"A light for the Gentiles."

As we have said, the only moral light to guide the conduct of people is Christ, and Christ in His saints. The moral light, the testimony, is the righteous behavior of God's elect.

There is a time to preach the mysteries of the Gospel. But what the world is waiting to see is the Character of Christ, the new covenant, in the believers. The Gentiles will glorify God when they observe the godly behavior of the believers. But until they do they will view us as charlatans, as the Christian churches are often regarded in America.

It is our own fault! We Christians lay great emphasis on our religious antics. The world is waiting to see truth and integrity. How long are they going to have to wait? Until we are "raptured" and they see us no more? What moral light will guide them then?

We need to wake up. The world is descending into Hell and the believers in the Western democracies are having their fun and playing their games.

Some of the believers in other places are being tortured and slain for the Gospel's sake.

To open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. (Isaiah 42:7)

"To open eyes that are blind."

In the case of the Lord Jesus, He opened physical eyes and spiritual eyes. God wants us to do the same. We ought to pray fervently that God will give us the ministry and gifts we need to do the work of the Servant of the Lord.

Perhaps we have not because we ask not.

The peoples of the earth need their spiritual eyes opened and sometimes their physical eyes. It isn't going to happen until God empowers His Servant. Let us pray to this end, for the opening of blind eyes is an integral part of the covenant we are being made.

To free captives from prison.

Sometimes we become enraged over the abortions, the homosexuality, the drugs, the rapes, and the other abominations of our culture. There are American Christians in the Midwest who wish the whole West Coast, especially California, would drop off into the Pacific Ocean because of the abominations that are practiced.

If we had eyes to see what really is present in the dens of lust, we would be horrified by the horrible ghouls that have the people enslaved. We would want to deliver them from the chains that have them bound. We need to pray that God will open our eyes to the spirit realm so we can see the bondages that encase the minds and hearts of so many Americans. Then we would have compassion. Then we could pray effectively.

As long as God leaves us on the earth we should pray that God will help us to grow to maturity as measured by the stature of the fullness of Christ. Then we will be able to free the captives instead of cursing them.

To be continued.