The Laver and the Altar of Burnt Offering were located in the Courtyard. This means their spiritual counterparts are to be presented to the nations of the earth. "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved" is the message to be given to all the world.

The Laver represents water baptism and also the washing of water by the Word of God.

In water baptism the believer counts he has been crucified with Christ. His old life is over. He no longer is part of the world spirit. He is ready to enter the Kingdom of God. His body is dead because of sin but his new life has risen from the dead and has ascended in Christ to the right hand of the Father.

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved. This is the Christian testimony to the nations of the earth. Water baptism of necessity includes repentance because baptism signifies a turning away from life lived in the malice and wickedness of the world.

How much easier would be our job of teaching sanctification if people were taught when they were baptized in water that their first life is over. They now are dead to the world, to sin, and to their own self-will. This is what they are saying as they go down and come up again. They now are risen with Christ, ready to walk in the new life of righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God.

The bronze Laver portrays not only our water baptism but also our daily cleansing by the Word of God.

The Laver was constructed from the bronze mirrors of the women of the congregation.

As we read the Bible the Holy Spirit emphasizes to us those commandments He is dealing with in our personality. Suddenly we become aware of sin in our life. We then are to go immediately to the Lord, confess our sin, and receive the forgiveness and the cleansing. In this manner we keep our robe clean, so to speak.

This is not a confession in which we merely enumerate our sin but a confession in which we resolve by God's help to turn away from our sin. God will assist us if we mean business. But if we come halfheartedly, knowing we are going to do the same thing again, we are wasting our time and God's time.

There is power in Jesus Christ—galactic power, irresistible power, unbelievable power. There is all the power you ever will need to resist your fallen nature.

Call upon God for power. Confess your immorality, your profanity, your treachery, your lying, your criticizing of others, your abuse of your body, your anger, your bitterness, your unforgiveness, your gossiping, your slandering, your witchcraft, your covetousness. Confess these things to God. Confess them to another believer if you wish and have him or her pray with you.

Confess your sins!

Determine to put an end to your sins. Yell at them! Condemn them to the Lake of Fire! You will be heard in the spirit realm.

Tell that spirit of swearing that it belongs in the Lake of Fire. Get excited! Get angry! Drive the thing from you!

If you tell a dog to quit following you and say, "Now Fido, go home," do you think it is going to mind you?

You have got to act like this is the dog's last minute on earth before he will pay any attention to you.

The same is true of the demons of sin. It does no good to talk in tongues at them. Don't waste your time rebuking the devil. Resist the devil! Resist the devil! Do it with all your might and God will hear you—so will the demons.

The churches are full of sin. It is time to go to the Laver and get washed.

The Altar of Burnt Offering represents justification—forgiveness through the blood of the cross. The Laver represents sanctification—the cleansing through the Spirit and the Word of God.