GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF OUR SAVIOR AND LORD JESUS

CHRIST

INWARD PART

“For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is
outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is
that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men,
but of God.” Romans 2: 28-29.

So God sees that what we are inwardly but not that what we are outwardly.
Circumcision, offerings, sacrifices; baptism, prayers and attending the Church all
these are outward signs of one’s belief toward God. If our inward parts are not
clean though we do all these things yet they are mere waste. For God says in Isaiah
29: 13 “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from
me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.” Hence it is very
important that what we are inwardly.

WHAT IS THERE IN INWARD PART?

Once a Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him and Jesus went into his house and
sat at the table to eat. When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that Jesus did not
wash before dinner. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their
hands they eat nothing. And there are many other customs, which they have
received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.
Then Jesus replied and said to him, “Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside
of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and
wickedness.” Luke 11:39. This is what we have in our inward parts in spite of our
outward cleanness.

Do you know how great this wickedness is, my Brother and Sister? Please see in
Genesis 6: 5-6, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him
at his heart.” We know what God did unto the people; because of the wickedness
of men He had to destroy all of them from the earth. Man’s wickedness is so great
in the sight of God.

It is not just enough to clean our outward parts but it is very important to clean our
inward parts to please God.

HOW TO CLEAN IT?

The bible says in Proverbs 20:27, “The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.”

If we need to search and clean our inward parts, the spirit that God put within us
should burn continually. Jesus said in Luke 15: 8, “Either what woman having ten
pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the
house, and seek diligently till she find it?” Since this woman lighted the candle to
search the coin, she could find it; had she not lighted the candle it would have
been very difficult for her to search and find it. When we have the wickedness in
us the whole inward part is full of darkness. We need the candle to give us the light
and the candle is 'our spirit' given by God. But unfortunately, we ourselves cannot
light our spirits and cleanse our inward parts. The Bible says in John 1: 9-12, “That
was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was
in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He
came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to
them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name:” Then who is that true light? Jesus says in John 8:12, “Then spake Jesus
again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall
not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” So Jesus is that true light
and makes our spirits burn. After all we are created by Him and for Him, if we have
Jesus in us we have full of light in our inward parts and Jesus will cleanse the
wickedness that is within us.

We need Jesus who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks in heaven
(Revelation 2:1) to make our inward parts clean and full of light. Jesus is knocking
the door of our hearts today my Brother and Sister, if we listen and open the
door of our hearts He will come, dwell in us and we will dwell in the light and our
inward parts will be clean.

BURN ALWAYS

Now, the important thing is that it is not just enough to see that our spirits are
lighted but we should also see that they should burn continually. God told Moses in
Exodus 27: 20-21, “And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring
thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. In the
tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall
be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.”
God desires the same thing from us; the lamps, which are our spirits given by Him,
should burn continually.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO?

We need to hear the word of God and keep it in our inward part so that our spirits
may burn continually. David says in Psalms 119: 105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path.”
The word of God which is the lamp for all of our ways in this world should burn in
our inward parts. The same Word of God makes our spirits, which are the lamps, to
burn continually. When it happens? David says in Psalms 1: 1- 2, “Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and
in his law doth he meditate day and night.” Meditation means not just focusing on
what we read and listen from the Word of God but practicing and doing according
to the Word of God. Paul says in Romans 2: 13, “For not the hearers of the law are
just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.” Hence David said in
Psalms 119: 11, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.” What happens when we do so? “For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4: 12. The Word of God goes into our inward parts
and makes them clean before God.

So when we meditate the Word of God day and night our inward part will be full of
light, burn continually and will be clean.

SWEETER THAN HONEY

"How sweet are thy words unto my taste yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.”
Psalms 119: 103. We know that the honey is sweet. It doesn’t matter whether we
eat it today, tomorrow or many days latter, the taste remains the same because the
honey is sweet. Same way, we may read the Word of God at any time or any
number of times, the taste remains the same because it is sweeter than anything
else. He is same yesterday, today and forever. Amen. The more we read the
Word of God the more we receive the strength.

Hence my Brother and Sister let us meditate the Word of God day and night so that
our lamps, which are our spirits, burn continually and make our Father in Heaven
happy.

We have seen so far that the Word of GOD should be in our inward parts so that our
spirits burn continually. Now we see one more thing that we need, to keep our
spirits burn ...

continually.

THE TRUTH

King David says in Psalms 51: 6, “Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.” God desires the truth
in our inward parts; because the same truth helps our spirits burn with out ceasing.

By the way what is the truth? Once Pilate the Roman Governor who was judging
Jesus when He was arrested, asked Jesus, “What is truth?” But before Jesus gave
any answer Pilate went out of the room and failed to understand the real meaning
of truth. Today we need to understand about the truth and what actually David
means when he says, ‘thou desirest truth in the inward parts.’

Please see 1 John 1: 6-10, “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

We have seen that we need the Word of God in our inward parts that our spirits
burn continually. See what the same word of God says in Romans 3:23, “For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” If we say, the Word of God is in
us and do not accept that we are sinners, we are making the same Word of God as
a lie, because we are doing contrary to the Word of God. How can, then, our spirits
burn in us? If we say we have the Word of God in us, we should also say that we are
sinners. Hence the above verse says if we say that we have not sinned, we make
God a liar and His word is not in us. If the Word of God is not in us how can our
spirits burn continually? So we have to acknowledge that we are sinners; only then
we have truth in us and the same truth helps our spirits burn continually. This is
what God desires from us.

HOW TO GET RID OF THE SIN THAT IS IN US?

Just by confessing them before God. Please see once again 1 John 1: 9, “If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.” If we do this He is ready to forgive us. The Bible says in
Psalms 86: 5, “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee.”

Let us see how the truth set David free, how God forgave him and how his spirit
burnt continually. We know that David once sinned against God. When he came to
know this fact through Prophet Nathan, immediately he went to God and confessed
his sin. Please see Psalm 51: 1-5, “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee,
thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be
justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was
shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”

David confessed boldly that he was a sinner since the day he was born. God saw not
the sin but the truth in his inward parts and forgave him and used him as His
servant. Jesus, who is also the truth according to John 14: 6, came to this world
from the same womb of David. Hence David boldly says, ‘thou desirest truth in the
inward parts.’

So my Brother and Sister, we need to confess our sins everyday before the Lord that
our spirits should burn continually. It is not just enough to confess once or twice
but we should confess continually, because Jesus says in Mathew 6: 34, “Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Everyday we do
mistakes small or big, knowingly or unknowingly.

But when we confess our sins continually the precious blood of Jesus Christ
cleanses our inward parts and makes them clean before God; and our spirits will
burn and shine continually.

We have learnt that “The Word of God” and “the Truth” which God desires from
our inward parts and also seen that they help our spirits to burn continually. Now
let us see finally, one more important thing that God requires from our inward
parts.
King David prays unto God like this. “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew
a right spirit within me.” Psalms 51:10. According to this verse we see that God
wants a right spirit from our clean heart. In fact all the things that we have
meditated make our heart clean and finally we need to have the right spirit also.

WHAT IS THE RIGHT SPIRIT?

Please see this verse from the Bible. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall
receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
James 1:5-8.

We can have the right spirit only when we have right faith in our God and when we
are stable in all our ways. Hence James says, if we have doubts we can receive
nothing from the Lord and we will be like the waves of the sea that have no base to
stand. Though God did many miracles before the eyes of Israelites when they were
in the wilderness, many a times they murmured against God. Many of them could
not enter into the Promised Land; the reason is that they had no right spirit
because of their lack of faith in God. Hence the Word of God says, “But Israel,
which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of
righteousness. Wherefore? Because sought they it not by faith, but as it were by
the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written,
Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 9:31-33.

THE RIGHT SPIRIT LEADS TO MOST HOLY FAITH

Once Apostle Paul went and preached the Gospel to Galatians. After a while some
people went and preached them another gospel which is not from the Lord and
they turned so quickly from the faith that Paul wrote them with great pain saying,
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of
Christ unto another gospel:” Galatians 1:6. What was the reason? They didn’t have
the right spirit. When we have the right spirit no matter what happens in our life
we hold the most holy faith and do as Jude says, “But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in
the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Jude 1:20-21.

THE RIGHT SPIRIT MAKES US REJOICE

In this world we face many trials, tribulations, and tests in our spiritual journey.
Whatever we may face we need the right spirit with right faith. The Prophet
Habakkuk says, “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in
the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the
flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I
will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my
strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk
upon mine high places.” Habakkuk 3:17-19.

This is the real faith from the right spirit. Otherwise we cannot please our Father,
which is in Heaven.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT HELPS US TO FINISH OUR RACE

If we have this kind of right spirit then we are like, as Jesus said, a person that
built his house on the rock. Only then we can finish our spiritual run race as Paul
finished. “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing.” 2 Timothy 4:7-8.

We need right faith and right spirit to finish our race.

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us
run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2.

LET US LIVE FOR CHRIST

My Brother and Sister, please remember once again the verse, “The spirit of man
is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.” Proverbs
20:27. So let us have the Word of God, the Truth and the right spirit in our inward
parts that our candle burn continually for the Glory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.

May God Bless You.

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come." John 16:13

He died for you