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 "question": "How do we become \"vessels of honor\" (2 Tim. 2:20–21)?",
 "answer": "Through cleansing. In 1 John 1:9, God promises that \"if we confess our sins, He will always forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.\" If any man cleanses himself, Paul says, \"he will be a vessel for honor.\" The future tense indicates the normal, sequential action of a person moving from the point of salvation forward, using confession continually. As we grow, we learn to confess more quickly and to stay in fellowship for longer and longer periods of time. As we constantly take those upward steps, pressing on to the high ground of spiritual maturity, we will become special vessels that God will use in magnificent ways.",
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 "lesson": "2-4",
 "lesson_title": "The Equipment—Spiritual Gifts",
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  "What does it mean to cleanse ourselves from unrighteousness",
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 "derivation": "extracted-rhetorical",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics, Lesson 2-4 — The Equipment—Spiritual Gifts (p.99)",
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  "para_id": "the-basics-p0111-003",
  "printed_question": "Exactly how are we to go about becoming vessels of honor?"
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  "Cleansing",
  "Confession",
  "Fellowship",
  "Paul",
  "Promises",
  "Salvation",
  "Spiritual maturity"
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