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prepared for His sons is beyond our present capacity to comprehend. We shall be like the
firstborn Son of God in His glory. After stating these awesome truths, John declares:

I John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is
pure.

If you truly have a vision of all that the Father has determined for His sons in the ages
to come, then you will purify yourself. Does not the current impure condition of the church
reveal that there is no such vision? Many are living as beasts, focused on consumption,
living to satisfy their bellies. Christians are seeking things of a fallen world, a world that is
passing away and whose glory is fading. They do not discern the high calling of God in
Christ Yahshua. They do not see that they have an inheritance which is “imperishable and
undefiled and will not fade away” (I Peter 1:4).
Certainly a lack of vision impacts Christian’s lives negatively today. Low living is the
fruit of low thinking. King Solomon understood the relationship between vision and actions.

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish...
Amplified Bible

The word for perish is the Hebrew ‘para’ and it comes from a root word meaning ‘to
loosen.’ It is often translated as ‘uncovered,’ or ‘naked.’ Solomon understood that when the
people have no mental sight, dream, or revelation, they begin to act in a loose manner that
is akin to being naked. Such imagery is repeated in the New Testament.

Revelation 3:17
"Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,"
and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and
blind and naked...”

Revelation 16:15
"Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and
keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not
see his shame."

When men and women do not have a vision of the hope that is set before them, when
they become focused on this present world and the pursuit of it, then they begin to uncover
themselves. They expose their flesh rather than putting it to death. Because they have no
vision of the glory before them, and they do not see that they risk forfeiting an inheritance
of surpassing value, they walk carelessly and are led into many sins and numerous
transgressions of the will of God.
The overcomers in Christ demonstrate a different attitude. Paul spoke to the saints in
this way:

II Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since these great promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse