We are heirs

1 John 3:1-3: "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. {2} Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. {3} Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure."

Oh, how I love a good dictionary definition. So wonderful, so much more to think about. Christ cleanses us from our sins. He came so that His blood could wash over us. We have been purged; cleansed with hyssop. Christ makes us whiter than snow. 

I love how Christ encourages us. How He brings us "daily tidbits" of encouragement to keep us going despite our homesickness. 

Merriam-Webster online.

PURE:

1 a (1): unmixed with any other matter <pure gold> (2): free from dust, dirt, or taint <pure springwater> (3): spotless, stainlessb: free from harshness or roughness and being in tune —used of a musical tone cof a vowel : characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utterance

Since we're going to be like Christ, we're going to be made pure "as He is pure" as the above verses state. The above definition says that we're "unmixed." God calls us to be in the world, not of it. Once we become His, we are no longer intermingled with the world; we stand out from our current day Sodom & Gomorrah. 
We're no longer "tainted" with sin. . .even though we continue committing it. That's a hard concept to understand, but it is so beautiful. Christ died ONCE for ALL of our sin. No sin is excluded. My sin today--WHITE. 
The definition also says, "free from harshness." This makes me think about the refiners fire that we are put through. Sanctification is a daily, life-long process. When we're made pure, there will be no rough edges, no stains, nothing. Just Christ.
3 a (1): free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes (2): containing nothing that does not properly belong b: free from moral fault or guilt c: marked by chastity : continent d (1): of pure blood and unmixed ancestry (2): homozygous in and breeding true for one or more characters e: ritually clean
I have to say the above definition might be my favorite. To be pure is to be "FREE from what vitates, weakens, or pollutes." We no longer have to be mastered by the sins that once held us in bondage. We can step out in LIBERTY . . .no longer made up of a polluted heart, soul, and mind. We are forgiven for our past pollution. 
Once Christ "gets ahold of us," things that do not belong (i.e. sin) are taken away from us. It's removed. 
WE ARE HEIRS. WE ARE OF UNMIXED BLOOD NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, OR WHAT WE DO TOMORROW. What a great honor Christ has bestowed upon us. To be God's babies, to be His own brothers and sisters, to have the complete power of the Holy Spirit at all times. Wow. 
We are cleaned through the "ritual" of putting off our old self and putting on Christ. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!"
4: having exactly the talents or skills needed for a particular role pure shooter in basketball>
. . .and on a final note, because Christ has made us pure, we have the EXACT SKILLS WE NEED TO BE A CHILD OF GOD. The only "talent" we need is the ability to turn from our old self, turn to Christ, ask for forgiveness, ask for forgiveness, ask for forgiveness, ask for forgiveness. . . .etc. I say that so many times because even though we have Christ and cannot lose our salvation, we still sin. We still must ask for forgiveness. But God knows our hearts. He listens when we pray. 
GOD EQUIPS US.