When we yield to the appetites and passions of our flesh, whether adultery, fornication, pornography, profanity, rage, gossip, slander, witchcraft, drunkenness, covetousness, worldly entertainment, we are living in spiritual death.

When we decide to pursue our own career, not placing our body on the altar of God in order to prove God's will for our life, we are living in spiritual death. To not find and do the will of God while we are alive in the world is to miss the whole purpose for our existence.

Each day we are strengthening our life in Christ at the right hand of God, laying up rich rewards that will be given to us when the Lord appears, or we are sowing corruption and death, the corruption and death we shall receive when the Lord appears.

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, (Ephesians 3:16—NIV)

Make no mistake! We indeed shall reap what we are sowing. Grace and mercy operate now as we are fighting to keep our mind in the heavenlies with Christ. They will not operate in the Day of Resurrection so as to minimize or negate the perfect functioning of the immutable Kingdom law of sowing and reaping.

Deliverance From Sin

Removing sin from people is a major aspect of the Divine salvation. It is God's will that His Church be a moral light in the world, that people may behold the righteous works of the Christians and glorify God.

Because our Evangelical teaching is confusing concerning the Divine plan of removing sin from God's Church, the believers in numerous instances exhibit most or all of the sins found in the world. The Christian churches in America are filled with the works of the flesh the Apostle Paul spoke against.

Do you not know the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.(1 Corinthians 6:9,10—NIV)

For I am afraid when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. (II Corinthians 12:20)

It appears the Christian church in Corinth was similar to the churches in America in our day.

Because the moral light has gone out of the churches in America the unsaved people are descending into a cesspool.

Because of the alleged behavior of the President, Americans are taking a new look at moral issues. The country is divided, some saying it is a person's own business how he behaves morally while others are quite upset that perverse sexual behavior should be regarded as acceptable.

In my opinion, the condition of the secular realm in America these days is due in great part to the ignorance of the Evangelical churches concerning God's salvation. Salvation is being viewed as a ticket to Heaven, an escape from the world, instead of the power of God to not only forgive but also destroy the sinful nature from us.

To be continued.