1. Cleaning House 2 Timothy 2:19-22

2. God’s house, His people as a whole and every individual brick, are built on:
The truth that is Christ.
The truth of His Message.
The truth of His Word.

3. In Paul’s illustration, some useful things in a home are meant to be used every day and other things for very special occasions.
Can you think of a few things like that around your own home?

4. Truth is without defect or corruption- it is by nature pure
Truth is without defect or corruption- it is by nature pure. Something that is 99% truth is still a lie, and likewise the people of God are not meant to have any relationship with untruth or evil- that is- sin.

5. If we want to be the items for a special occasion, God’s people must be built on truth. We are to be ruthless and without mercy towards the sin and non-truth in our own lives. The word for “cleanse” here is related to the word for pruning in John 15!

6. In 2018, how can you embrace the pruning God wants to do in your own life? He cleared His house in Jerusalem two times- will you let Him enter yours?