ERADICATING

SIN FROM
YOUR LIFE
AND OTHERS

SPIRIT INSPIRED
TREATMENT ON SIN
EXPRESSED

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Copyright © Pastor Paul Rika 2022

ERADICATING SIN FROM YOUR LIFE AND

OTHERS; SPIRIT INSPIRED TREATMENT ON
SIN EXPRESSED
Copyright (c) Pastor Paul Rika 2022
First published December, 2022
ISBN 978-978-59660-4-6
Printed, published and distributed by
HOLINESS REVIVAL MINISTRY WORLDWIDE
a.k.a. HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT
WORLDWIDE (HOREMOW)
Behind Federal Government College, Kwali F.C.T.
Abuja, Nigeria.
08169023948, 08056834323
Email: holinessrevivalmovement@gmail.com

Unless otherwise stated, all scripture quotations are

from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible,
Used by permission.

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 DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all those who are serious

about living sin-free life that qualify for heaven.

1 John 3:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
them: because greater is He that is in you, than he
that is in the world.

Romans 6:11-14
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lust thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instrument of
unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye
are not under the law, but under grace.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication----------------------------------------------3
Table of Contents--------------------------------------5
Introduction---------------------------------------------7

PART I
SIN-------------------------------------------------------9

PART II - THE DON’TS ABOUT SIN

Do not commit SIN-----------------------------------17
Do not HIDE SIN-------------------------------------23
Do not ENCOURAGE SIN--------------------------29
Do not PROMOTE SIN------------------------------35
Do not CONFESS HALF-SIN----------------------39
Do not REFUSE TO JUDGE SIN------------------45

PART III - WHAT TO DO WITH SIN IN YOU

Sin in you must NOT BE GIVEN REST
UNTIL IT IS GONE---------------------------------57
Sin in you must BE EXPOSED--------------------61
Sin in you must BE REJECTED-------------------67
Sin in you must BE BROUGHT TO JESUS-----69
Sin in you must BE DESTROYED----------------73
Sin in you must BE REPLACED WITH
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS--------------------77
Sin in you must be RESISTED FIRMLY---------83

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 PART IV - WHAT TO DO ABOUT SIN IN
OHERS
Sin in others should ATTRACT YOUR PITY---89
Sin in others should ATTRACT YOUR
PRAYER----------------------------------------------99
Sin in others should DRAW YOU
CLOSER TO THEM--------------------------------107
Sin in others should ATTRACT AN
EVANGELISM MESSAGE------------------------113
Sin in others should ATTRACT SOUL-
WINNING METHODS-----------------------------117
Sin in others should make you spend on
their SALVATION----------------------------------121
Sin in others should make you despise
PERSECUTION for their SALVATION---------125

CONCLUSION 129

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 INTRODUCTION
This book, ERADICATING SIN FROM YOUR LIFE
AND OTHERS, is an expression of HOLY-SPIRIT
INSPIRED TREATMENT on how to handle sin in
the life of the believers and those around them. The
points are given in a meditative manner to provoke
conviction and righteous actions against sin in the
believer and those around him. The book is an in
depth study on sin put in a devotional way for
meditative reading. May God use this book to
thoroughly purge you of sin, give you daily victory
over sin and fill you with passion for soul-wining.
The following are the short lines of words that receive
full expression in this book:

Do not commit sin.

Do not hide sin.
Do not encourage sin.
Do not promote sin.
Do not confess half-sin.
Do not refuse to judge sin.

Sin in you must not be given rest until it is gone.

Sin in you must be exposed.
Sin in you must be rejected.

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Sin in you must be brought to Jesus.
Sin in you must be destroyed.
Sin in you must be replaced with Christ's
righteousness.
Sin must be resisted firmly.

Sin in others should attract your pity.

Sin in others should attract your prayer.
Sin in others should draw you closer to them.
Sin in others should attract an evangelism message.
Sin in others should attract soul-winning methods.
Sin in others should make you spend on the salvation
of sinners in general.
Sin in others should make you not fear persecution for
their salvation.

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 PART ONE
SIN

What is sin?
How does the Bible define sin?

Romans 3:23
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;

Sin is that which makes a person fall short of the glory

of God. Sin does not give God glory in your life. That
aspect in your life or character that does not glorify
God is sin. Sin makes God frown on your character or
attitude.

1 John 3:4
4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth
also the law: for sin is the transgression of
the law.

To transgress the law means to break the law of God.

Thou shall not steal, thou shall not kill, thou shall not
commit adultery, and so on.

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If you break any of these commandments, you are a
sinner. If you break the Word as specified by the
Lord, you transgress, disobey, cross the line, and that
makes you rebellious.

You should do good, be kind, be patient, and be

humble. When you display character contrary to these,
you have broken the law. One example is given to
husbands and wives.

Ephesians 5:22, 25
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, as unto the Lord. 25 Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave himself for it;

When you rebel against these commands, you have

sinned. When you come short of these instructions,
you have sinned.

THE ORIGIN OF SIN

The Lord created man in His image to enjoy His

presence for eternity, giving him one commandment
to keep.

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 Genesis 2:15-17
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And the Lord God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to
keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou
mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
After creating the man Adam, God created Eve, to be
his companion, blessing them to be fruitful and
multiply:

Genesis 1:28
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And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth.

Satan was cast down from heaven because of

rebellion. Satan appeared to Eve as a serpent,
deceiving her to disobey God’s commandment:

Genesis 3:1-5
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any
beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree

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 of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees
of the garden:
3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die.
4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:
5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

After yielding to Satan’s temptation, Eve convinced

Adam to do the same.

Genesis 3:6
6
And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat, and gave also unto her husband with
her; and he did eat.

This moment of disobedience was the origin of sin in

the world.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN

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The consequence of sin is death. The Lord made this
clear when He commanded Adam not to eat of the
Tree of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the
day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.

Because we are all descendants of Adam and Eve, we

are born in sin and are naturally disposed to sin.
Romans 3:23
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;

Following the physical death of all sinners is eternal

separation from God in hell, called the second death

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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In flaming fire taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord,
and from the glory of his power;

Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Hell is a terrible place. God does not want anyone to
go there.

2 Peter 3:9
9
The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.

Romans 6:23
23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.

Through Jesus Christ, we can be saved. This book is

inspired to bring clarity on sin and to help all who are
serious about gaining the understanding needed to
overcome sin in their lives.

Here are the inspired thoughts on sin expressed.

We will consider each of these points in more detail.

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 THE
FOLLOWING
PARTS
DEAL WITH
THE DON’TS
ABOUT SIN

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 PART TWO
DO NOT COMMIT SIN

1 John 3:4
4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth
also the law: for sin is the transgression of
the law.

Do not sin against God, against God’s Word. Sin is

breaking the rule of God. Sin is breaking the
commandment of God, the law of God. Sin means
crossing the line God drew for you not to cross. Do
not sin; otherwise, you will be breaking God’s rule.
Adam sinned by breaking God’s rule that ordered him
not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil.

Do not break the rule of God as is given to us

concerning serving Him or living together in society,
relating as a master-servant, husband-wife, parent-
child.

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 1 John 3: 8-9
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He that committeth sin is of the devil; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning. For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit
sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God.
He that sins is following Satan and is practicing what
Satan did. Satan broke the law of God by disobeying
God's Word from the beginning.

Because of sin, Jesus came to the world to destroy the

works of the devil. He came because of the activities
of Satan. Therefore, do not go into sin to partner with
Satan. Stay aside from sin. Be on the side of Jesus.
Allow Jesus to destroy sin in your life, to remove sin,
from you.

Be born of God, and you will not commit sin. Be born

again, and do not sin. One who is born again does not
sin, because the Word of God is in him, the Spirit of
God is inside him, and as a result, he does not commit
sin.

If you give attention to set your heart on the Word of

God and listen to the voice of the Spirit in you, you
will not sin, because the Word of God sanctifies a

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man and makes him free from sin. The Spirit of God
removes a man from sin.

The Bible says,

Psalm 119:11
11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I
might not sin against thee.

Therefore, do not sin. The Holy Spirit will show or

convict you of sin and help you not to sin. Therefore,
follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in your heart,
what He tells you, what He shows you, and the
understanding He gives you so that you will not sin.

James 2:1, 9
1
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect
of persons.
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But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit
sin, and are convinced of the law as
transgressors.

Do not exalt a person above God. Do not fear anyone

above God. If you fear someone, maybe because of
his position, as leader, husband, wife, or father, above
God, you are sinning.

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Do not commit sin means, do not come to the point
that you fear man above God; to the point where you
fear man's instruction above that of God. That a man's
name threatens you more than the name of God is a
sin. Doing something the Word of God forbids out of
fear of man, is sinful because it means you respect
man above God. Do not commit sin because of
anyone.

Do not break the law of God.

Ezekiel 18:24
24
But when the righteous turneth away from
his righteousness, and committeth iniquity,
and doeth according to all the abominations
that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All
his righteousness that he hath done shall not
be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath
trespassed, and in his sin that he hath
sinned, in them shall he die.

If you are born again now, living righteously and fear

God, do not sin. If you have come to Christ, do not
practice immorality, do not steal, do not fight and do
not tell lies. If you do, God will forget your
righteousness. If you do and die in it, you will go to
hell fire, and God will not remember your good works
or your righteous service which you have done for

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Him. God will not remember them because you have
gone back to evil by committing sin.

Do not commit sin.

Why should your righteousness be forgotten? Why

should all the good works you have done be
forgotten? Why should your good record disappear
because you have returned to sin? Do not do that.

John 8:34
34
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not
in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever.

When you commit sin, you are no more the servant of

God but the servant of sin. Are you a child of God?
No! You are a child of sin, a servant of sin, because
you are serving sin. Sin can send you to the city, and
you will go. It can make you wake up in the night to
do evil and you will consent. Are you then not a
servant of sin? You are! Instead of God being the one
to say, “Do this,” or “Do not do that,” sin has become
your master telling you what to do and what not to do:
sin tells you, Do not go to church, do not pray, do not

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read your Bible, do evil to this person and that one.”
You are a servant of sin!

He that commits sin is a servant of sin.

John 1:29
29
The next day, John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Jesus has taken away sin from the world, so sin must
be taken away from you.

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 PART THREE
DO NOT HIDE SIN

Deuteronomy 13:6-11
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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy
son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy
bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own
soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go
and serve other gods, which thou hast not
known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7
Namely, of the gods of the people which are
round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off
from thee, from the one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth;
8
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor
hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye
pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither
shalt thou conceal him:
9
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand
shall be first upon him to put him to death,
and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that
he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee
away from the Lord thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house
of bondage.
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And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and
shall do no more any such wickedness as this
is among you.
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To conceal, means to hide. Do not hide sin. Do not
conceal sin. For example, you happen to come across
a brother or sister in the church who claims to be a
child of God but is living a backslidden life. They
come to you secretly, desiring sin, whispering sin,
maybe wanting to sleep with you. The Bible says you
should not spare or pity such a person. Instead, they
should be exposed, disciplined and chastised by the
church.

If a married person is trying to lead you into

immorality, he or she should not be covered. You
must reveal or report them so that the matter can be
investigated and that right before you, they will be
rebuked, punished and judged for their sin.

Why allow them to mislead you when Jesus laboured

so much for your salvation? Do not hide them.

This applies not only to immorality, it also applies to

every other sin. Once you discover the person to be
unrighteous in his ways or to be a hypocrite, reveal his
sin, no matter his status, so that the church should be
cleansed: because a little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump.

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 Galatians 5:9-10
9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10
I have confidence in you through the Lord,
that ye would be non -otherwise minded: but
he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment
whosoever he be.

If you yield to his invitation to immorality, he will get

many more people, thereby multiplying sin in the
Church. Obey the Word, practice the Word. The Bible
says your eyes shall not pity such a person.

Deuteronomy 13:8
8
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor
hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye
pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither
shalt thou conceal him:

In other words, you must not agree with him, not even
listen to him or feel sorry for him. Do not let such a
person go free or try to protect them. Do not, for
example, say, “I know the Pastor. I know Holiness
Revival Movement: if I tell them that I saw this pastor
in a bar, or that I saw my coordinator in a night club,
they will stop his Pastorial work” In that case, you are
pitying him. You want hypocrites to do the work of
God. How will God bless the work? If hypocrites lead
the work in the church, how will the work advance? It

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means you do not have a good mind for Jesus and the
work of His kingdom. Don’t you know that the sin of
one man is capable of contaminating the whole
assembly?

Joshua 7:1, 11.

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But the children of Israel committed a
trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the
son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, took of the
accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against the children of Israel,
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Israel hath sinned, and they have also
transgressed my covenant which I commanded
them: for they have even taken of the accursed
thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled
also, and they have put it even among their
own stuff.

That is why the Lord will hold you accountable. He

put you in the position to discover the sin to know
how zealous you are for His name, but you failed.
Your sin shall appear before you in judgement.

The register shall show the day the Lord revealed the
sin of that man or woman to you, and you spared
them; it shall show. Did record not show when
Modecai revealed the sin of those who wanted to kill

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king Ahasuerus? Was it not on record? What about
the record of God, who knows what every man ought
to have done but did not do?

If Modecai had allowed those two people who wanted

to kill the king, Esther's position would have become
useless, and the Jews would not have escaped the
devil's plan. Whatever a man sows, he shall reap.

The evil you refuse to destroy shall wait to destroy

you. The snake you saw and should have killed, but
chose to let it go, shall lie in wait to bite you. That is
why the Bible tells us not to conceal the sinner so as
not to fall into the trap of sin or be judged by God.

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 PART FOUR
DO NOT ENCOURAGE SIN

Romans 14:13
13
Let us not, therefore, judge one another
anymore: but judge this rather, that no man
put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in
his brother's way.

To put a stumbling block in your brother's way is to

encourage sin. Why were you pairing that lady and
man together, sending them together for an
assignment, to where they could be alone, when they
are not husband and wife? When you do such, you are
encouraging sin.

Why are you paying people a salary that cannot feed

them? You are encouraging stealing. It would be
better not to employ them than to pay them a salary
that will cause them to contemplate stealing; because
the salary cannot sustain them.

Proverbs 30:8-9
8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give
me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with
food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and

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 deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I
be poor, and steal, and take the name of my
God in vain.

So do not encourage sin. Do not create opportunities

that can cause people to sin. Do not lay a stumbling
block that will cause another to sin. For example, you
gave someone money to keep for you, but you are not
checking to find out if the money is still intact. Know
that for some people, this can present an opportunity
for stealing! The devil will say, “Use it. He is not
bordered about it? Use it.” But if occasionally you
check to ask, “How far with this?” you create fear in
his heart. Do not give people working with you
occasions to sin in any way.

1 Corinthians 8:9
9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty
of yours become a stumbling block to them
that are weak.

As a woman, even in the comfort of your home, be

careful about how you expose your nakedness.
When you are not the only one in your house or the
only one who has access to your house, when you
have dependants, visitors, and neighbours, you need
to be cautious and mind how you dress. You have
freedom and liberty in your house, to come out naked

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or almost naked from your bathroom, but do not do so
in the presence of others, and let not your liberty
cause someone else to fall.
As a pastor, do you know that others can learn from
you? As a pastor, do you know that others are
watching you? Do you know that those who watch
you are aware of your habitual lateness, and some will
do the same? You have liberty and freedom, but let
not your liberty and freedom cause others to fall.

You say, “I am not responsible,” but you are! How

can a woman walk around naked in public and deny
responsibility for the sexual arousal and release in
men? What do you mean by “I am not responsible for
the lust in their hearts?” You are responsible because
your appearance sends signals to those around you or
those you pass by. You will be judged a harlot. You
will be judged a wicked woman. You might say, “I
have never known any other man besides my husband.
But you have slept with men in the spirit because of
your naked dressing.

Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a
woman to lust after her hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart.

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It is okay to love people, but you must be careful not
to give the wrong impression. Some women are
playful. They might playfully and ignorantly do or say
something that may cause some men to develop
sexual feelings. Your tender and touchy nature may
stir up desires in men. Do not claim innocence
because God will hold you accountable. Do not go
indecent with a man in talk, touch or look.

Maintain safe boundaries in your relationships with

the opposite sex. Can a man bring fire into his bosom
and his clothes not be burned? Can one walk on hot
coals and his feet not be burned? Can a woman come
too close to a man without his body responding? Can
a man do the same to a woman, embracing her,
rubbing her back, saying “I love you,” and claim
nothing is in his heart towards her? The feeling and
words you say can stay with the woman for many
years, and the devil can use them at any moment to
direct her thoughts towards you. You must be careful!

Do not encourage sin, do not create occasions for sin,

and do not in your liberty lay a stumbling block for
others to sin.

Revelation 2:14

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But I have a few things against thee,
because thou hast there them that hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast
a stumblingblock before the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and
to commit fornication.

Balak invited Balaam to curse the children of Israel by

casting spells on them. Balaam came and could not do
it, for God had warned him not to cast any evil spell
on them because the children of Israel were blessed.

Balak had promised Balaam much money if he would

do it. Balaam understood the things of God. He knew
God did not condone iniquity. He knew God would
punish Israel if they went into sin, so he advised
Balak, the king of Moab, to release his women to go
amongst the children of Israel, to socialize with them
so that the children of Israel would be tempted to
commit immorality with them. By so doing, they
would break God’s hedge of protection around them
and become vulnerable to their enemies. He taught
Balak to cast a stumbling block on the way of God’s
children.

Some are teaching women how to marry. They urge

women to flirt in different ways. They know that their
teachings are not biblical. Instead of teaching them

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how to get a partner by praying or practicing righteous
living, they teach them to get a marriage partner by
carnal means. You who encourage false dreams:
saying, “They should go and tell him they had
dream.” You are teaching dishonesty and lies. You are
encouraging sin amongst God’s people! Be warned!!

Balak taught them to give the children of Israel the

food of idols to eat so that God’s jealousy would be
aroused; to invite them to idolatrous celebrations so
that they would become defiled, and their God would
remove His hand from them. That is what the enemy
does.

Child of God, watch out against the enemies who

want to destroy the plans of God for your life. The
Bible says that we should watch and pray so as not to
be victims of the temptations Satan sets for us.

Matthew 26:41
41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.

Watch so that people working against you will not

have their way.

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 PART FIVE
DO NOT PROMOTE SIN

Do not promote sin, means do not multiply or spread

sin.

James 5:19-20
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Brethren, if any of you do err from the
truth, and one convert him;
20
Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall save a
soul from death, and shall hide a multitude
of sins.

When it rains on the dry soil, the grass will grow. The
more it rains, the more the grasses grow. So too, sin
grows from the moment it is conceived. For this
reason, you should not entertain it at all. Let sin not be
named among you. Do not allow it to begin; you may
lose control over it.

For example, you see a man you know sinning.

Instead of confronting him to help him stop his sin,
you keep quiet and do not bother about it. If care is
not taken, this man alone can lead many others into

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that sin, thereby multiplying sinful people around him
and in the society.

Now one sin has become ten. One sinner has

contaminated ten people, and ten people are ready to
contaminate others. It may progress geometrically to
one hundred or two hundred or even one thousand.

So, if you see a believer overcome by some sin, gently

and quickly help him back to the right path. The Bible
says in doing so, you have saved a soul from hell and
covered a multitude of sins. You have curbed the
spread of sin.

So, do not multiply or promote sin by being

indifferent or deliberately refusing to act on it when
you see a brother overcome by it.

Leviticus 19:16
16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a
talebearer among thy people: neither shalt
thou stand against the blood of thy
neighbour; I am the Lord.

Talebearers promote sin. They come with half-truths

or lies. Talebearers carry stories from place to place,
adding and changing the details as they go around.

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They cannot rest until they spread whatever is on their
mind.

All those who love to share stories, reporting every

little thing they hear, are causing evil, multiplying sin
and bringing dishonour or reproach to the community
by spreading iniquity. Some of these stories are not
true or are half-truth. Is it not a sin to ask people to
use the lies or half-truth you share?

Did God bring you to this world to spread rumours? A

child of God should never get people to a place of
fighting, arguing, murmuring, or contention because
of the information they are spreading. Do not spread
sin.

Talebearers promote sin because they contaminate

people with their tongue. The tongue can lead many
people to sin. So, learn to hold your tongue.

James 1:26
26
If any man among you seem to be religious
and bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his
own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

If you vomit anything you eat, can you be strong in

your body? Does that not show that you are sick? So

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too, when you share information you should not, it
shows you are spiritually sick.

There is a story of three pastors who met to discuss

their ministries’ challenges. The first one confessed to
lusting after women. The second one confessed to
greed, and stealing of church money. Finally, the third
one confessed to gossip, unable to withhold any
information that came his way. He said, “I cannot
keep to myself what you both have said; no matter
how hard I try, I have to tell others about what you
have said, very sad. Do not promote sin. Do not
spread bad or secret information. Information must go
to where it needs to go, and by the leading of the Holy
Spirit. Make sure you have heard well and verified the
facts, then, with love, share with those concerned.

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 PART SIX
DO NOT CONFESS HALF-SIN

Genesis 20:12
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the
daughter of my father, but not the daughter
of my mother; and she became my wife.

Abraham confessed what was right only after King

Abimelech rebuked him for lying about his wife,
Sarah.

Do not confess half-sin. If you sin and need to make

some restitution, do not be ashamed to confess the sin,
fully. This will show that you are genuinely sorry and
ready for change.

1 Kings 11:4
4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old,
that his wives turned away his heart after
other gods: and his heart was not perfect
with the Lord his God, as was the heart of
David, his father.

Solomon’s heart was not perfect before the Lord his

God, as was the heart of David, because he had
backslidden through his wives. As a result of being

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led astray by his many wives, he could not fully be
commited to God.

You must be fully yielded to God to overcome any

fear of harm, imprisonment, death, punishment,
ridicule, or loss.

Before making restitution, you must pray that God

should help you to be able to open up fully. For
example, to make restitution for abortion, do not lie
that it is a drug you took for a stomach ache that
terminated the pregnancy. Tell the truth that you knew
you were pregnant and knew the effect of the drugs
you got from the pharmacy.

Do not confess half-sin. Otherwise, how will God

forgive you? He desireth him that will speak the truth
in his heart. God wants you to speak the truth from
your heart and be available for judgment. Then, He
will say the Judgment has been taken away in Christ.
It is as He sees it.

If you go to the market asking for five measures, will

you accept to take four measures instead? You will
ask for the five measures you paid for. Do you think it
is God who will accept partial confession?

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Wisdom is there to direct. Wisdom is profitable to
direct, but wisdom must be in righteousness. It is
wisdom when we know what to say and when to say
it. Take Samuel, for example. When he was afraid to
go and anoint David as God had commanded, God
advised him not to tell the elders his primary
assignment but to simply tell them he had come to
sacrifice unto the Lord; Jesse and his sons were
invited. That was wisdom, and that was how David
was peacefully anointed the next king of Israel
without the knowledge of Saul, the reigning king.

1 Samuel 16:1-13
1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long
wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have
rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill
thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee
to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have
provided Me a king among his sons.
2
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul
hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said,
Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come
to sacrifice to the Lord. 3And call Jesse to the
sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou
shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto Me him
whom I name unto thee.
4
And Samuel did that which the Lord spake,
and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the

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town trembled at his coming, and said,
Comest thou peaceably?
5
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to
sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves,
and come with me to the sacrifice. And he
sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called
them to the sacrifice.
6
And it came to pass, when they were come,
that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the
Lord's anointed is before Him.
7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on
his countenance, or on the height of his
stature; because I have refused him: for the
Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh
on the outward appearance, but the Lord
looketh on the heart.
8
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him
pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither
hath the Lord chosen this.
9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And
he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
10
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass
before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse,
The Lord hath not chosen these.
11
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all
thy children? And he said, There remaineth
yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the
sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and
fetch him: for we will not sit down till he
come hither.

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And he sent, and brought him in. Now he
was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the
Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and
anointed him in the midst of his brethren:
and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David
from that day forward. So Samuel rose up,
and went to Ramah.

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 PART SEVEN
DO NOT REFUSE TO JUDGE SIN

Exodus 23:6
6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy
poor in his cause.

Leviticus 19:15
15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in
judgment: thou shalt not respect the person
of the poor, nor honor the person of the
mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge
thy neighbour.

Older people are deemed right in some cultures and

must not be judged. Whatever they say or do is
assumed correct. That is culture, tradition, and not the
Word of God; for all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God.

Romans 3:23
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;

That includes the young and the old. Do not avoid

judging the older man or bringing him to the light of
scripture. Do you want to send the old man to hell?

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Sin is still in his hand, and you refuse to bring it to the
light of scripture. Do the old not steal or lie?

This trend is common in developing societies where

leadership is highly exalted. Leaders are treated as
angels who do not sin. The ‘big man’ is higher than
the law and does not receive judgement.

When God’s Judgment is in the land, the people learn

righteousness.

Isaiah 26:9
9
With my soul have I desired Thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I
seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments are
in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will
learn righteousness.

The big men are the ones that carry human parts in
their vehicles, and because they are the governors, the
senators, law enforcement agents do not check their
cars.

Do not refuse to judge sin. That is the principle in the

church. Some will say, “I cannot sit in Judgment with
that boy.” If you say such, you are not a Christian.
What makes him a boy and you a man? All souls are
mine, the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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 Ezekiel 18:4
4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of
the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Should the boy not be given his righteousness?

Thou shall not oppress another that dwelleth with you

in the land.

Leviticus 25:17
17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another;
but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the
Lord your God.

Pastor, explain why a woman is saying you

mishandled her. Please explain why the boy says you
are oppressing him. Do not say because of your
position, you cannot humble yourself in the presence
of the accuser to explain any accusation. That is the
way of a guilty person, a sinner.

Do not refuse to judge sin. Have no respect for

persons. Those you respect and refuse to judge
continue to corrupt justice and multiply iniquity in the
land or church.

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 Leviticus 19:15
15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in
judgment: thou shalt not respect the person
of the poor, nor honor the person of the
mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge
thy neighbour.

Do not say, “This man is too poor; I do not think he

can do this or has the means to do that.” Examine him
since the report has come on him. Every report must
be investigated without excuse or respect of person.

Do not think a sick person is too sick to commit

immorality. Underrate no one and examine
everything.

Judge in righteousness. If not, the oppressed may

murmur at you for denying him justice.

Deuteronomy 1:12-17
12
How can I myself alone bear your
cumbrance, and your burden, and your
strife?
13
Take you wise men, and understanding,
and known among your tribes, and I will
make them rulers over you.
14
And ye answered me, and said, The thing
which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

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So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men,
and known, and made them heads over you,
captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, and captains over fifties, and
captains over tens, and officers among your
tribes.
16
And I charged your judges at that time,
saying, Hear the causes between your
brethren, and judge righteously between
every man and his brother, and the stranger
that is with him.
17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment;
but ye shall hear the small as well as the
great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of
man; for the judgment is God's: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it.
18
And I commanded you at that time all the
things which ye should do.

Moses charged the judges and officials the people had

selected to take time to carefully listen to the cases
brought before them before passing any Judgment.
How, then, do you judge without hearing the whole
story? What are you condemning the other person for
when you have not listened to his side of the story?

If the person is telling a lie, the Spirit of God will

show you, as He showed Peter concerning Ananias
and Sapphira.

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Acts 5:1-11
1
But a certain man named Ananias, with
Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,
2
And kept back part of the price, his wife also
being privy to it, and brought a certain part,
and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and
to keep back part of the price of the land?
4
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own
power? why hast thou conceived this thing in
thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but
unto God.
5
And Ananias hearing these words fell down,
and gave up the ghost: and great fear came
on all them that heard these things.
6
And the young men arose, wound him up,
and carried him out, and buried him.
7
And it was about the space of three hours
after, when his wife, not knowing what was
done, came in.
8
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me
whether ye sold the land for so much? And
she said, Yea, for so much.
9
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye
have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of
the Lord? behold, the feet of them which
have buried thy husband are at the door, and
shall carry thee out.

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Then fell she down straightway at his feet,
and yielded up the ghost: and the young men
came in, and found her dead, and, carrying
her forth, buried her by her husband.
11
And great fear came upon all the church,
and upon as many as heard these things.

The Spirit of God told Peter they were lying. Why

drive people away or condemn them without hearing
from them, after hearing from one side? Why
automatically take side? Hear from both sides before
judgment.

Proverbs 18:17
17
He that is first in his own cause seemeth
just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth
him.

The one that tells his story first seems perfectly

righteous. He could make you very angry, and you
may rush into judgment.

Do not pass Judgment in a rush; you might be judging

and condemning yourself. David did so when the
prophet Nathan came to tell him about the sin he
committed by killing Uriah.

2 Samuel 12:1-7

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And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And
he came unto him, and said unto him, There
were two men in one city; the one rich, and
the other poor.
2
The rich man had exceeding many flocks
and herds:
3
But the poor man had nothing, save one
little ewe lamb, which he had bought and
nourished up: and it grew up together with
him, and with his children; it did eat of his
own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay
in his bosom, and was unto him as a
daughter.
4
And there came a traveller unto the rich
man, and he spared to take of his own flock
and of his own herd, to dress for the
wayfaring man that was come unto him; but
took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for
the man that was come to him.
5
And David's anger was greatly kindled
against the man; and he said to Nathan, As
the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this
thing shall surely die:
6
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing, and because he
had no pity.
7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the
man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I
anointed thee king over Israel, and I
delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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David got very angry when he was told a parable of
his sin. Hear the cause, and listen to the facts well. If
the opponent is Satan, do you think he will ever speak
well?

Can you listen to Satan’s side of the story and believe

and say that the other man is wicked? Can Satan ever
be righteous? If one of the persons involved is a child
of Satan, don’t you think you must hear the other
person?

John 8:44
44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts
of your father ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father of it.

Must you not listen to the opponent of a child of

Satan?

John 7:51
51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth?

Deuteronomy 1:16-17
16
And I charged your judges at that time,
saying, Hear the causes between your
brethren, and judge righteously between

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 every man and his brother, and the stranger
that is with him.
17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment;
but ye shall hear the small as well as the
great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of
man; for the judgment is God's: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it.

Judgment is God’s. God is interested in the judgment

and justice to be practiced.

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 THE
FOLLOWING
PARTS
DEAL WITH
WHAT TO DO
ABOUT SIN IN
YOU

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 PART EIGHT
SIN IN YOU MUST NOT BE GIVEN REST
UNTIL IT IS GONE

SIN MUST BE GIVEN UP

SIN IN YOU MUST:

 Not give you rest until it is gone.
 Be exposed.
 Be rejected.
 Be brought to Jesus.
 Be destroyed.
 Be replaced with Christ’s righteousness.
 Be resisted firmly.

Sin can come to you or can be in you. As a sinner, sin

is in you. As an unsanctified Christian, sin in you
shows up in ungodly character. What must you do
about the sin?

Do not rest if you see that sin is in your life. The

tongue does not rest when something is between the
teeth. The eye does not cease to blink when something
foreign comes into it. Similarly, let not your heart rest
and be peaceful when sin enters in. Let not your life
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be peaceful when you find that you have committed
sin or are living in sin.

If, as a saint of God, you are overtaken by temptation,

you should have neither rest nor sleep until the sin is
dealt with. When sin shows up, seeking an opening to
mess up your life, do not rest until you have dealt with
the sin, so it will get no chance in your life.

Sin is in you by nature but must go by your new

nature in Christ. The Bible tells us how to handle
this sin:

Psalm 32:1-5
1
Blessed is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2Blessed is the
man unto whom the Lord imputeth not
iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old
through my roaring all the day long.
4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon
me: my moisture is turned into the drought
of summer. Selah. 5I acknowledge my sin
unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto
the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of
my sin. Selah.

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Blessed is he who can remove that which is caught
between his teeth and that which is causing blinking
and giving no rest to the eye. Peace will always
surround one who lives a sinless life.

That you are not carrying guilt or condemnation

because of sin is a blessing. God is not angry at you as
He is with the sinner daily. Your heart has not
registered any lie is but is peaceful, and glorious.

The man, David, sinned. Righteous David fell into the

sin of immorality. He was known to be a zealous man
of God. He decided to keep quiet: that was where he
failed.

Verse three of Psalm 32 tells what happened when he

kept silent. He was shaking inside, never at peace.
That is what sin does. How long will you be in that
condition, in that darkness? How long will you be in
the fear of not going to heaven? Just as you can hear
someone snoring loudly in their sleep, this is how sin
rings loudly in your ears when you commit it.

Day and night, your hand, oh God, was heavy on me.

How would He not do so? That was not the life God
gave him when he came to Him.

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The freshness of life disappeared. The peace of life
disappeared, and he became restless. He never had
rest until the sin was gone, until he confessed.

Your case may involve confessing to your spouse,

church authority, or some government institutions you
have worked for, for amendment or restitution.

The sin in you must not give you rest until it is gone,
as in David’s case.

God will give you no rest if you are truly a child of

God. He will remind you to settle the sin when you
come before Him. He wants you to be perfect. Obey
God’s voice. You may have had many dreams, or
many people might have spoken to you from God
concerning that sin. It is wisdom to respond positively
and settle issues with God.

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 PART NINE
SIN IN YOU MUST BE EXPOSED

Either you expose sin, or it will expose itself, or

someone will expose it, or God will expose it. But it
must be exposed, for there is nothing hidden that will
not be revealed.
Proverbs 28:13
13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.

It is wrong to cover your sin purposely. To smile

outwardly, while your heart is heavy inside. You
cannot prosper that way.

Someone told the story of a maid committing

immorality with the man of God she worked for. This
man of God eventually sought counsel. The person he
sought counsel from asked him to preach against the
sin of adultery as a way to be free from it. He did so,
preaching openly on the pulpit, but sadly, continued in
the immorality with the lady. His problem was not
solved because after confessing his sin, he did not
proceed to forsake it.

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Singing songs to distract your mind or heart will not
cover the sin. He that covereth his sin shall not
prosper, but he that confesseth and forsaketh shall
have mercy.

Instead of labouring as David did to cover his sin,

instead of calling Uriah back from war, to give him
food and drink and ask him to go to his house to sleep
with his wife, to cover his sin, why not labour in
confessing the sin? Why not labour in the right way?

Turn all the labour covering your sins into

confessions. Instead of labouring to behave humbly
and gently to your wife to cover your sin, use all that
effort to confess your sins to God and to her.

That effort you have been making, running up and

down, should be an effort towards making confession
and peace with the person.

Sin should not just be confessed. It should be

confessed and forsaken. Do not just confess sin;
confess and forsake it, so that you will not be tempted
to return to it. As you confess it, stop it and do not go
to it anymore.

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The reason you confess sin is to stop it, not to exhibit
pride. You do not confess to others out of revenge.
You confess out of guilt and condemnation to become
righteous so that it does not happen again.

Sin in you must be exposed.

Matthew 10:26
26
Fear them not therefore: for there is
nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
and hid, that shall not be known.

Trying to hide your sin is futile because someone will

reveal it someday. A power outside your control will
reveal your hidden sin. While you choose to keep
quiet to keep your honour intact, a power outside you,
someone else, or God will expose the sin.

When you visit fetish doctors who give charms to

people, they present a list of the people they have
been serving or manipulating to show you how
powerful they are. To feed their pride and purpose,
they must tell the next person, even though they may
have told all those on the list that they are operating
discreetly and secretly.

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If you commit immorality with someone in secret, do
you know that the person rejoices because they have
been able to strip you of the glory of God? Such
persons share their experiences with others to feel
good. So, it would be best to confess what you have
done so that as the truth spreads, you can say you are
free. Go tell the woman you slept with that you have
repented.

Tell that man that you have repented so that he would

feel ashamed, and know that when you sinned, you
were at your weakest moment but have recovered
yourself. If you are not revealing your sin, they will
help you reveal it, but when you do so, you close the
chapter.

All the witch doctors giving charms to pastors will tell

you who they gave charms to. Some may lie, but
many are telling the truth because they want glory.
God may decide to reveal it to show His glory over
your life, to shame you for being a hypocrite

Sin will reveal itself in you.

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 Numbers 32:23
23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have
sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin
will find you out.

Your sin will find you out. Sin has a law of self-
revelation. That spirit will want to reveal itself. A lady
was standing with her boyfriend when she suddenly
turned into a snake but quickly came back to herself.
While playing with other boys, a small boy suddenly
turned into a snake, He quickly explained that his dad
and mom often did that at home. They turn willingly,
the demonic spirit in them did this for their shame.

Your sin will find you out. Why wait for the great
shame? You may speak it out unconsciously. Get it
over with because sooner or later, it will spill shame
and doom on your life. At the appropriate time, you
will start embarrassing yourself. Confess and
eradicate it before it finds a suitable opportunity to
reveal itself.

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 PART TEN
SIN IN YOU MUST BE REJECTED

Refuse sin; fight against it. Go where sin is treated

and get it treated. If there is a hospital where sin is
treated, go there. If it means meeting with the
consultant, do it. If it requires surgery, go for it to get
it out of your life.

Sin in you must be rejected.

Job 34:31-32
31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have
borne chastisement, I will not offend any
more: 32That which I see not teach thou me:
if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Tell God how you have been embarrassed so much by

sin and that you will not do it anymore. You have
suffered so much shame and pain. Therefore, reject
the sin that led to them. Determine that affliction must
not come again. Decide that if you see sin, you will
reject it. If you sinned because of ignorance in the
past, now your attitude should be different because of
the knowledge you have. If a bird sees you setting a
trap, it will never go near it. Tell yourself, “Now, that

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I know it is a sin, I will not do it anymore. I can never
yield to sin again.”

Sin in you must be rejected. Give it no space or place.

It must be out of your life. It must not sojourn in your
life.

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 PART ELEVEN
SIN IN YOU MUST BE BROUGHT TO JESUS

The church is the hospital. The consultant surgeon

that operates sin out of people is Jesus. He can operate
and remove every kind of sin from your life. He
knows how to handle sin in the clergy, in pastors,
overseers, superintendents, senior pastors, church
founders, prayer warriors, women evangelists, home
pastors, pastors’ wives, and children etc. He can
handle all – consult Him, look for Him, and He will
do it for free.
Go to Him and confess your evil. Ask Him to treat
your sin problem. He knows exactly how to do it. He
came for it and will treat it.

John 1:29
29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.

Everyone in the world, includes you. Your sin is not

worse than the sin of others. Jesus handled all of
them. Today if you trust Him, He will help you to
enjoy the victory over sin that He has given to all who
believe in Him. He will take away the sin of the

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village, community, the whole society, the whole
tribe, the nation and entire race of people. He is the
one inviting you.

Matthew 11:28
28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Jesus sees you heavy-laden and wants to give you

rest. He is promising you rest. If you choose to do
evil, He will condemn you because He told you He
would set you free and give you rest, but you refused.
You are responsible for your situation because you
purposely refused rest and peace. Because you
purposely hurt or injure people and the work of God,
He will judge you.

A story was told of a man whom someone preached to

and was asked to give his life to Jesus and accept Him
as his Saviour. He was also told that if he did not do
so, he would be judged and would go to hell. The man
asked if the evangelist had read the Book of
Revelation in the Bible. He pointed out that in it, it is
said that there would be war in heaven, that when
Jesus Christ comes, there would be war. He said the
reason why Satan was pushed down from heaven was
because they were few at that time. “But look at the

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earth now, we are in the majority, and we will win
over Jesus.”

This is like firewood saying, “The only reason I am

burning is that I am alone. When there is more wood,
the fire will be extinguished.” Can that be? Instead,
the flames will increase. People purposely say no to
Jesus because they want to do more wickedness.
Youths say they want to wait till they get older. They
say, “Mummy and daddy, you have enjoyed life. We
want to enjoy it too.” Which life did they enjoy? A
simple life is a life of joy. Do you know the
sicknesses they are dealing with because of their past
evil life? Do you know the embarrassments they have
endured? Do you think you can do the same and wait
till the end to give your life to Jesus? You are
mocking the Lord. The Lord has heard your mockery.
Wait to see if you will know your end.

God determines the end. Some die in the womb, some

die as they are born, or after one, two, ten, or twenty
years. How old are you? Many have died before that
age. What makes you think you will live to old age?

The Bibles says: Remember your Creator in the days

of your youth. The devil will increase your rank in
iniquity and harden your heart so that when you think

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it is time to repent, you will not be able to; he will not
let you.

Be not deceived: God is not mocked; whatever a man

soweth, that also shall he reap. The Bible says in the
day of salvation, receive salvation. At the right time,
accept God’s help and release your life to Jesus.

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 PART TWELVE
SIN IN YOU MUST BE DESTROYED

Romans 6:6-7
6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with Him, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we should not
serve sin. 7For he that is dead is freed from
sin.

If you profess Christianity and say you are born again,

but sin is still showing itself in your life, you are like
someone wearing clean clothes with streaks of dirt.
What are you to do? You need to die so that you will
be freed from sin.

In Nigeria, the Igbos say, “If you want to know

whether a man of Igbo tribe is dead, go and count
money near his corpse. If he does not wake up, then
he is dead indeed.”
This is to say they are very particular about money.

Why do you get angry quickly, shouting at little

things? Why are you reacting? It is because you have
not died.

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In the gospel, the apostle John wrote reports that Jesus
was crucified on preparation day, the day before the
Passover, a very special feast for the Jews. So they did
not want bodies hanging on the cross overnight into
the next day. They had to hasten His death and that of
the thieves who were crucified along with him by
breaking their legs. But after breaking the legs of
those two men, by the time they came to Jesus, they
discovered that He was already dead, hence they did
not break His legs. They could not hurt Him anymore.

You, too, must die. When you die, attacks and

offences will mean nothing. When people lie about
you, and you keep responding, this proves that you are
not yet dead; you are still alive. Sometimes when you
want to know if someone is asleep, you touch to
check, and he may wake up. But if the person is sound
asleep, he will not feel your touch.

He that is dead is freed from sin. Whatever is

happening, you are not conscious of it anymore.

The Bible says, knowing this, that our body be

destroyed and that we do not serve sin. How do you
deal with someone who hurt your pride or does not
give you the proper honour? How do you deal with

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somebody who verbally abuses you? Your actions
will determine if you have died or not.

Between husband and wife, who is dead? Why should

not both of you die so that there can be peace? Or why
can not one of you die so that while the other makes
all the trouble, there is no evil reaction, no fighting
back, no revenge, none, because you are dead?
Jesus had already died when His enemies came to hurt
Him some more. So, there was no reaction. When
you are dead, you cannot feel pain anymore. He that is
lying down fears no fall. Humble people cannot be
broken, but the proud can.

He that is dead is free from sin.

1 John 3:8
8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning. For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Sin makes you liable to the attacks of the devil. But

God has come to destroy the works of the devil in
your life, such as spiritism, demonism, Satanism,
occultism, witchcraft, and other sins. Jesus wants to
kill every sin in your life so that Satan would not be
glorified in you.

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Repent from witchcraft, occultism, Satanism, and
other evils, for you cannot serve two masters
simultaneously. The son of God was manifested that
He might destroy the works of the devil. Confess
those things and let Him destroy them. The Lord is
merciful and will save you in Jesus' Name.

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 PART THIRTEEN
SIN IN YOU MUST BE REPLACED WITH
CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUSNESS

Romans 8:3-4
3
For what the law could not do, in that it was
weak through the flesh, God sending His
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4
That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.

There is nothing wrong with the law because the law

is moral. Thou shall not kill, thou shalt not steal,
commit adultery, lie, have other gods besides Me,
thou shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, and
property. All these commandments can be
comprehended in the commandment of love: thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, all
thine soul, with all thine mind and with all thy might,
and thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.

There was nothing wrong with the law or the

commandments. What was wrong was sin inside the
man. Sin has a stronghold inside man.

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The law got blunt because of the power of sin in man.
Something stronger had to be done. The sin in man
was stronger than the law. God went for something
higher to destroy sin: the death of Jesus Christ, His
only begotten Son.

The righteousness of the law could be fulfilled only

through the death of a sinner. Jesus did it for the sake
of man. Man can now practice the righteousness of
the law. You can now keep the law through Christ
because Jesus has handled sin’s stronghold in you.
You are now righteous through Him and can practice
righteousness, the power above sin.

Sin in you must be replaced with Christ's

righteousness – the righteousness Christ provides.
Ask for it; you will get it in Christ.

We are no longer under the law but under grace in

Christ. You can now worship, bend, bow, yield, and
practice righteousness. Take it, receive it, in Jesus
name!

Do not think you cannot come out of sin because

Jesus has settled that which makes people to remain
slaves to sin.

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Romans 7:14-25
14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I
am carnal, sold under sin.
15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I
would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do
I.
16
If then I do that which I would not, I
consent unto the law that it is good. 17Now
then it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
18
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present
with me; but how to perform that which is
good I find not. 19For the good that I would I
do not: but the evil which I would not, that I
do. 20Now if I do that I would not, it is no
more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21
I find then a law, that, when I would do
good, evil is present with me.
22
For I delight in the law of God after the
inward man:
23
But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members.
24
O wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death? 25I
thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law
of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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The law is good; it is right. Do not allow anyone to
steal your property or tell you a lie about the law. But
man could not obey it because of the iron cast of sin
in him. The law wants you to bow down and humble
yourself to worship God acceptably. Sin is the iron
cast. But sin is the strong metal that would never
allow you to bend down to worship God, according to
the law.

In verse 18, he says, “I want to live the life I know I

ought to, but I do not know how. How can I be free?
The cutlass and knife failed to cut off the iron gate of
sin. That required a stronger force. Jesus came as that
stronger power to dismantle (destroy) sin in me.”

Verse 22. “Inside me, I love to do the work of God,

but my members: ears, eyes, hands, and feet, delight
in sin.” Your ears want to hear sinful things, and your
tongue enjoys telling lies. The sin in you, controls
them.

Verse 24 – “This body is for hell, where am I heading

for? Who will deliver me?”

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Jesus is the solution to the sin problem: God sent His
son in the likeness of sinful man and condemned sin
in the flesh.

Verse 25 – You can be free. Jesus has destroyed the

power of sin in your life. The Lion of the tribe of
Judah has prevailed to open the book and the gate of
righteousness. Enter the gate of righteousness and
celebrate righteousness and holiness. Jesus is that
door.
Psalms 118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will
go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

John 10:9
9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he
shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and
find pasture.

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SIN MUST BE RESISTED FIRMLY

Deciding to stand firm against sin is a beautiful thing.

Being a child of God does not exempt you from
temptation. Living a holy life does not exempt you
from temptation: birds still fly over your home.

1 Peter 5:8-10
8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: 9Whom resist steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are in the
world. 10But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while,
make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you.

Do not use sin to fight sin. Use faith. Sin multiplied

by sin is sin; sin plus sin is sin. Do not use a sinful
method to deal with temptation. Carnal methods do
not work. You must resist in the faith. Once, while I
was at the airport to travel, one of the hostesses came

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near and sat with her legs open. I turned the other
way. I did not have to confront her. Her seniors were
present. To save myself, I turned away.

Can sin fight sin? Resist it with the guidance and

wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Resist sin through prayer
and right actions.

You are not the only one being tempted. God allows it
for a purpose; to ensure you learn a vital lesson or
lessons. That is why He allowed Satan to test Job. If
he tested Job, He would also allow you to be tested.
He will allow trials to test you. For example, He may
allow someone to spill water on you accidentally.
How would you react?
Do your best to keep yourself pure no matter the
temptation. Show that you have been hearing the
sound Word, which is able to deliver you. Your
clothes were wet with water, not your soul. Keep your
soul with all diligence; keep your heart.

Your soul can only be affected if you start abusing the

man and prepare for a fight or plan revenge or evil.
Otherwise, splashing water on your body did not
affect your soul. Your soul will be affected only if you
become angry and bitter. It is the soul that sins that

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shall die. The body received splashes, but the soul did
not sin.

Resist the devil steadfast in the faith. Some of you

work in terrible places. You must keep praying that
God will keep you for the period you are there. Verse
10 assures us of the grace of God that is made
available and is sufficient as we go through the trials.

God is the God of all grace. You can be without sin

where He positions you like Daniel in the kingdom of
Babylon or Obadiah in the cabinet of Jezebel and
Ahab.

God is maturing sons for this end time, teaching you

to continue to stand above the devil and his schemes.
The devil cannot push you down with all his wiles
because he is under your feet. Know and stay in
God’s truth; it will always set you free.

Psalm 119:98
98
Thou through thy commandments hast
made me wiser than mine enemies: for they
are ever with me.

He is giving you this truth to make you wiser, so you

will overcome when the devil comes like a roaring
lion. You are built upon the rock.

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FOLLOWING
PARTS
DEAL WITH

WHAT TO DO
ABOUT SIN IN
OTHERS

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD ATTRACT YOUR PITY

Sin in others should:

 Attract your pity.
 Attract your prayers.
 Draw you closer to them.
 Attract evangelism message.
 Attract soul-winning methods
 Make you spend on their salvation.
 Make you despise persecution for their salvation.

This should be when you have already settled your sin

problem. It takes a hypocrite to be busy with other
people’s sins when he is also still in sin.

Matthew 7:3-5
3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy brother's eye, but considerest not the
beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt
thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is
in thine own eye?
5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out
of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see
clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.

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This scripture addresses those who are busy attending
to the sins in other people's lives. Why do you tell
someone, “There’s something in your eye; open your
eyes so I can remove the particle in it,” when a bigger
log is in your eye? How would you even open your
own eyes? You will not be able to open the eye; it will
be blinking seriously because a bigger piece is in your
eye.

This is how hypocrites behave. You cannot achieve

anything with this kind of behaviour. First, remove
what is in your eye. As you now see well, you can
help another.

God expects you to treat yourself first. Then you will

be able to treat others.

Paul tells us in Philippians 1:21-26,

Philippians 1:21-26
21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the
fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I
wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two,
having a desire to depart, and to be with
Christ; which is far better: 24Nevertheless to
abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

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And having this confidence, I know that I
shall abide and continue with you all for
your furtherance and joy of faith; 26That
your rejoicing may be more abundant in
Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you
again.

Here Paul is saying, “I am ready to go home. Sin has

been treated in my life. I am righteous and now
qualified to go home. I can pray to God that he should
take me home, but I struggle. To go to heaven now is
good for me; I choose it, but I also feel for your sake,
it is better I should not go now, so that I can work on
you more, on the issues of sin in your life, to establish
you more: in Christ, so that you should be happier,
being freed from sin.”

Paul was saved, delivered, and he overcame sin. With

that, he was ready to work on others, to save them
from sin by the grace of God.

You must first be saved and delivered to be engaged

in the ministry of saving others in the bondage of sin,
as the Lord gives the grace.

Why should sin in others attract your pity? This

includes even those who persecute you, hate you, or

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do evil against you. Because the Judgment of sin is
very great.
Mark 9:43-47
43
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is
better for thee to enter into life maimed, than
having two hands to go into hell, into the fire
that never shall be quenched:
44
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is
not quenched.
45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is
better for thee to enter halt into life, than
having two feet to be cast into hell, into the
fire that never shall be quenched:
46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is
not quenched.
47
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it
is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of
God with one eye, than having two eyes to be
cast into hell fire:

This is the situation of sinners. The soul that sins shall

die.

Ezekiel 18:20
20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son
shall not bear the iniquity of the father,
neither shall the father bear the iniquity of
the son: the righteousness of the righteous
shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.

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The wicked shall be turned into hell and all nations
that forget God. This is the everlasting place of
sinners: burning fire is the Judgment of sinners.
Should you not pity those who are going there? Will
you not pity your mother and father heading there?
Will you not pity your relations, neighbours that shall
end up in hell, and also the Muslims and others of the
various religions that shall end up in hell? That is why
you must pity others.

Lamentations 1:16
16
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye
runneth down with water, because the
comforter that should relieve my soul is far
from me: my children are desolate, because
the enemy prevailed.

I feel sad because Satan seems to have prevailed,

especially, as I see the sinful lifestyle of many people
in our society and even in the church. Some statistics
reveal that 34% of the world's population are
Christians. Which means 66% are pagans and non-
Christians. Of the 34%, 17.4% are Catholics, and 16.6
are non-Catholics. It is very sorrowful!

Note that this 16.6% of non-Catholic Christians

includes Jehovah's Witnesses, Spiritists, and all kinds

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of people; included also are those that climb
mountains, descend into rivers, and eat sand, grass
and do many other strange things.

From this 16.6%, how many go to church? May be

less than twenty per cent are born again. Many deny
the truth of being born again. How many Pentecostal
rascals out there who do not know Jesus? How many
evangelicals who refuse the Holy Ghost and do not
talk about speaking in tongues? How many know
holiness and righteousness? How many in the most
holy churches are still sinners and hypocrites? How
many are ready for the rapture? How many will be
qualified to go with Jesus? Scripture tells us that only
a small number:

Matthew 7:13-14
13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the
gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat:
14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.

The Ethiopian eunuch coming from a conference did

not understand the scriptures. Do these people in the
so-called Christian churches know the scriptures?

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Were you not one of them? If you were left alone,
would you boldly say you would have known Jesus
and that your name was in the Book of Life?

Hell is where your unbelieving mother, brother,

friends, and relations are going. Hell is where the
unbelieving people of your tribe, nation, and world
are going. If you are genuinely saved, pity them and
do all in your power and by the grace of God to see
them saved, mature in Christ, and prepared for the
rapture. Pity the unbelieving president, Governor,
pilot, army general, managing director, commissioner,
senators, school children, students, market women,
and neighbours who are not saved. Their tomorrow is
not good.

Yes, sin in others must and should attract your pity.

Matthew 18:23-34
23
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened
unto a certain king, which would take
account of his servants. 24And when he had
begun to reckon, one was brought unto him,
which owed him ten thousand talents.
25
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his
lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife,
and children, and all that he had, and
payment to be made.

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The servant therefore fell down, and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience
with me, and I will pay thee all.
27
Then the lord of that servant was moved
with compassion, and loosed him, and
forgave him the debt.
28
But the same servant went out, and found
one of his fellowservants, which owed him an
hundred pence: and he laid hands on him,
and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me
that thou owest. 29And his fellowservant fell
down at his feet, and besought him, saying,
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee
all.
30
And he would not: but went and cast him
into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31
So when his fellowservants saw what was
done, they were very sorry, and came and
told unto their lord all that was done.
32
Then his lord, after that he had called him,
said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I
forgave thee all that debt, because thou
desiredst me: 33Shouldest not thou also have
had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as
I had pity on thee?
34
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him
to the tormentors, till he should pay all that
was due unto him.

Let us imagine that the first servant in this story was a

Chinese, an Indian, an Asian, an American that had

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backslid or a Catholic man, or one in any other
church. The Lord showed compassion and delivered
him. The Lord enabled him to come to the knowledge
of the truth, to be saved, and to be set free from sin.

The question to you is, what are you doing to that

Asian, Indian, American, or African person in your
place and about others going to hell? Do you pity
them? Do you consider them and are concerned about
where they will end up? Are you sitting still and not
bothered?

God who gave it to you can revoke it. He spared you

to save others, to be busy over the sins of others. Will
you not labour to bring your relations to Jesus. If you
do nothing, you will lose your salvation. Do all in
your power to win the lost to Christ. Let God see your
labour for them to be saved.

With all I have done thus far, I am not yet satisfied; I

am still considering the next thing to do, praying for
more books and how to grow His ministry. How could
you be this less concerned about the salvation of men?

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SIN IN OTHERS MUST ATTRACT YOUR
PRAYER

Sin in others attracted Paul’s prayer.

Romans 10:1-4
1
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to
God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2
For I bear them record that they have a zeal
of God, but not according to knowledge.
3
For they being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and going about to establish
their own righteousness, have not submitted
themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4
For Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth.

Paul prayed to God continually that the Israelites be

saved. By this intercession, one by one, they are
coming to Jesus, until the tribulation, when all Israel
shall be saved.

What is the righteousness God demands? Faith in the

Lord Jesus. But the Israelites were not aware that their
Messiah had come to the world. He came to His own,
and His own received Him not. Israel did not know

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their Lord had come to the world. Paul was hurt that
his compatriots did not understand that their Saviour
had come. He was burdened. They were zealous in
keeping the Sabbath. In defending the Law of Moses,
they would want to kill others, even those talking
about Jesus, and Paul used to be one of them. He
prayed for the scales to fall off their eyes.

God, remember the Catholics. They gather in their

multitudes early in the morning. Streets are filled
when they come out of a supposed worship of God,
but they go to gather for a supposed mother of Jesus.
Take a move around. What do you see? You see fields
ripe for harvest.

Consider the other churches where the God of

holiness is not known. The righteousness they know is
handkerchiefs, anointing oil, and worship of their
pastors. They do not know Jesus. Their pastors have
not presented Jesus well. Pity them, pray for them.
Plead with God for them.

Read the book, “Divine Revelation and Scriptural

Exposition.” It tells the story of how the Lord took
Sister Ladi to some assemblies with big cathedrals,
with only two or three people genuinely living for

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Jesus. She went to many places and wondered why
many people did not like Jesus.

Jesus does not want to return in tears. You may

wonder and ask why God cannot just save people.
Why must we pray for them to be saved? God has
limited Himself to prayers. We must therefore pray
for the salvation of souls. Even Jesus prayed when He
walked this earth. In the Garden of Gethsemane, He
counted on Peter, James and John to support Him in
prayers in His difficult time. Another example is the
prophetess Anna who is recorded as one who prayed
for the salvation of Israel.

Luke 2:36-39
36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she
was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity;
37
And she was a widow of about fourscore
and four years, which departed not from the
temple, but served God with fastings and
prayers night and day.
38
And she coming in that instant gave thanks
likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to
all them that looked for redemption in
Jerusalem.

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Can you rise early to pray for these churches? Pray for
their ministers, choir members, and members of these
churches that they may be saved.

1 John 5:16
16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which
is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall
give him life for them that sin not unto death.
There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he
shall pray for it.

If any man sins a sin, not unto death, pray for him, or
pray for her.

A woman wanted her younger brother, a drunkard, to

be saved. She came to church to speak about the
situation. She declared she would not eat food until
she saw her brother converted. She dedicated herself
to praying for the brother’s salvation. He was sitting
in church, drunk. People came to her to say her
brother had made his choice. One week, two weeks
passed, and her brother continued in sin while she was
dying away.

When people saw her dying, they discouraged her.

“Why will you kill yourself for someone else?” She
came to church to declare that her body was weak and

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that she would soon be dying for good. She
maintained her stand, “As I have purposed, I cannot
break it until my brother is converted.”

The brother was in the church, drunk. But that faithful

day, the demon of drunkenness left him, and he
rushed to the altar and gave his life to Jesus. Glory be
to God!

Pray for the man that commits a sin that is not unto
death. Has your wife or husband sinned? Is the sin not
unto death? Has your son sinned not unto death? Sin
unto death is sin against the Holy Spirit. It is
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Has your mother
sinned not unto death? You owe him prayers; you owe
your sister prayers. The God who called you to pray
will touch them wherever they are.

Matthew 12:31-32 says:

Matthew 12:31-32
31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of
sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32
And whosoever speaketh a word against
the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but
whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,

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 it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this
world, neither in the world to come.

The Bible says there is a sin unto death. I do not ask

you to pray for that. The Lord told Jeremiah not to
pray for them.

Jeremiah 7:16
16
Therefore pray not thou for this people,
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them,
neither make intercession to me: for I will
not hear thee.

Jeremiah 11:14
14
Therefore pray not thou for this people,
neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I
will not hear them in the time that they cry
unto me for their trouble.

We should pray for all who come for prayers and pray
for all sinners EXCEPT the Holy Spirit specifically
gives a word of knowledge that someone should not
be prayed for. The story below is an example:

In a visitation of the Lord at the Campground, the

Lord spoke of someone saying, “This one has crossed
the line.” Is that not sin unto death? No salvation can
come to such anymore. That sin cannot be forgiven
anymore. Do not pray for those whom the Lord shows

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you that they have crossed the line. Doctors know
those who have crossed the line and cannot be helped
back to life. For example, those in a coma who live
with support from machines. The relatives of such
persons are advised not to waste money anymore. In
the same light, when someone commits a sin unto
death, there is no need to pray for that person. They
are gone!

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD DRAW YOU CLOSER

Matthew 9:9-13
9
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he
saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt of custom: and He saith unto him,
Follow Me. And he arose, and followed Him.
10
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in
the house, behold, many publicans and
sinners came and sat down with him and his
disciples.
11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said
unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master
with publicans and sinners?
12
But when Jesus heard that, He said unto
them, They that be whole need not a
physician, but they that are sick. 13But go ye
and learn what that meaneth, I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come
to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.

The Lord knew that the publicans, tax collectors, and

all those called sinners by the society were with Him
at the table in Matthew’s house. He was with them,
talking and laughing, while the Pharisees were there,
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not need a doctor, but the sick do. In other words,
since they did not admit they were sick, they did not
need Him.

On the other hand, those whom Jesus ate with and

attracted accusations from the religious leaders openly
acknowledged their need for Him. Jesus told His
accusers that He was needed where sinners are
because He came to save the sinners, not the self-
righteous.

If I am trading in some materials, I must go to where

those who need the materials are. Those that sell on
the streets go to where people gather because that is
where to find the thirsty to buy the water. They go
where vehicles are parked with people.

That is what Jesus did. Firstly, He came to the earth

full of sinners, and while on earth, He moved about in
villages and towns, preaching the Good News of the
Kingdom. Following His example, the sin in others
should draw you closer to them. Befriend or begin a
conversation with sinners to share the gospel with
them. Do not feel too holy that you run away from
sinners. A soldier runs towards war, not away from
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them.

How do you run away from where bullets are coming

from? To shoot down your enemies when at war, you
must be able to see them. So you move in the
direction of the bullets. A soldier who runs away from
war is nothing but a coward. You do not want to be a
cowardly Christian. You are a soldier in the army of
God. Go to the battleground. Go into the world and
win souls for Christ.

You must be interested in the salvation of your

parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, neighbours,
colleagues, and others around you. Visit them, greet
them, and give them some gifts. But how can you be
fruitful when you greet no one, you are never
cheerful, and you do not interact with anyone?

Acts 8:26-37
26
And the angel of the Lord spake unto
Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the
south unto the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man
of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority
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come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot
read Esaias the prophet.
29
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near,
and join thyself to this chariot. 30And Philip
ran thither to him, and heard him read the
prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou
what thou readest?
31
And he said, How can I, except some man
should guide me? And he desired Philip that
he would come up and sit with him.
32
The place of the scripture which he read
was this, He was led as a sheep to the
slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his
shearer, so opened he not His mouth:
33
In His humiliation His judgment was taken
away: and who shall declare His generation?
for His life is taken from the earth.
34
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said,
I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet
this? of himself, or of some other man?
35
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began
at the same scripture, and preached unto him
Jesus.
36
And as they went on their way, they came
unto a certain water: and the eunuch said,
See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be
baptized?
37
And Philip said, If thou believest with all
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Son of God.

Philip was accepted, and only after that did he preach

Jesus. Sin in others should draw you closer to them.

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD ATTRACT AN
EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

Luke 13:1-5
1
There were present at that season some that
told Him of the Galilaeans, whose blood
Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2
And Jesus answering said unto them,
Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were
sinners above all the Galilaeans, because
they suffered such things?
3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.
4
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in
Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they
were sinners above all men that dwelt in
Jerusalem?
5
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.

He was talking to sinners because sin was in them. It

should draw an evangelism message.

Micah 3:8-9
8
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of
the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to
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 Israel his sin. 9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads
of the house of Jacob, and princes of the
house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and
pervert all equity.

Isaiah 58:1-3
1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a
trumpet, and shew my people their
transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins.
2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know
my ways, as a nation that did righteousness,
and forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they
take delight in approaching to God.
3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and
thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted
our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find
pleasure, and exact all your labours.

When you understand that someone is a sinner,

whether a family member, friend, co-worker or
someone in your church congregation, tell them of
their state and the solution: Jesus, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world.

Thou shall not suffer sin upon thy brother. Rebuke

him, so that he may repent, by the grace of God.
Preach the Word to them, and present Jesus as Philip

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forgiveness in His name alone.

Luke 24:47
47
And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

You are a witness for the Lord, so go preach in His

name and tell people to believe in the name of Jesus.
If you have the opportunity to preach in some of those
unbelieving churches, then do not hesitate. Tell them
to repent and come to Jesus.

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD ATTRACT SOUL-

WINNING METHODS

Do not do it crudely to make them run away, resist

you, or cause persecution to arise.

Proverbs 11:30
30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise.

To win a soul, you must be wise. You must deal

wisely. How did Abigail convict Nabal, a fool, a
hardened man? She did not speak to her husband
when he was drunk. She waited till the power of
alcohol had left him. Then she confronted him with
wisdom and humility.

How did Nathan present the sin of David to him? The

Lord sent him to David to rebuke him for his iniquity.
Nathan went with a parable. He gave David a chance
to judge the matter. What was the matter? A man had
one sheep which he loved like a daughter and his
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away the only sheep from the man to entertain his
visitor.

David, upon hearing this story judged the matter

speedily. Then Nathan said, you are the man. In what
way? Uriah had only one wife, and you had many.
David was convicted and he confessed his sin to God:
“Against thee, thee only have I sinned and done this
wickedness.”

You see, it took wisdom to get him to this point.

Depending on the person you share the gospel with,
you must use different methods or approaches,
considering the prevailing circumstances and
environment.

We can use many other ways to win the lost to Christ.

You can decide to write letters to some of them. For
others, you can organize a feast to preach to them and
give them gospel materials.

James 1:5
5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Wisdom is the principal thing in soul-winning. Ask
God to help you, and show you what you can do. Ask
Him for the methods that may vary from person to
person. Get wisdom; with all your getting, get
understanding.

Proverbs 4:7
7
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom: and with all thy getting get
understanding.

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD MAKE YOU SPEND
ON THEIR SALVATION

Spend for their salvation.

Luke 10:30-35
30
And Jesus answering said, A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and
fell among thieves, which stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed,
leaving him half dead.
31
And by chance there came down a certain
priest that way: and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side.
32
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the
place, came and looked on him, and passed
by on the other side.
33
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was: and when he saw him,
he had compassion on him,
34
And went to him, and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him
on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him. 35And on the morrow
when he departed, he took out two pence,
and gave them to the host, and said unto him,
Take care of him; and whatsoever thou

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 spendest more, when I come again, I will
repay thee.

See a man in need. This man never knew him before.

But when he saw him in the condition that required
salvation, he did all to bring salvation to the man. He
carried him on his donkey to an inn, paid for his
treatment, left some money with the innkeeper and
then promised to come back and take care of any
other extra expenses. He never told the innkeeper he
did not know the man.

Some ways we can spend for the salvation of the

unsaved is to invite them to our Christian meetings,
but make sure you cover all their financial expenses.
Buy gospel materials like videos, CDs, books, tapes, a
phone, etc., and offer them. Spend for them. Jesus
gave His all to save us. Should we not also spend to
save others? That is what God expects from us.

Isaiah 55:1-2
1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters, and he that hath no money; come ye,
buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that
which is not bread? and your labour for that
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 Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let
your soul delight itself in fatness.

As Christians, we must help to facilitate the salvation

of souls from eternal death with our resources. Why
waste resources on things that have no eternal value
but cannot invest for soul winning?

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SIN IN OTHERS SHOULD MAKE YOU DESPISE
PERSECUTION FOR THEIR SALVATION

Jesus embraced persecution for the sake of our

salvation. As His disciples, we should emulate Him
and not run away from suffering, attacks, and
persecution for the salvation of others. Let this life be
in you, which was in Christ Jesus.

Zechariah 13:6
6
And one shall say unto him, What are these
wounds in thine hands? Then he shall
answer, Those with which I was wounded in
the house of my friends.

“They nailed me to the cross when I went to save my

friends. These are the wounds.”

Isaiah 53:1-6
1
Who hath believed our report? And to whom
is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2For He
shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath
no form nor comeliness; and when we shall
see Him, there is no beauty that we should
desire Him.

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He is despised and rejected of men; a man
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid as it were our faces from Him; He
was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
4
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
5
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him;
and with His stripes we are healed.
6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

What He suffered, we should be able to suffer. “These

are the wounds I secured when I came to the world to
save sinners; now, we are friends.

I call you no longer servants; now, you are my

friends.”

John 20:19-20
19
Then the same day at evening, being the
first day of the week, when the doors were
shut where the disciples were assembled for
fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the
midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you.

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 20
And when He had so said, He shewed unto
them His hands and His side. Then were the
disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Notice that Jesus showed His disciples the scars from

the wounds. So too, we are called to suffer for His
name’s sake, even to the point of persecution.

Acts 20:21-25
21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the
Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22And now,
behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall
befall me there:
23
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in
every city, saying that bonds and afflictions
abide me.
24
But none of these things move me, neither
count I my life dear unto myself, so that I
might finish my course with joy, and the
ministry, which I have received of the Lord
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of
God.
25
And now, behold, I know that ye all, among
whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of
God, shall see my face no more.

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Paul was not much concerned with what will befall
him in Jerusalem as long as he could testify the gospel
of the grace of God and preach the kingdom of God.
Jesus said:

Luke 21:11-14
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers
places, and famines, and pestilences; and
fearful sights and great signs shall there be
from heaven. 12But before all these, they
shall lay their hands on you and persecute
you, delivering you up to the synagogues,
and into prisons, being brought before kings
and rulers for my name’s sake. 13And it shall
turn to you for a testimony.
14
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to
meditate before what ye shall answer:

Brother, let the will of God over your life be done.

You must go after the souls of men, women, young
and old.

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 CONCLUSION
Now you know what the Lord commands you
regarding sin. You know what to do about sin in you
and what to do about sin in others.

Knowing is not enough. You need the power of the

Holy Ghost to obey. You cannot do it with your
strength.

Zechariah 4:6
6
Then he answered and spake unto me,
saying, This is the word of the Lord unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of
hosts.

With the power of God, you can live a holy and

righteous life, free from sin.

Philippians 4:13
13
I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.

What is required is that you believe.

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 Matthew 17:20
20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your
unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall
be impossible unto you.

Why ask God for food, clothing, shelter, promotion,

healing, and everything else but not for the power to
be holy, righteous, and free from sin?

Matthew 7:8-11
8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his
son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent?
11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your Father which is in heaven
give good things to them that ask Him?

Ask by faith, and receive by faith, walk by faith, and

you will live free from sin, and the power of God will
manifest in your life to save others in Jesus' Name,
Amen.

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 HOLINESS REVIVAL MINISTRY
WORLDWIDE (a.k.a) HOLINESS REVIVAL
MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE (HOREMOW)
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

HOREMOW is a non-denominational Ministry

having the following aims and objectives:
1. To hold Crusades, Conferences and Revival
meetings in churches and nations of the world, so as
to bring sinners to Christ's salvation and believers to
His holiness.
(Acts 26:16-18).
2. To produce Christian literature that promotes
salvation of souls, sound Bible teaching and holiness
of believers in churches and nations of the world.
(Luke 1:1-4).
3. To produce audio and visual taped messages for the
spread of the gospel truth in churches and nations of
the world.
4. To bring denominational churches into Christian
unity through the belief and practice of the faith once
delivered unto the Saints. (Eph. 4:12-15).
5. To support believers, ministers, ministries and
churches with free Christian materials for their
spiritual development in holiness. (Isaiah 65:1).

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6. To raise members and supporters of Holiness
Revival Movement Worldwide from churches and
Christian ministries all over the world who will
submit their lives to Biblical holiness and be
spiritually, materially and evangelically equipped to
make others righteous and holy in their churches and
in the society around them. (2 Timothy 2:2).
7. To establish Christian bookshops in many places
within and outside the nation, equipped with holiness
materials for the promotion of holiness in the
churches of Christ in the world. (Romans 17:17).
8. To establish a body of believers called Holiness
Revival Movement in every Nation who will sponsor
the production of the holiness materials of the
ministry and other recommended holiness materials.
(Acts 4:36; 2 Cor. 8:1-7).9. To translate or interpret
the ministry’s materials into as many local, national
and international languages as possible. (1Cor. 14:9-
13).
10. To place the Ministry’s book: Escaping Hell Fire
and Entering Heaven Made Simple by Pastor Paul
Rika in hotels, hospitals, prisons and in places that
can attract public reading, for the salvation of sinners
and holiness of believers. (1 Cor. 9:18-22).
11. To own Satellite Channels for the publishing of
the messages and programmes of Holiness Revival
Movement to the world.

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12. To establish Bible colleges where believers and
ministries can receive biblical and ministerial training
for sound Christian ministry. (2 Tim. 2:2).
13. To have campgrounds in various quarters and
nations where holiness camp meetings can be held
regularly. (Hebrews 10:25).
14. To hold zonal, national and international holiness
conferences regularly for the promotion and spread of
holiness in the lives of believers and in Christ's
Church. (Colossians 1:28, 29).
15. To mentor Churches registered under the ministry
on sound doctrines, holy living and ministerial
establishment. (Titus 1:5-14).
16. To support believers, ministers and ministries
financially (where required) for their spiritual
encouragement and establishment in holiness.
17. To have chapters of HOLINESS REVIVAL
MOVEMENT in local Governments, states and other
nations of the world, and to hold regular meetings,
with clear goals and uniform operations, which are
submissive to central administration. (Philippians 4: 8,
9; Hebrewsl3:17)

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HOLINESS REVIVAL MINISTRY WORLD-
WIDE (a.k.a) HOLINESS REVIVAL
MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE, is a non-
denominational Ministry given to the promotion of
biblical Righteousness and Holiness in Churches and
Nations of the world through Crusades, Conferences,
Revival meetings, production and spread of Holiness
literature and materials. The membership of the
MOVEMENT is open to all that love to live a
Righteous and Holy life and to spread same in their
churches, Christian communities and nations.

For Audio and Video messages, Christian literature

and other materials of the Ministry/ Movement or for
enquiry, call: +2348136356813; +2348056834323;
Email: holinessrevivalmovement@gmail.com

Headquarters Office: Behind Federal Government

College, Kwali F.C.T. Abuja, Nigeria.
Pastor Paul Rika
International Director of HOREMOW

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 OTHER BOOKS WRITTEN BY THE
AUTHOR
1. Worshipping God in the Beauty of Holiness
2. Escaping Hell Fire and Entering Heaven Made
Simple
3. Daily Devotional
4. Marriage in Biblical Perspective
5. Pure and Corrupt Dance in the Bible
6. Delightful Revelation of Heaven and How to
Get There
7. A Generation in Quest for Miracles
8. The Peril of Ignorance among Christ’s
Followers
9. Scriptural Examination of Handkerchief,
Apron, Water, and Other Substances in Gospel
Miracles
10. Divine Revelation and Scriptural Exposition on
Believers Holiness in Clothing and Adornment
11. Marital Sex, Child Bearing, Adoption and
Family Planning
12. Purify Yourself
13. The Key of Your Life Is In Your Hand
14. The Passion for Purity
15. Diligent Persuasion on Others for Heaven
Bound Christianity

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16. The Doctrine of Sanctification and Holiness
17. Serving God in Righteousness and Holiness
18. The Dressing of a Godly Woman
19. Truth, Holiness and Reward in Christian Giving
20. Passion and Wisdom for Soul Winning In
Righteous and Holy Christians
21. Praise-worship of the Holy God
22. Denominationalism In The Light Of Holiness
Revival Movement Worldwide
23. Raising Up Godly Children for Jesus
24. Marriage Restitution in the Old and New
Testament
25. Holiness Is Complete Obedience and
Submission to God's Word
26. Be Careful With Your Marriage Because Of
Heaven
27. Prayer Made Simple for Holy and Faithful
Christians
28. Faith in God That Gives Success and Victory to
the Righteous
29. Joseph: The Youth with a Bright Future
30. The Holy Life and Ministry of a True Preacher
31. Superiority of Christianity over Other Religions
on Earth
32. The Doctrine of Christian Restitution for Your
Holiness and Heaven

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33. The Challenge of Children to Christian
Families
34. A Divine Call for Holy Women for End Time
Gospel Exploits
35. Understanding the Trinity of the Godhead
36. Record Keeping and Accountability in Holiness
Ministry
37. Timothy: The Youth Trained In Scriptures
38. Heart Sanctification and Holy Living
39. Jesus' Revelation on Top Church Founders of
Our Time
40. Testimonies of Men and Angels on the Divine
Choice of Pastor Paul Rika
41. Christ’s Church to Be Removed from the
Hands of Philosophers and Deceptive Ministers
42. What Jesus Revealed About Late Prophet T.B.
Joshua
43. Exhortation to Faith in God in Your Situation
44. Making Your Father and Mother Glad by Your
Life
45. Success and Achievement Through
Prayer, Counsel and Wisdom
46. Scriptural Burial Ceremony is a Period of
Mourning not for Feasting for Holy Christians
47. Holy Marriage Procedures from knowing the
will of God to the Wedding.

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48. Scriptural Resolution and Discipline of a Holy
Leader
49. God’s Healing for His Children through Faith
and the use of Medicine.

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