2 Timothy 2:21
21 If [ean] a man [tis] therefore [oun] purge [ekkathairo] himself [heautou] from [apo] these, [touton] he shall be
[esomai] a vessel [skeuos] unto [eis] honour, [time] sanctified, [hagiazo] and [kai] meet [euchrestos] for the
master's use, [despotes] and prepared [hetoimazo] unto [eis] every [pas] good [agathos] work. [ergon] KJV-Interlinear
21
Therefore, if a man cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for
honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. NASB
Cleanse is an
intensified form, meaning to clean out thoroughly, to purge.
And the things that we
are to purge ourselves of, comes from the vessels of dishonor discussed in the
previous verse. In other words sin and wickedness,
in all of its forms.
Arrogance in the
cornerstone of evil. Wickedness is the
activity of evil. All evil runs the
gamut from petty self righteousness, to immoral criminal behavior.
Sin is contagious. Sin
exists in every corner of the world.
When or if you flirt with sin in any manner, sooner or later that
flirtation will trap you into an active sin and then it is downhill from there.
No one is above
sin. Everyone is subject to the traps of
sin. And this is not restricted to
crimes but includes all manner of social behaviors and thoughts, and intentions
and attitudes.
Each person is born
with a sin nature ingrained within their physical body (not in the soul). But since your soul resides in the physical
body it is influenced by sin and all of the enticements and entrapments of sin.
When sin is active in your
life, then your soul chokes and cannot breathe, so to speak. A long exposure to sin (decades) without any
protection or cleansing will eventually choke the soul completely and death
usually occurs, causing the person to leave this world.
But there is a solution
to sin and to its filth, and that begins with salvation, naturally. But after salvation, we all still sin and
then we all need an occasional bath to clean up.
Most people in their
daily lives, take showers or baths to clean themselves up from time to time. For those who do not wash daily, the odor and
filth tends to build, and the result is obvious and unpleasant.
We wash our hands for
the little things and our whole body for the big things of filth.
In the spiritual life
the same principle exists. The soul
needs to be cleansed. But instead of soap and water, we use confession. The
result is the same as in a shower. You are
cleansed, and the filth and odors are removed, but in a spiritual sense.
So, when you are clean,
you become a vessel of honor. But when
you are filthy, you are a vessel of dishonor.
This applies in the
spiritual realm, not in the physical world.
Of course it is nice to be around clean people but cleanliness is next
to Godliness, is a reference not to the use of soap and water, but the use of
confession.
Confession is the
shower of the spiritual life.
This, confession, places
you back into fellowship and thus makes you clean and sanctified and available
for spiritual activities.
By the way, when you
are in fellowship, everything you do is spiritual activity, spiritual worship,
spiritual production and so forth.
When you sin and are
out of fellowship, then your spiritual life does not function. 1, 2, 3rd Jn is a detailed study
of this whole process. There are also a
couple of special studies on fellowship, located in the online study library.
Sin is a non-tangible
concept in its effect on the soul. Sin
is an obscure anomaly that separates you from a relationship with God. The real
you is in your soul. Sin is
non-physical, and thus requires a non-physical solution. And God has given us the perfect solution,
which is confession, or the self recognition of a fault that we have within us,
and are willing to acknowledge (confess) to God.
Therefore, in order to
have a relationship with God, we need to be clean, spiritually. In order to be clean spiritually we need to
confess our sins on a regular basis.
That in turn places you in a spiritually sound position whereby your relationship
with God functions as it should.
Functioning in
fellowship, your are sanctified (set apart), honorable (sin free, spiritually speaking),
and therefore useful as opposed to being useless, and your use is for every
good work, all that you do while in fellowship, especially your spiritual
growth (daily study), especially in reference to your spiritual production due
to the application of your spiritual knowledge to your daily life.
Your life functions as
it should when your spiritual life operates as it should.
Your meaning and
purpose are fulfilled as they should be, when your spiritual life operates as
it should.
You become complete as
you should be, when you pursue your life in accordance with Gods mandates as a
believer in Christ, namely confession, study, learning, understanding, application,
and wisdom. These then are the principle
ingredients that serve to complete you into a total and comprehensive you.
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