Recently a New Ager watched a mime performance by a member of our assembling. He quizzed her carefully to see if she really believed in the blood of the cross—that which she was portraying in mime. It was obvious he is a seeker after truth, looking to see if there is anything of worth here. He asked the right person because Karen indeed is living what she is portraying.

The citizens of our country are cynical concerning Christianity. They would be fools not to be cynical, considering what they have witnessed.

We Christians can choose to come out of the world and God will help us to do so reasonably and practically.

Getting rid of the sin that dwells in our flesh is another matter. The Holy Spirit has to lead us a step at a time. When the Spirit calls an uncleanness to our attention, then we are to confess it clearly, repudiating it in the name of the Lord. We are to describe the behavior specifically to the Lord and then renounce it with all the determination we are capable of.

Such confession and renunciation are an act of judgment. We humans are God's designated judges. We are to bring judgment against the works of darkness. As we do so the demons are forced to leave our personality.

This kind of deliverance must be supervised by godly, experienced elders. There are traps and deceptions of all kinds. However, in an assembling where there are such elders, people can come to the altar and confess their sins to God. They will find great release in this activity.

Ours is the time for moral deliverance. The hour of judgment has begun. God is ready to baptize His churches with fire.

Are you willing to have God take you point by point through the depths of deceit of your heart? It is the day for it. How wonderful to get this garbage out of us. I have been walking in the open confession of sin for fifty years and am still at it. I must have had a bad start!

Self-will is yet another matter. Self-will is the most profound of the evils that are part of our personality. God gets at self-will by denying our most fervent desires and by compelling us to remain in detestable situations. Sound familiar?

If you are willing to remain in prison as long as required you will receive the crown of life. In order to hang in for the duration you are going to have to put all your treasures in Heaven. You are going to have to put your hopes beyond the grave.

You say that is asking too much. Let me tell you God is going to have a holy remnant who will overcome the accuser by loving not their lives to the death. If you want to be one of these, one of the warlike remnant, you will have to die this third death, the death to self.

To be continued.