Self Spiritual test-Examine yourself if you are in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5.
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Self spiritual examination in the light of the word of God is a good spiritual tool at our disposal to balance our stand in the word to see the level of the progress we’re making so far in spiritual life-if your life has never been the same in your daily work-if you are growing in faith and in the spirit-growing in the love of the brethren-growing in obedience- growing in holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord and growing into the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ!                                                                                                                   
In any spiritual or moral blunder, do not hesitate, but rather rush down and quick to plunge into the fountain of inexhaustible double supply and power for cleansing-if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins; and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Now is redemption come to mankind; and finally, the works of the devil is undone by the shedding of the blood for the remission of sin. The enemy has no ground to hold us again as long as we come to God and enter into the holy of the holiest by the blood of Jesus. Before the worlds were created or before its foundation were laid, the Lamb was slain and his blood was shed as down-payment for man’s sin. It pleased the Lord to bruise him and to make his soul an offering for sin, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Little did the soldiers at the place of the skull knew that they were fulfilling the scriptures that none of his bone shall be broken the moment they pierced the side of the Lord our righteousness: and blood and water came out of him. Revelation 13:8.                                                       
Christ precious blood is the blood of the new and everlasting covenant shed for the remission of the world’s sins. The fountain is opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness; and for all the residue of men that shall seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom his name is called. It is the fountain of pardon and justification, the source of our peace with God, for Christ has made peace through the blood of his cross, to reconcile all things in heaven and on earth unto himself. Hebrews 13:20.                                                                                                                                                       
Christ blood fountain is not like the river of Bethsaida that whenever an angel troubled it, the infirm or sick person of whatever sickness that first stepped in were made whole. This is the fountain so vast that as many as three thousands that gladly received the gospel message of Peter on the day of Pentecost were forgiven, cleansed, sanctified and saved and were added to the church.                                                                                                                                                     
It is the blood of inexhaustible power and accommodation with power to heal all manners of sinfulness from the blood of any genotypes and blood group; and remove all wickedness from man’s heart, purging the conscience from dead works to serve the living God …..forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever. 1Peter1:18-23.                                                                                                                        
The fountain of Christ blood is the river whose flow and brink shall never be cut off as the river of Jordan was cut off for the Israelites to pass over to Jericho. The blood will flow continuously and ceaselessly for cleansing. It will never for once lose its cleansing and redemptive power as the blood of eternal covenant: for Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.                                                                                           
It is a river so clean and pure that sinner have no need of protest and objection once faith rises up in any to dip into it just at once and not seven times like Elijah commanded Naaman the captain of Syrian army to dip himself inside the river of Jordan to be cleansed of his leprosy Would you be freed from your burden of sin? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; would you o’er evil a victory win? There’s wonderful power in the blood. Whosoever covers his sin shall not prosper, but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy…there is a fountain for sin and uncleanness by the blood of Christ, and unless we acknowledge our sinfulness and guilt like the sinner in the temple, mourn for it, then we cannot obtain forgiveness- mercy for pardon. If we have faith for pardon and cleansing by the blood of Christ, we should therefore beg for faith for freedom from sin dominion by the blood of Christ, and not to continue in sin to count the blood of covenant wherein we are sanctified as an unholy thing; thereby despising the spirit of grace….for if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,  but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Hebrews 10:26-29.                                                                                                                                                                       The blood of Christ is the sacrifice for our sins (without shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin) with the efficacies to break the yokes of every sin in us so that we are able to trample and bruised the demons of our sins under the sole of our feet and not to trample the son of God under our feet by continuing in sin.                                                                                        We can be freed indeed to walk at liberty and to have dominion over sin if we begin to apply the blood of Jesus against those things in the heart which defiles us and know that the blood of Christ shall purifies the heart in true holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 9:11-14.                                                                                                                                      Sin stains cannot withstand the detergent power of the blood, neither can any power of transgression resist the purification power of the blood without blemish, than to bow to the demanding need of the application of the sacrifice of the Lamb’s blood….wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:16-18. Hebrews 12:24.                                                                                                                                                                  The blood of the Lamb is the means of our preparation for heaven as we keep our garment of righteousness clean and make them white in the precious blood. When once shall you be cleansed and be made whole from your filthiness and all your uncleanness before the door of mercy is closed as the Lord’s blood continue to speak pardon for you?
Self examination and heart searching of any spiritual or moral blot through the light of the word of God and the conviction of the Spirit of God’s work in us is the power to walk in the light as he is light; by not covering any sin while hypocritically partaking the bread and wine (body and blood of Jesus) in the Lord’s Supper, which can be destructive to the soul. If you eat and drink the table of the Lord unworthy, it may lead to physical weakness, sickness, and untimely death. For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this cause many are weak and sick among you, and many (died) sleep. (1 Cor. 11:27-32) The table of the Lord should never be taken in the leaven of hypocrisy, malice, and wickedness. Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. 5: 7-8.) We must always plunge our-selves into the fountain open for sin and for uncleanness before we sit at the table of the Lord’s Supper or else we shall be inviting trouble to our self. Who is eligible to eat the Lord’s Supper? Every man and woman, washed in the blood of the Lamb, having repented of their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and personal Savior (in fellowship with baptized believers, not with fornicators, adulterous, or polygamous believers, smokers, drunkards, unrepentant and unconverted sinners). How oft should we eat the Lord’s Supper? There is no specific time limit or day to observe the Lord’s Table. The Lord’s command was ‘as often’ as we do it, we are announcing his death until he comes back again. This means that the Lord’s Sup-per can be taken daily, if we so desire (when we come together). It can be taken every Sun-day, if we are to follow the example of the early church and of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ as they frequently gathered on the first day of the week to break bread and to celebrate the risen Christ. The Lord’s Supper can be taken once in a month, or once in three months according to our understanding of its spiritual bond, efficacy, and allowance: for we draw life, strength, and consolation from it as we partake and reflect on the great work and sacrifice, the suffering and the victory, deliverance from sin and death, and the hope which is laid up for us in heaven by the Lord. ‘Except you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of man, you have no life in you’ (John 6: 53). It is abnormal when you are avoiding the Lord’s Supper- surely an evil spirit is at work. The Lord said, for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you do show the Lord’s death till he comes. The intensity of our love and affection for the Lord becomes the driving force and motivation of our appetite and thirstiness to the table of the Lord, the preparation and reverence with which we accord it, to celebrate and appreciate of our redemption and redeemer. When we know that we must be at the King’s table and courtyard to worship, celebrate and dine with his Majesty, we are necessitated to put certain restrictions upon ourselves so that we do not attend before the Lord with distraction and leaven, neither with any uncleanness. And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Lev. 7:19-21.) Jesus is our peace offering and our Passover. We must keep our body pure and cleansed from all the filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God; and to put difference between the clean and the unclean, between the holy and profane. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9-11).                                                                                                                                                                              There is no divorce from Christ once we declared to be his in our crucifixion and baptism with him: and there is no going back into darkness, perdition and spiritual slavery of sin for whatever reason, than to live only and always for Christ; and to share both in his praises and reproaches in this world, and to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Now, I will by the help of the Spirit speak about the reproach which is of Christ, which is the manifestation of the presence of God and his glory upon you (If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 1 Peter 4: 14-16. NIV                                                                                                             
When your spiritual zeal and dedication, devotion and fervency in the Spirit to serve the Lord is evil spoken against by the envious, carnal brethren or the unbelievers; rejoice, for God is glorified in your life.                                                                                                                                
When your days of little beginning in the Lord are despised and mocked at by the wicked hearts and ungodly souls, take comfort and be assured that the reproaches of them that reproach you fell upon him. It was to the Lord and against him, for they make themselves vile before him. Bride of the Lord, take pleasure and delights yourself in your reproaches for the Lord sake that the power of God may not only rest, but to increase upon you. 2 Corinthians 12:10.                                                                                                                                                      
When the enemy and his agents have nothing more else to say, they will go low to mockery to belittle and to despise what the Lord is doing in your life that they might weaken your hands and slow down the pace of your walk of faith and labor of love. It is good for you to bear shame and dishonor now for his name’s sake (hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their reviling. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Isaiah 51:7-8) than the prospect of facing eternal reproach and everlasting shame which shall not be wiped away.                                                                                                                                                     
Consecration to God, wisely and courageous separation to distance our self from unrighteous people in view of the judgment to come, reward and accountability in the recompense of reward hereafter should not expect applauds and commendation from the men that walk by sight that enjoy the pleasures of sin. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 6:22-23.
The Apostle Paul says he fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in his flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church. Colossians 1:24.                                                                                 
This was never meant to be said that he completed the suffering of Christ to perfect our salvation. Never! He only meant that he endured his sufferings after the examples of Christ sufferings so that others may take courage to drink of the same cup which the Lord has once drank from, and to be baptized with the baptism of which the Lord himself had once went through without the fear of intimidation of the enemy: just as Moses  when he came to a reasonable age,  refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,  choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach (suffering for God and godly cause) of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. Hebrews 11:24-26.                                    
We are reminded of Christ great work to sanctify and to set us apart unto himself by suffering without the gate: and we’re hereby invited and called upon to go out unto him without the camp (uncompromising and unashamed in the world for his names and gospel’s sake) bearing his reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but seek one to come. Hebrews 13:12-14.