🧼 Clean on the Outside, Contaminated on the Inside

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.”

— Matthew 23:25 (NIV)

We live in a time where it’s easy to look the part. Easy to say the right things, shout the right words, wear the right clothes, and perform in front of people. But God is not impressed by the outside. He looks at the heart.

Too many of God’s people are walking around clean on the outside, but contaminated on the inside.

We know how to dress up, show up, and speak up in church—but we don’t know how to deal with what’s defiling us behind closed doors. We’ve become professional in the public and polluted in the private. And the danger is this: you can fool people, but you cannot fool God.

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🚨 Contamination Blocks the Flow

You cannot pour clean water from a dirty vessel. And just because a person is still functioning in ministry doesn’t mean they’re flowing in power. Contamination disrupts the anointing. It delays breakthrough. It pollutes the flock.

Some of us are wondering why we feel dry. Why we feel stuck. Why heaven seems silent. It could be contamination that hasn’t been dealt with.

You may still have the gift—but the oil is tainted.

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🛐 It’s Time to Come Clean

It’s our responsibility as children of God to recognize these things and bring them before the Lord. Not to hide them. Not to justify them. But to confess them, confront them, and be cleansed.

Too many are living one way in public and another way in private. As a prophet of God, I must say: The Lord is tired of it. He is grieved by the mixture and the deception in His house. The Church cannot afford to keep playing with defilement while calling it grace.

This is a season where true repentance must rise. Not fake tears. Not surface-level apologies. But deep, holy repentance that produces real change.

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📖 We Are Called to Be Mature (Biblically Perfect)

Yes, we are not “perfect” by the world’s standards—but the Bible’s definition of perfection is different. In the Greek, “perfect” often means mature, complete, or whole (see Matthew 5:48).

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

— Matthew 5:48 (KJV)

That means when we see something unclean in us, we’re called to deal with it—not excuse it. We are called to confess it, correct it, and allow the Holy Spirit to purify it.

When we don’t deal with our contamination, it doesn’t just affect us—it pollutes the flock. It opens the door to spiritual confusion and misleads others. God is calling His people to a higher standard. Holiness is still right.

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🔥 The Call to Purity and Power

This is not about perfectionism. It’s about authentic surrender. It’s about letting God purify what we’ve tried to hide. It’s about asking Him to go beyond the surface and touch the real you.

It’s time to come clean:

• If you’re battling lust, take it to the altar.

• If you’re holding offense, forgive and release.

• If you’re living a double life, repent and be made whole.

• If you’re just going through the motions, ask God to make you real again.

You don’t have to stay contaminated. But you do have to surrender.

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🙏🏾 Prayer

Lord, I don’t want to be a whitewashed cup—clean on the outside and filthy on the inside. Purify me. Search me. Show me anything in me that is not like You. Burn it up. Cleanse me with hyssop and wash me whiter than snow. I surrender my heart, my thoughts, my hidden struggles. Make me holy inside and out.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.