Every time you read the Word, you make a choice. Either you will continue to love rebellion and walk after the flesh and the ways of Satan, or you will come to the light (obedience) and love the Lord and the ways of God and be perfected in holiness. If you have a stubborn heart, you will shrink back from the Word of God and choose to continue to live in fleshly rebellion.
It is only through the Word showing us the motives of our hearts that we are ever able to turn from sin and walk in righteousness. It is only as the Word divides spirit from soul and flesh that we learn to hear the Holy Spirit speak to us. We can then turn aside from fleshly religion to walk before the Lord in holiness and purity, putting to death all the deeds of the flesh: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts (of the flesh) which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your behavior; because it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy’” (IPet. 1:14-16.) ‘The Great Falling Away Today’ / Milton Green
From the Pastor’s pen; Ray Leonard