A Time to Break Down, and a Time to Build Up

If we would be vessels set apart for God and honorable for His use, the dross of sin and wickedness must be purged and demolished from our lives; sinful strongholds and idols must be broken down and stamped to powder!...2 Corinthian 5:17...2 Kings 22:11...2 Kings 23:1:20...John 11:37-44...2 Chronicles 34:27...Psalm 34:18-19, Jeremiah 31:27-28...Proverbs 25:4...Jude 20, Colossians 2:1-8, 1 Peter 2:1-5, Ephesians 2:19-22...Jeremiah 9:1-3, 13:15-17 ...Matthew 5:4...Luke 6:21...Psalm 126:5-6...Psalm 30:1-5, 10-12, John 16:20-22...2 Samuel 6:14...James 1:2-4...Christian, if you would be conformed to the image of Christ, if you would be built up and strengthened in godliness; if you would be made holy; God MUST first break down, demolish, and remove out of your life, that which is sinful, unholy, and dishonoring to Him.