There are three areas of sin in our personality: love for the world, the passions of the flesh, and self-will. The source of all our sin is our self-will, just as the self-will of Satan is the source of every sin.

We solve the problem of worldliness, with the Lord's assistance, by coming out of the world and choosing to find our survival and security in God. We spend time in prayer and reading the Bible instead of using every minute to make sure we have enough food and material goods. We choose not to love the world or to be a part of it any more than is necessary for us to discharge our responsibilities in a reasonable manner. We are in the world but not of the world. We must remember this always, especially in the age of moral horrors we are facing.

We solve the problem of the lusts and passions of our flesh and soul by confessing our sins to God and receiving His forgiveness and His cleansing. We do this continually. We walk in the Light of God's Presence with an open heart and conscience, always being ready to perceive and deal with the spiritual death that is brought to the surface of our personality as we go through various ordeals, problems, and trials. If we keep abiding in Christ, walking in the Spirit of God, we will not fulfill the lusts of our flesh.

However, the biggest problem is our self-will. The biggest problem of the Evangelical churches of our day is self-will often self-will in religious matters. God wants us to cease our programs long enough to hear what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches. But we keep plowing ahead with our plans to save the world.

It is our personal cross that destroys the self-will from us. God permits Satan to place us in miserable circumstances, just as in the case of Job. We are in prison. We cannot come forth. We do not enjoy what we are doing and we are not receiving what we fervently desire.

Now what? Either we will bear our cross patiently after the Master for many years, or we will decide "God wants me to be happy" and force our way out of the circumstances which are frustrating us.

I sincerely hope I am mistaken but I do not think there are very many Christians in America who are willing to cease from their own programs, even religious programs, and remain in the prison where God wants them. I am sure there are some, and these are the heirs of the Kingdom. The rest are religious Babylon.

We are forgiven by the blood atonement. We are filled with the Spirit of God. But we still are part of God's problem because we are not seeking to find and obey His perfect will. Every believer who is not seeking God's will to do it perfectly in every detail is a baby.

To be continued.