God's wrath against sin is very great. He has provided grace, wisdom, and power to assist us in our struggle against sin and the devil. If we will avail ourselves of all God has provided, exerting our own will in the process, the Lord Jesus will enable us to achieve victory, to overcome the works of darkness.

Extraordinary grace is available in our day. We are experiencing the beginning of the spiritual fulfillment of the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27). There is power available to enable us to put to death the deeds of our body.

It also is true that the spiritual darkness is increasing every day.

Soon it will be impossible to resist the devil. Christians will find themselves driven to lust, murder, covetousness, and every other work of Satan without being able to control themselves.

Many believers are not keeping the word of Christ's patience today. Therefore He will not assist them during the hour of temptation (Revelation 3:10).

Not only will professing Christians be driven to commit sin but in addition they will pay the full penalty for the committing of the sin over which they have had little or no control. This apparent injustice is in accordance with the spiritual principle that to whoever has shall be given and from him who has not shall be removed even what he does possess.

It is today we must choose to overcome sin through the grace of Christ. If we do not, if we do not put to death through the Spirit the deeds of the flesh, we will discover to our horror, in the near future, that we no longer are able to resist the enemy. Let the reader take heed!

As we do everything in our power to overcome every sin of which the Spirit makes us aware, God has mercy on us. He begins even now the process of removing the satanic bondages from our flesh. In the Day of Christ, God will complete the work of delivering our flesh, raising our flesh from the dead and filling it with glorious eternal life.

But if we do not do everything in our power to overcome every sin of which we are aware, excusing our conduct on one basis or another, God will not begin the process of removing the satanic bondages from our flesh. In the Day of Christ, God will not complete the work of delivering our flesh. He will not raise our flesh from the dead and fill it with glorious eternal life. We have not been found worthy of the first resurrection from the dead.

Let the reader determine now that he or she, through the Holy Spirit of God, will achieve victory over every sin. Call on the Lord. Ask Him to reveal to you the bondages He is concerned about.

As the Holy Spirit begins to reveal your sins to you, confess them to God. Call on God with all your strength. Name your bondages and denounce them fervently as sin. Confess them to your wife, or husband, or some older Christian of the same sex as yourself.

To be continued.