Are you Worthy of the Cup?

Hello Good People and Others!

Hope you all are planning to enjoy this beautiful Sabbath. Whether you are resting or have to work, I pray that it is a peaceful and smooth day for you.

Today I want to leave you with a question to consider. We are in a new month fast approaching the first Sunday and you know that communion is upon us. For those of you that attend a church you will be asked to examine yourselves to see if you are worthy of partaking in communion. My question to you today……Are you worthy of the cup?

Most of us are experts at spotting the needle in someone else’s eye. Yet hardly do we thoroughly examine ourselves in the mirror to see that we have one of our own. Communion is not a small thing to indulge in. It is not, I was good today for this moment, I’ll partake in this remembrance, and go back to willingly sinning. It’s much, much deeper than that. You are submitting yourselves to the guilt of the blood and body of the Lord when you partake unworthily (1 Co 11:27). Meaning that blood is on your hands concerning Jesus crucifixion. Meaning you were among those who chose to have him crucified.

Our duty as believers of Christ Jesus is to examine ourselves, not others. Yet, we have become so accustomed to comparing and competing with others that we don’t seem to love ourselves enough to hold ourselves in the mirror long enough to see the err of our ways. We are to do our own work well so that we will have something to be proud of! Not comparing ourselves to others (Gal 6:4 ESV). See when we judge ourselves we are able to prevent ourselves from being judged (1 Co 11:31). Judging yourself might go something like “Am I truly a child of God?”, “Am I walking in my flesh or walking in the Spirit?”, “How can I intentionally represent Christ today?”, “Did I love my neighbor today?”. These are all questions that should highlight to you whether you are intentionally of the faith as a child of God (2 Co 13:5).

I know some of you others who choose to walk unrighteously will take this moment to go “See, you can’t judge me!” and before you do I would like to leave you with this scripture 1 Tim 1:8-10 and Gal 5:8. Both of these scriptures highlight how if a person is led by the flesh and not walking by the spirit the law can be justly used against you. We as believers are also called to judge righteously in John 7:24.

This blog is not a this or that moment. This blog is written to remind you that if you are doing your own personal due diligence in examining yourself genuinely; you will be found worthy of the cup. The cup being symbolic for partaking in Jesus blood and body. If you truly examine yourself and discover that you are not found worthy Lamentations 3:40 tells us to search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord. We serve a graceful God. Yet, we still have to ensure we are not lying to ourselves and being truthful about our ways. When we lie we are spawn of Satan because Jesus is the truth and life!

When we lie and partake in the cup anyways we are choosing damnation on ourselves. Walking with Jesus Christ wholeheartedly is not for those who can’t be honest. You are the exact person Jesus would love to realize that you could have a home with him where there is truth and love and PEACE. It requires honesty and you have to be willing to do the work on the inner you. You have to be willing to be ye separate from the world (2 Co 6:17). You have to choose to die to your flesh daily (1 Co 15:31, Ro 8:13) not live in it and then believe that God is going to forgive you. That is like premeditating a murder then asking for forgiveness knowing you were intentional about taking someones life. Which is wrong.

When we come to Christ we give up our sinful ways and that might appear boring to you at first. Most likely because you have to detox your mind, body and soul from the “fun” of the world by feeding your spirit with the word of Christ. Our fun in Christ is different but there is still a life of enjoyment living for Christ. Examine yourself and see….. Are you worthy of the cup? If you find that you are not or have not been. Do the work. Repent wholeheartedly and turn from your wicked ways (2 Chr 7:14).

Remember, someone who loves you will correct you (2 Tim 3:16) just as our Father in heaven does.

Stay prayed up. Stay vigilant. Continue to be an overcomer.

Love ya later!

Why the Inner elevates the Outside…

What’s up beautiful people?! I hope all has been well your way; All has been well my way. Some minor bumps here and there but nothing that has killed the shine. Today I wanted to come and speak to you about “Why the Inner elevates the Outside..”!

When we walk with Christ Jesus, we are representatives of who he is & what he represents. In society there is huge emphasis on our appearance. So much so that most people jump to follow the trends even if it’s detrimental to their health. People want to be seen, heard and held highly! Yet, most people don’t realize that not only is their thirst to follow trends detrimental to their health it is also detrimental to their spirits unbeknownst to them.

Everyone wants to look nice and presentable because “when you look good you feel good”. How often do you check your spirit before you prepare to leave out for the day? I’m not only talking about reading your devotionals or your word. I’m talking about truly checking your spirit in the mirror? Our word tells us that we should not judge according to appearance (John 7:24), nor should we stress to appear religious in our dress to be seen of men (Matthew 23:5), and that we should be mindful not to dress to attract attention (Mark 12:38).

Yet, all across the globe we have people who wake up and literally take pride in all of these things as believers in Christ Jesus. It is sadly easy to do when we don’t recall that not only do we need to look in the mirror and make sure we are presentable before leaving our homes. We need to make sure that the home we house the spirit of Christ in is well dressed as well. I have been guilty of failing to check the home of my spirit before leaving out at times. (The fruit of those days has not always been ripe. If I do say so myself.) On those days I tend to take a moment and pause! Go within and try to clean house. People will try you for no reason some days & when we have not properly dressed our spirit for the day we tend to fall in traps set by unclean spirits housed in the people we have to interact with. (Typically, you will find that it is an individual who is more concerned with their outer image than their inner appearance.)

We are to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and to make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof” (Romans 13:14). Christ resides on the inside of us and we do him and ourselves a disservice when we put more emphasis on our outer appearance than how we are dressed on the inside. When we dress to be seen or to gain attention from man we are feeding the lust of our flesh and tempting someone else’s flesh in the process. Looking good and looking presentable are not necessarily the same thing in today’s society. Where so many people are half naked because of the industry trends and believe themselves to “look good” even though they are far from presentable by Christ standards.

We are called to dress modestly (1 Tim 2:9) & to dress to please God, not to attract attention (1 Pt 3:1-5). When we put more emphasis on how we are dressed inwardly we are fully equipped to tackle the day. We are prepared to shine from within throughout the day. And who can kill a light that God gives? Nobody!!

Love you later.