Uncovering and Cleansing

Uncovering and Cleansing

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

Matthew 10:26b (NKJV)
“For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.”

Many across our nation and even across the world have, for several months, been declaring the above verse.  We are seeing it come to pass.  It has shaken us. Even more will be revealed in the days to come.  The revelation will shake us even more.

God is in the process of cleansing our nation, preparing us for an outpouring of His Spirit on His people.  In the cleansing process, He has called into accountability some leaders in the Christian community.  That cleansing is confirmed in scripture.  The apostle Peter wrote, “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17 NKJV). 

Remember that after Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, He followed the Jewish tradition of cleansing the leaven from the house in preparation for Passover.  Leaven is a biblical symbol for sin.  Cleansing the leaven is a picture of self-examination, repentance and spiritual cleansing.

In preparation for the Passover, Jesus went to the Temple, His Father’s House, and cleared out the buyers and the sellers.  He proclaimed His Father’s House as a House of Prayer.  Luke 19: 45-48).  Judgment had started at the House of God.

As the wickedness in our nation is being revealed, we should  humble ourselves in repentance and pray for the Lord to reveal any wickedness in our own lives.  May we cry out as David did, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the life everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24 NKJV).  

Paul confirmed, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV).  Many of the sins that are pervasive in the world are pervasive in the Church as well:  sexual sin including addiction to pornography, divorce, co-habitation outside of the marriage covenant, substance abuse, domestic violence and even abortion.

Believers want truth and honesty from our leaders.   Therefore, we must be truthful and honest.  We want justice to prevail in our land.  Therefore, we must treat others justly.  We want our government to be fiscally responsible.  Therefore, we must be fiscally responsible. We want out leaders to be moral.  Therefore, we, Your people, must be moral.

Oh, God, we cry out for the cleansing of your Temple.  We cry out for those things that are covered and hidden in Your Bride to be revealed by Your Holy Spirit.  Lord, let that cleansing begin with me.