13 Things to purge yourself from to become a vessel of honour
19 – “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20 – But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 – If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” (2Timothy chapter 2 verses 19 to 21)
1. Purge your heart
“Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.” (Proverbs chapter 20 verses 5)
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:” (Psalms chapter 139 verses 23)
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Psalms chapter 19 verses 14)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah chapter 17 verses 9)
2. Purge your mind
6 – “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 – Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” (Romans chapter 8 verses 6 to 7)
“And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” (Romans chapter 8 verses 27)
3. Purge your soul
“O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;” (Psalms chapter 16 verses 2)
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” (Psalms chapter 19 verses 7)
3 – “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 – He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.” (Psalms chapter 24 verses 3 to 4)
4. Purge your mouth
“The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.” (Proverbs chapter 15 verses 2)
“That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans chapter 15 verses 6)
“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” (1Corianthians chapter 1 verses 10)
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.” (Proverbs chapter 12 verses 18)
“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.” (Psalms chapter 17 verses 3)
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Psalms chapter 19 verses 14)
5. Purge your association
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1Corianthians chapter 15 verses 33)
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.” (Proverbs chapter 29 verses 3)
6. Purge your thought
“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” (Genesis chapter 50 verses 20)
“Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.” (Deuteronomy chapter 15 verses 9)
7. Purge your eyes
5 – “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 – And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 – And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.” (Genesis chapter 3 verses 5 to 7)
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?” (Job chapter 31 verses 1)
“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,” (Ephesians chapter 1 verses 18)
8. Purge your ears
“And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.” (2Chronicles chapter 34 verses 30)
10 – “He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 – If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.” (Job chapter 36 verses 10 to 11)
“The ear that listens to the reproof [that leads to or gives] life will remain among the wise. (Proverbs chapter 15 verses 31 AMP)
9. Purge your relationship
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” (Hebrews chapter 13 verses 4)
23 – “And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 – Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” (Genesis chapter 2 verses 23 to 24)
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians chapter 5 verses 21)
10. Purge your conscience
“And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.” (Acts chapter 23 verses 1)
“And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.” (Acts chapter 24 verses 16)
“I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,” (Romans chapter 9 verses 1)
11. Purge your flesh
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” (Romans chapter 7 verses 18)
“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” (1Corianthians chapter 9 verses 27)
4 – “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 – For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” (Romans chapter 8 verses 4 to 5)
12. Purge your appetite
3 – “And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4 – And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” (Luke chapter 4 verses 3 to 4)
13. Purge your excessive sleep
10 – “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 – So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.” (Proverbs chapter 6 verses 10 to 11)
Conclusion
These are the thirteen things one must purge him or herself from if he of she desires to be a vessel of honour for the Master’s use. It is never an accident, it is a daily and constant deliberate act.
