Can anyone tell me how to cleanse the inside of the cup and the plate?

[Guest shiloh357]

One of the hardest things for human pride to accept is that the height of God's commands are matched by the depth of His grace.   When it comes to cleaning the inside of the cup, as we are commanded, we make the mistake of thinking that God actually expects us to do the cleaning.   Everything God commands us to do, he gives us the grace through Jesus to accomplish it.   Jesus is the one who cleans us up and purifies us.   When God gives us something to do, he expects us to lean on Him to see it done. 

God always tells us to do things that are beyond our ability to do.  He always gives more than we can handle in our own strength.  He calls us to take hold of what is just out of our reach, so that in our obedience, we trust Him to enable us to do what is beyond us, and to help us take hold of what we could not grasp hold of on our own.

The same is cleaning the inside of the cup (our heart).  He is the only one who can do that.   So, cleaning the inside of the cup is a commandment to trust in Jesus as Savior, to let His blood cleanse us inwardly and to empower us to  walk in that spiritual reality through the Holy Spirit.

[KPaulG]

How's everything going now, Eth?

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

[JohnD]

If the OP will read these verses carefully, I believe she will have the answer she seeks.

1 John 2:1 (AV)

1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 1:5–10 (AV)

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Ezekiel 33:18–19 (AV)

18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. **

19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

**1 Corinthians 5:5 (AV)

5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Proverbs 24:16 (AV)

16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 28:13 (AV)

13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Psalm 51 (AV)

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Romans 7:14–8:39 (AV)

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 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.

19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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.

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.

8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 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.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 16:27 (AV)

27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

[RustyAngeL]

Matthew 23:26

'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

Receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and cleansing Jesus is talking about is a work of the Holy Spirit as He applies the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus to your heart. 

 

Well said and explained shilo.  Only the cleansing power of the Blood of Jesus can make us clean from the inside out.

[gdemoss]

Yes!  We can only have victory through Christ and Christ alone.  Even Cain was offered that which he needed to have victory over son but he believed not God.  Rather than asking "how can I my Lord?" He chose to ignore the warning and proceed in anger and the spirit of the destroyer that led him to kill his brother.

Study Christ in the scriptures so that you can hear his voice when he speaks and then follow him whenever he speaks whether it be from within yourself or out of the mouth of another.

Seek to find someone who has had the same stuggle you are having but has been given victory over it through Christ and ask them to share their experience with you that you may do as they did and find relief. 

[Guest]

How's everything going now, Eth?

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

I am better today, with Yahweh as my steadfast Baali and Yeshua my shepherd who are with me every day.

God Bless you, too.

[Guest]

If the OP will read these verses carefully, I believe she will have the answer she seeks.

I love Psalm 51:7!  Thank you for taking the time to compile this list of verses.  I’ve saved it for something to refer back to when I am having troubles.

[Guest]

Yes!  We can only have victory through Christ and Christ alone.  Even Cain was offered that which he needed to have victory over son but he believed not God.  Rather than asking "how can I my Lord?" He chose to ignore the warning and proceed in anger and the spirit of the destroyer that led him to kill his brother.

Study Christ in the scriptures so that you can hear his voice when he speaks and then follow him whenever he speaks whether it be from within yourself or out of the mouth of another.

Seek to find someone who has had the same stuggle you are having but has been given victory over it through Christ and ask them to share their experience with you that you may do as they did and find relief. 

Thank you for the thoughtful tips.  I also find it to be helpful to read of others in books and throughout history that have endured similar struggles. 

[KPaulG]

How's everything going now, Eth?

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

I am better today, with Yahweh as my steadfast Baali and Yeshua my shepherd who are with me every day.

God Bless you, too.

Praise God, Eth!

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

Edited October 12, 2015 by KPaulG

[JohnD]

If the OP will read these verses carefully, I believe she will have the answer she seeks.

I love Psalm 51:7!  Thank you for taking the time to compile this list of verses.  I’ve saved it for something to refer back to when I am having troubles.

We are to refrain from just publishing videos as we see fit. Which is fine. Just wanted to let you know why I did not just publish it.

There is an old Maranatha tune that is appropriate to the verse you love in Psalm 51

www. youtube .com/ watch?v=lPFCosKw1YE (take out the spaces to get to the actual video).