Brother Eby wrote:
“God is even now preparing an army of overcoming ones, transformed in the spirit of their mind, triumphing within themselves over sin, error, limitation, and death, who shall go forth in the power of the Spirit to pull down the strongholds of creed and ritual and religious foolishness and ignorance and set the captives free; who will beat down the prison-houses of mis-conceptions, mis-information, mis-understanding, and of sin and death, and let the prisoners go free! Satan is not a God like unto the Lord my God. He does not interfere with God’s purposes nor frustrate God’s plans. ALL AUTHORIITY is given to the Christ of God — in heaven and in earth! How much authority is “ALL” authority? Oh, how men patronize and glorify the devil by attributing to him at least some of that “ALL” authority! Those who fear the devil, struggle with the devil, warn men about the devil’s power are devil worshippers. They give reverence and homage before the altar of his supposed power! They thus deny that ALL AUTHORITY is now given to God’s Christ! ALL of it! ALL of it in the heavens! ALL of it in the earth! And in that authority He is with us always, even unto the end of the age! Is He not with us today in His authority and power! That is what He is teaching every son, and demanding we experience and prove the truth of it within ourselves in every situation of our lives, as we train in His army to judge and make war and smite the nations with the sword of our mouth and rule them with a rod of iron!”
Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 12:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
If we are to fully function as mature Sons and Daughters, we must renew our minds which will result in us being transformed. As we are being transformed, we will be tested in our faith and we will suffer afflictions but we must not be moved by those afflictions.
Sifting out the impurities in our life will most likely be a painful process. My salvation was one sifting process. The baptism of The Holy Spirit was a different sifting process. The third sifting is the most challenging process for it is intended to remove the impurities which are hidden in the crevices of our soul. Instead of being reluctant to submitting to the siftings, let us embrace the siftings knowing that the result will be full transformation of our minds. This is when we truly die to the flesh and are fully led by THE SPIRIT.
What are the benefits of being pure? Jesus stated in Matthew chapter 5:
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.