Be sure your sins will find you out. Many profess today to know God and to be saved. Some are saved and sanctified. Others are saved sanctificed and filled with the Holy Ghost. "according to their belief." They attend church, give offerings, dress a peculiar way, and follow the rules of the assembly outwardly in an effort to appear holy, just, and righteous. They confess with their lips, but their heart is far from God and in works deny him.
Jesus said, "every tree is known by his fruits". As the "grafted" in branches, we are partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree. If the root is Holy, then the branches become Holy as they receive their substanance from the root. If the branches are made Holy, the fruit becomes Holy. That which is within is Holy, therefore all that comes forth must also be Holy. There is no unrighteousness or sinful things that can proceed from a pure, holy, godly source.
Just can't help but utter curse words when you hit the wrong nail with the hammer? The problem isn't with the hammer, nail, or your aim. Create in me a clean heart and renew within me a right Spirit. Clean the well and you will have pure water.
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