Believers who live and walk before men are men-pleasers and do not have the fear of God. They may pretend to obey the word of God whenever they are among the people of God. However, in the absence of fellow believers, especially their leaders, they can even quarrel and fight for their rights in disobedience to God's word. The true measure of obedience to the word of God is tested outside the Church, among the unbelievers.

Sin deceives; therefore, it is needful to remind ourselves daily about the warnings in the Scriptures and remain watchful. We cannot afford to be careless with our Christian life because many in the past and in contemporary times have been and are still being deceived out of the straight and narrow way. Be not deceived: the wages of sin is death and whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. A little sin has the power to damn your soul in hell.

How do you see other people? There will be no passion for evangelism until you are able to see men as human beings and not as trees. Another touch from the Lord is needed to enable you see men through the eyes of Christ as never dying souls. When Jesus saw the multi-tudes, He was moved with compassion, and He raised a prayer request for more labourers to be sent into the field of souls - Matthew 9:36.

We have a merciful and just God who always warns us to deliver us from impending dangers. But because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Many take the longsuffering nature of God for granted. It is not the will of God for anyone to perish in their sin. He wants all men to come to repentance that they might have eternal life.

Living by the faith of Jesus is yielding to his Lordship and letting the Son of God live in you. Jesus said, I am the light of the world; and in another verse of Scripture, He said that believers are the light of the world, which makes us one with him. By letting him live in us, his light shines and dispels the forces of darkness in our territories. This is how sinners can be delivered whose minds are blinded by Satan.