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       For the first time in my life I believe that I am being shown at least a little of what the statement that Meshiah spoke concerning cleansing one's self. The words He spoke were these,

       "Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but the inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness. Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean also." MattithYAHU/Matthew 23:25-26

       Many make all their judgements based on what can be seen on the outside of the cup and dish; the problem with this type of judgement is that there are two conditions that look exactly the same on the outside but are completely different when viewed with the Ru'ach that sees all things, even the hidden things of the heart. According to the examination of Meshiah the scribes and pharisees spent their time and effort cleaning the outside of the vessels but were only pretenders or hypocrites because they weren't truly clean on the inside. His teaching of cleaning the inside of the vessels runs in opposition to the thoughts and notions of men that will always assume that if the outside looks clean, the inside is clean also.

Merriam-Webster hypocrite: 1: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion

2: a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings 

Strong's G5273 Hypocrite: 1) one who answers, an interpreter 2) an actor, stage player 3) a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite

       To be a hypocrite means that one is an actor or pretender, they look like one thing but in reality they are something else all together. Meshiah however, delivered to us another and better way to think, declaring that if we would make clean the inside that the outside would follow in a natural course. The sins of the flesh then are a direct result of the deeper sins that plague the heart.

       A mystery is given in Mishley/Proverbs 30:24-27 of four little creatures on the earth. Because their hearts understand naturally the path they should walk, they fulfill the Torah YHUH has given them without leader, king, or written command.They are marvelous examples of how a heart cleansed on the inside will allow the outside to complete the instructions of YHUH as a matter of instinct.

       From the time I was 15 I was captured by the sin and bondage of tobacco, as Meshiah uncovered some of these things to me, that sin of over 30 years was removed without me ever truly knowing how. Once the inside was cleansed the outside just followed. During this same time our FATHER would receive even a greater honor as His Ru'ach cleansed out the idolatry in my life as these whoredoms of idolatry were dissolved, the unclean sexual sins in my life also dropped away without any credit to me at all. In both cases these sins had torment me for over the last 30 years.

HalleluYAH! Let YHUH reveal His Salvation to all the poor and needy!

       All the outward sins that men struggle with are the result of deeper inward sins that remain hidden from the natural eyes of the flesh. Hypocrites pretend  to be clean in order to gain an advantage in this world but have hearts stained with lawlessness. Both hypocrites and those that allow the Ru'ach of Truth to make them truly clean look much alike, one has cleansed the outside in order to look pure, the other has put on true humility in order to be actually pure.

       Every fleshly sin has a spiritual counterpart that is the source of its strength in a person's life. If the power supply is removed, the fleshly sin will fall away without a struggle. A few examples are these,

Inward                                       Outward
idolatry                           =      adultery in the flesh

 This sin is played out EVERYWHERE in the western world, not only in the unbridled switching of sexual partners but also by the image of the WHORE seen on every television, computer, and magazine cover.

hating one's brother        =      murder in the flesh

The murder rate in the U.S. has been increasing for years. today senseless murders are played out in cities everywhere almost hourly. Movies and television are filled to overflowing with murders that enter into the watchers and defile them by the agreement and unity with the images. 

rebellion                         =      witchcraft in the flesh

Rebellion is open rejection of YHUH's WORD and its fleshly counterpart is witchcraft. Today witchcraft is one of the fastest growing activities among the young population in the U.S. Acts of witchcraft are commonly depicted on Television and movies almost every hour of the day.
 
defiling the rest (shabbath) = laboring for things of no true value (See YeshaYAHU/Isa. 55:2)

To defile the shabbath is to cease from trusting YHUH which then leads to embarking on one's own labor.

       These are only four of many but maybe they will begin to make us seek our FATHER for relief from these sins. Keep in mind that every sin in the flesh can, and most likely does, have more than one source that feeds its desire. For example idolatry is the act of coveting another mighty-one other than YHUH, this can be many things from outright idol worship to putting one's job, family, or anything else in a place designed for our FATHER. The way this expresses itself in the flesh can take many forms; they can be in thought only or actually played out in the flesh. Either way the sin is the same.
     
Many of us have wasted too much time being hypocrites...
Clean the inside and the outside will become clean also!