Spiritual Bath
B-Brush and scrub away all filthiness of the flesh and the spirit. BE HOLY
2 Tim.2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Isa.1:16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from my sight. Cease to do evil
2Cor.7:1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1Jh.1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
A-Adjust your attitude
Eph.4:23 be made new in the attitude of your minds
1 Pet.4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.
Rom.15:5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
Gal.5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Col.3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
T-Tell the truth-don’t lie anymore
Col. 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,
Eph.4:25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Ps.15:2 He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart.
H-Hide the word in your heart.
Ps.119:11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
When I was growing up, I remember, we lived in a house with an outhouse and we took our baths in an old tin tub. Eventually our family moved into a house with inside plumbing and a bathtub. In the summer my friends and I played outside in the red Georgia clay dirt until our parents called us in to bathe and go to bed. It felt so refreshing to bathe and get clean. A good bath cleanses your physical body and makes you feel refreshed and renewed; just think how much more a good spiritual bath will cleanse and refresh us on the inside?
It’s sad how Christians can be saved for many years playing in the dirt of sin full of inner temple contamination and never consider taking a spiritual bath!
If you find it easy to lie to people and not be convicted you need a spiritual bath.
If you bite and devour people without any remorse, you need a spiritual bath.
If you’re walking in bitterness and un-forgiveness you need a spiritual bath.
If you have jealousy and envy in your heart, you need a spiritual bath.
If you commit sin and you’re not convicted, sorrowful, you need a spiritual bath.
If you spend the majority of your time judging people, you need a spiritual bath.
As a believer you must be aware that the dirt of sin past and present that you have not repented of clings to you and you’re going through the motion of living the born-again life. Why should (the Body of Christ) wonder why we are not effective in reaching those that are lost.? They are looking at how we represent the one who brought us out of darkness; and they are hesitant to make a decision to come to Christ.
REPENT
Repentance is a word that I believe Christian’s think is only for the sinner. No! As Christians we should keep a repentant heart at all times. The motives of our heart should be checked daily to see if we are truly in the faith
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Prove yourselves. Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?2Corinthians 13:5
David is the perfect example of a repentant heart; one every believer should model.
Psalm 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. David prayed “create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
It’s the inner temple that Holy Spirit takes residence. Is your spirit right with God and man? We as the people of God know how to dress for success as a Christian in outward appearance, but the inner man, the motives of the heart is dirty and self-righteous.
Jesus gave a strong word towards the self-righteous scribes and Pharisees of his day.
Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. Matt.23:27
When a child of God continuously walks contrary to God’s Word knowing that they have drifted away from the truth, and created their own way, they are just like the self-righteous hypocrites he rebuked.
To some reading this blog will think this a harsh word, I believe Jesus loved the self-righteous, the hypocrites, the scribes, and the Pharisees enough to speak in this manner to get their attention to their condition. They were religious but their hearts were far from God and his ways. Let’s be honest this is the same condition the Body of Christ is in today from the pulpit to the pew!
Remember It’s what we have going on the inside that really matters to the Lord.
It’s time for a good spiritual bath! It’s time to get clean! Make it a priority to let the water of God’s word wash and make you clean on the inside!
Blessings to all
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