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“The refining process has intensified in, and, for My House.

I AM stirring the pot to cause to come to the surface all of the impure metals that have stayed in your heart, hidden from the cleansing power of My Word.

This process will begin to reveal to you those hidden and coveted issues of your own heart. The reason is always to make you a vessel of purity, never to make you feel condemned, as some think and even say of Me and those who will boldly declare My truth.

The enemy is an expert at misinterpretation and cunning when it comes to using words to ensnare and lead astray.

As you well know, words can kill or they can give life. Listen to My Words now, know that I AM shaking My House in order to separate the pure from the impure, the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats.

The great divide has begun, so now is the time for your life to resemble the holy standard that I alone established.

Yes, I know those who are Mine, but you must know those who are Mine also. Family should know their own family.

For by their fruit you will know them, do not be deceived by their great boasting words or their flamboyant displays of power.

My People will adhere to My Word, they will not try to twist My Words to accommodate their twisted lifestyle.

My People will live a holy life, not just make vague references to it. Only follow those who follow My Word, for I have told you before that many false prophets and teachers are in the midst, leading and deceiving others to go astray off of the narrow way.

Teaching, and taking great pleasure in those who follow their examples, they are wolves in the flock.

This is the time for cleaving to the Lover of your soul and a time for great discerning, which can only come from intimate times spent with Me in The Secret Place.

You will see a great falling away of some who have known Me but do not be dismayed, these things must come to pass.

I AM coming for a Church without spot or blemish. Now, begins the purification of silver and gold, precious metals that endure great heat in order to become the purest.

Once the purification is done there is a small amount of pure metal that is found. I will have My holy remnant.

I will have a chaste Bride. I will have a clean House. You be holy even as I, your God AM holy and perfect!

Keep looking to Me and you will see that My Grace will make you all that I have promised that you will be.

It is not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit,” says your God and LORD.

“… Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of whom the oil is a symbol],’ says the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6.

“Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit.” Matthew 7:15-17.

“And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.” Leviticus 20:26.

“..so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God], so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless.” Ephesians 5:26-27.

Source: A Chaste Bride and a Clean House ~by Pastor Debra Lowe