Sin will not move out of your life until you judge it unworthy of the Kingdom of God. This is why confession is so important. You must name the sin as sin. You must pronounce judgment on the aspects of your behavior that are condemned by the Scriptures.

The Bible says if we will judge ourselves we will not be judged. If we do not judge ourselves God judges us and chastens us. Then if we do not repent we are in big trouble.

Do you remember the sinner in Corinth? Paul delivered him up to Satan that his spirit might be saved in the Day of the Lord. It appears from II Corinthians that he repented. If he had hardened his heart against God he would have gone into the next age as a naked spirit, stripped of all reward, or possibly would have been facing the outer darkness.

The hand of Divine judgment is resting on the United States of America in the present hour, particularly on the Christian churches because they have the Bible to teach them of the will of God. If we of the churches pray and turn away from our sins, asking God to remove them from us, our nation may be spared for awhile. But if we do not pray and turn away from our sins, trusting in the false doctrines of the rapture, unconditional grace, and so forth, our nation will suffer grievously. Also the unsaved will turn against us just as the sailors threw Jonah out of the ship, because the unsaved will understand that we have betrayed them by not serving as the light of the world, the salt of the earth.

In the Jewish calendar, the Blowing of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement are observed after the feast of Pentecost. This means after we have come through Pentecost we will experience the spiritual fulfillments of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. These signify war and the removal of sin from God's people, as symbolized by the leading of the scapegoat out of the camp.

But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat. (Leviticus 16:10—NIV)

Are you ready for the Lord of Armies to stand before you and challenge the enemies in your life? Are you ready to be reconciled to the will of the Father by having your worldliness, lust, and self-will removed from you?

If you are, then fasten your seat belt. You are going to have the ride of your life as God goes to war against His enemies in your personality. The end result will be that you become the eternal house of God and Christ.

But if you refuse and rebel you will lose your fruitfulness, your inheritance. The way of the transgressor is hard, especially when that transgressor professes belief in Jesus Christ.

We have only one life. There are two ways in which to do things in this life. We can do them the right way and prosper, or we can do them the wrong way and heap trouble and pain on ourselves.

To be continued.