But the above insertion is not a debatable translation, it is pure doctrinal bias, a bias that has all but extinguished the moral light of the churches in America.

World history teaches us that the fruit, Christ, has not been formed in God's people to the extent they can overcome the wickedness in the world.

The Crusades were conducted by European Christians during the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries. If Christ had been formed in those believers they never would have set out to invade the holy land by force. Christ does not do such things.

In more modern times the Holocaust is proof that Christ has not been in evidence in God's people to the extent we would desire. Although there were very many Lutheran Christians in Germany at the time of the Holocaust, Christ was not in them in sufficient strength to prevent the slaughter of the Jews. There were, of course, notable exceptions.

Today genocide is occurring in Africa. Many parts of Africa have been evangelized, and this to some extent by Pentecostal people. Yet Christ has not been brought to a maturity sufficient to prevent the civil wars.

Today the moral decline in America, England, France, Germany, and Scandinavia, all historically Christian countries, is astounding. The crime and witchcraft in South America, Central America, and Mexico, traditionally Catholic countries, equals the sin in the Protestant nations.

There simply is not enough of Christ in the believers to arrest the downward slide. We have to have more of Christ, and more of Christ is on the way for everyone who will pray and obey the Lord.

You may ask, "Is it God's will that the fruit of Christ come into the churches to such a degree that crusades, holocausts, genocide, immorality, crime, and witchcraft can be prevented?" The answer is, this is the whole purpose of bringing forth Christ in the elect!

"But don't we have to wait until we get to Heaven for Christ to be formed in us and bring an end to sin?"

Good night nurse! The Bible says nothing about righteousness and praise springing forth in Heaven. God's will is done in Heaven. It is the earth that Satan is making his playground.

Notice the following. It is a Word from God and it surely shall come to pass in totality.

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isaiah 27:6)

Jesus Christ is the Olive Tree of God, the true Israel. Christ shall blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit. The fruit will be borne on the branches. Righteousness and praise shall spring forth in the sight of the nations. This is the only possible manner in which crusades, holocausts, genocide, immorality, crime, and witchcraft, can be brought to an end.

To be continued.