We have been in the deliverance ministry for many years. We have observed that numerous Christians get delivered from a sin but the sinful practice comes back again. Why is this? It is because the Christian is not living as a disciple. The empty place is not being filled with Christ. The demon of lying returns with seven spirits more wicked than himself and reenters his former house.

There are numerous commands in the Gospels and the Epistles. These passages direct us to act in certain ways. The true saint studies these constantly and goes to the Throne of God to get help in order to keep the commandments of Christ and His Apostles.

There are few saints these days! The believers have been told they do not have to keep God's commandments because they are saved by grace. Therefore permanent deliverance from sin is impossible for them. They can confess their sins and even be prayed over. But because they are not obeying the Lord's commandments Christ is not being formed in them. And because Christ is not being formed in them they cannot keep their deliverance.

The diligent saints are passing from deliverance to deliverance in the present hour. The spiritual fulfillment of the Levitical Day of Atonement is taking place. They are being revealed at the Judgment Seat of Christ and God is honoring their confession of sin. An eternal judgment is taking place as worldliness, lust, and self-will are being judged and destroyed out of their personality.

The fourth chapter of First Peter tells us that God is saving us by judgment. Suffering is purifying us from sin. Fiery trials are coming upon us because judgment has begun in the house of God. The righteous are saved with difficulty even though they are practicing confession and experiencing fiery suffering, because the heart of man is desperately wicked.

Those who are going forward with God are attaining the first resurrection from the dead.

If in addition to being cleansed from sin the saints are called to bear the sufferings of Christ so that eternal life may come out of their death and touch other people, then Christ will be formed in them. Christ is the Ruler. The Ruler of the nations is being formed in their personality. When the Lord returns they will return with Him and sit on the spiritual thrones that govern the universe of God.

There are marvelous rewards for those who have been delivered from sin. They now practice righteousness, and that righteousness will be given to them in the day of resurrection in the form of a glorious body like that of the Lord. The new body that will clothe their resurrected flesh and bones will love righteousness and hate sin. Also, if they are called to suffer, they will be crowned with the authority and power of eternal life and righteousness so they can govern the saved nations of the earth in righteousness. Like their Lord, theirs is a scepter of righteousness.

They will be revealed with the Lord as being the sons of God. They will lift the curse and bring righteousness and justice to the saved nations.

To be continued.