Matthew 23:27-28
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Why whitewashed tombs, you may ask. You are a 'whitewashed tomb' when you claim you have known and seen God but keep on obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you. Because you keep obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you, the Devil claims ownership over you. He claims he owns you.This is so because you choose to keep on feeding on the nature of the Devil in you, even though you claim you have come to the knowledge of Christ. Instead, as someone who has known and seen Christ, you should have chosen to put to death all the misdeeds, desires and passions of the sinful nature of the Devil in you and feed on Christ's divine natures so that the divine natures of Christ are formed in you eternally. You cannot claim you know God when you keep living according to the desires and passions of the sinful nature of the Devil in you. On the outside you may appear as good as an angel but on the inside you know that you only obey the wants of the Devil. That's why Christformation does not happen until you put to death the evil passions, desires and misdeeds of the sinful nature of the Devil in you.What more if you are a teacher of hypocrisy! God is always concerned about what is insiide of you. Can you see this truth here. You are either filled with Christformation in you or with hypocrisy and wickedness.
Revelation 3:17-18
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Gold refined in fire is Christformation in you.You have to pay a price for it. You must buy Christformation in you, which is gold refined in fire.You have to give up pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you, before Christformation can happen in you.It is a costly price to pay if you have been in the habit of pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you.But, think of the eternal reward through full Christformatiion in you. All His divine natures will be formed in you through your obedience to God's word. Won't you be truly rich in every sense of that word,white and clean before God, fully dressed before God and no more blind or living in darkness about God. You will be found fully worthy to be in His presence for eternity through full Christformation in you.
