* The Cretan were liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons (vs 12).

* In this verse Paul is talking about motive.

* Here’s two ways to see this:

* 1) When motive is pure then even a wrong action can be pure.

* But you’ll still have to suffer the consequences.

* Like a kid putting a fork in an outlet cuz he’s never been told not to - he’ll get shocked but he hasn’t sinned.

* But a kid who knows it’s wrong and does it anyway, he’ll not only get shocked but he’s also sinned.

* 2) When a motive is impure then even a right action is impure.

* A person inviting you to lunch to manipulate you for money - this is impure.

* Think about Jesus and a person with leprosy.

* The leper is impure, but Jesus is pure.

* When Jesus touched the leper He didn’t become impure - the leper became pure.

* Likewise, a pure motive springing from a love for Christ makes all things pure.

* You can go into a bar with the motive to get people out and that impurity won’t touch you.

* But if you go in with a motive to just hang out you’ll find yourself impure.

* What’s your motive?