In Defense of the Truth

As a boy, Keith Daniel assumed he was a Christian. His brother, father, and mother assumed they were Christians, too. Their family was good and hard-working. Like many other people, they expected little else from Christianity—until their world fell apart.

Ezra rent his garments and plucked off the hair from his head when he discovered that the people had not separated themselves from the people in the land around them and had adopted the abominations of the heathen nations (Ezra 9).

Who can do the work of God's Spirit—the Spirit of holiness! Yes, to witness the Spirit's work, to see conviction break out, is a wonderful thing. Genuine conviction activates the revival for which we have prayed! But conviction is also a personal thing.

In Matthew 5,6,7, Christ preached the greatest oration on earth, the Sermon on the Mount. In it, He said that Christians are like salt to the earth. Salt burns, and cleanses, and preserves. Likewise, when the body of Christ is holy, God puts those around us under deep conviction.