Now that we have set aside the guilt of our sins as being an issue, let us consider our inclination to sin and the cause of the inclination.

The first area of sin in our personality (by sin I mean the inclination and the cause, not the guilt) is that of trust in the world for survival and security. Each of us must choose to trust in God for our survival and security rather than in the strength of the things and spirit of the world. This is a choice we are to make continually.

The natural inclination of our adamic nature is to look to that which is visible for our support. God is invisible, so our choice to look away from the world and toward the Lord at each moment is an act of will and faith on our part.

When we are baptized in water we are to assign our adamic nature to the cross and set our mind and heart on Christ at the right hand of the Father. We are to maintain this viewpoint at all times, looking always to God to provide for us whatever we need.

The inclination to trust the things and spirit of the world is part of our old nature. The cause, the root of this area of sin, is our original adamic personality. Therefore we must keep looking to the Throne of Grace to receive the help we need to overcome, to subjugate, to put to death our natural desire to find our survival and security in the world.

To finally remove from us trust in the world, God brings us through much suffering, helps us with the Power of His Spirit, and forms Christ in us. At the coming of the Lord we will be given a new body that itself trusts in the Lord.

The salvation that will be brought to us at the return of Christ is marvelous beyond words, if we desire to please God and live righteously. But we emphasize that a casual believer will not be given a body that seeks righteousness.

The Kingdom principle is, those who have been faithful in the least will be entrusted with the greater. If we have conscientiously followed the Spirit of God in subjugating our natural desire to trust in the world, then, when the Lord comes, we will be delivered from all inclination to trust in the world. But such wonderful deliverance will not be ours if we have neglected the program of deliverance from sin.

The Judgment Seat of Christ will reveal the decisions we have made. If we have not chosen to follow Christ in the program of deliverance from the inclinations and cause of sin, we will receive back what we have sown in our body. We have walked in sin as a Christian and we shall reap corruption and destruction in that Day, not a new righteous personality and body.

To be continued.