote this Psalm?.Fairly quickly, the mud will dry and become uncomfortable. Have the youth sit down while you read Psalm 51.Gather the youth around the bucket of mud and have them dip their hands in the mud.Mix dirt and water in a bucket to make thick mud.In the Bible, the phrase “clean hands and a pure heart” not only describes someone who is pure both inside and outside, but it also speaks of what we do (hands) and what we think (hearts). Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,Īnd everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.Here’s another summer outdoor activity that serves as a Bible Study. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visitorphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.īut the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.ĭo not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others keep yourself pure. 3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.Īnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more,with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christįinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.įor I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband,to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,Īll the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,Įven a child makes himself known by his acts,īy whether his conduct is pure and upright.īlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Who does not lift up his soul to what is falseĪnd righteousness from the God of his salvation. Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

A pure heart and clean hands