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This is Part 5 of our 15-part series walking through Session 1 of “The Assassins Among Us.” Check out the blog for previous posts.

ELEMENT 4: SEPARATION OF THE UNCLEAN

Numbers 5:1-3 records God’s command:

“The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.'”

God’s presence requires holiness. Uncleanness cannot coexist in His dwelling place.

The diagnostic question: What unclean things are you harboring in your life? What are you holding onto that cannot remain if you desire God’s presence?

WHO CAN BRING CLEAN FROM UNCLEAN?

Job 14:3-5 asks the penetrating questions:

“Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You? Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed…”

Who can bring clean from unclean? No one. We cannot cleanse ourselves. But that doesn’t mean we tolerate uncleanness in our lives—it means we desperately need God’s cleansing power.

THE DEGRADATION OF HOLINESS

Here’s what modern Christianity has degraded: the absolute imperative of holiness.

We’ve ignored it and made it seem unimportant with terms like “watered down.” But the gospel cannot be watered down—it is either the gospel or it is not. This highlights the subtle way we try to have God and the world. We’ve acted like a little compromise doesn’t matter, like God grades on a curve, like His holiness isn’t really that serious.

But Scripture asks the question: Can light and darkness dwell together?

LIGHT AND DARKNESS CANNOT COEXIST

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 answers emphatically:

“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God.”

Light and darkness cannot coexist. When light enters, darkness flees. The light of God’s presence dispels the darkness—it exposes the sin in our lives, everything hidden will be brought into the open.

Luke 8:17 warns:

“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”

Everything hidden will be exposed. Every secret sin. Every tolerated compromise. Every unauthorized thing we’ve been harboring. The question is: Will you allow the Holy Spirit to expose it now in private conviction for repentance? Or will it be exposed later in public judgment?

THE WARNING OF UNAUTHORIZED FIRE

The warning from Leviticus 10: Nadab and Abihu offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, and fire came out from the Lord and consumed them.

Are you offering unauthorized fire in your worship? Are you approaching God on your terms rather than His? Are you harboring uncleanness while claiming to serve a holy God?

This isn’t a game. God’s holiness is real, and it demands purity from those who serve Him.

Hebrews 12:29 reminds us:

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

The same fire that warmed Israel in the wilderness and led them by night is the same fire that consumed Nadab and Abihu. God’s presence is holy fire. It purifies what submits to it and destroys what profanes it.

THE HARD TRUTH

The hard truth for the battles ahead: You cannot carry unconfessed sin into spiritual warfare and expect God’s power to manifest. You cannot harbor compromise in your life and expect His presence to lead you. You cannot offer unauthorized worship and expect His blessing in battle.

The separation of the unclean wasn’t optional for Israel. It’s not optional for us.

THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU

What unclean things are you harboring? What sins are you minimizing? What compromises are you tolerating? What darkness is diminishing the light of truth in your life and displacing the position of the presence of God as purifier and sanctifier?

The light will dispel the darkness—but only if you stop protecting the darkness, stop making excuses for it, stop pretending it’s not that serious.

God’s holiness has not changed. His standards have not lowered. His requirement for purity in those who carry His presence has not been adjusted for modern convenience.

APPLICATION

Before you can face the battles ahead, the unclean must be put out of the camp. Not hidden. Not minimized. Put out of the camp of your heart.

Ask yourself:

1. What unclean thing am I protecting or making excuses for?
2. What “unauthorized fire” am I offering in worship—approaching God on my terms instead of His?
3. Am I tolerating compromise because I think “a little” doesn’t matter?
4. Have I degraded God’s holiness in my mind to make room for my sin?
5. Am I willing to let the Holy Spirit expose what’s hidden NOW, in private, for repentance—or will I wait for public judgment?

Once the unclean has been identified and put out of the camp, the natural next step is making things right with both God and others. Separating from sin leads directly to confession and restitution.

TOMORROW: Element 5: Confession and Restitution – Making Things Right

We’ll discover why separation from sin must lead to restoration with God and others.

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This is Part 4 of our 15-part series walking through Session 1 of “The Assassins Among Us.” Check out the blog for previous posts.

ELEMENT 3: THE DUTIES OF THE PEOPLE – KNOW YOUR ROLE

Numbers 1:3 establishes who would fight:

“From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.”

Numbers 1:47-50 sets apart the Levites for different service:

“But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.'”

God assigned specific roles:

The Levites: Set apart for service to the Tabernacle The Warriors: Numbered for battle

Key principle: Not everyone has the same role, but everyone has a role in the body of Jesus Christ.

ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT

But here’s the deeper reality: We are all members of one body, animated by one Spirit—the Holy Spirit who dwells within us and amongst us.

Romans 12:3-5 establishes this foundation:

“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.”

Notice what Paul says: Each member belongs to one another. You’re not an independent operator. You’re not a lone wolf Christian. You are part of one body with many members, and your role matters to the whole.

Scripture consistently teaches this. In 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4; each member of the body of Christ has a distinct role and function, appointed by God through spiritual gifts for the common good. The metaphor is powerful: just as a human body has many parts, each with its own function, the church is made up of many members who are all necessary and interconnected.

GOD ARRANGED THE MEMBERS

1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 18-20 drives this home:

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many… But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.”

The critical truth: It is one Spirit—the Holy Spirit—who baptized us into this one body. It is one Spirit who animates all the members. The same Spirit dwelling in you dwells in every other believer. We are not just organizationally connected—we are spiritually unified by the presence of the Holy Spirit.

This changes how you view your role. The question isn’t “Am I as important as someone else?” The question is “Am I fulfilling the specific calling God has given me in this one body animated by His one Spirit?”

YOU CANNOT FIGHT ALONE

You cannot fight someone else’s battle. You must fight your own, by His prescription and power. But you also cannot fight alone—you need the other members functioning in their roles for the body to be effective in warfare.

The warning for the battles ahead: A body with members out of position, refusing their roles, or thinking too highly of themselves cannot function in battle. When the eye tries to be the hand, when the foot refuses to walk because it’s not the head, when members operate independently rather than in coordination with the one Spirit—the body is dysfunctional and vulnerable.

WHEN EACH PART WORKS PROPERLY

Ephesians 4:15-16 shows us what proper function looks like:

“Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow in building itself up in love.”

Every joint. Every part. Working properly. Connected to the Head, which is Christ. Held together by the Spirit. This is what God is preparing through these thirteen elements—a body ready for battle.

THE PERSONAL QUESTION

Do you know your role in the body of Jesus Christ? Are you fulfilling it with sober judgment, not thinking of yourself more highly than you ought? Are you operating in coordination with the one Spirit who animates all the members?

Or are you either inflated with pride about your role, or paralyzed because you think your role doesn’t matter?

In the battles ahead, every member matters. God numbered the warriors. God assigned the Levites. Everyone had a specific function. The same is true in the body of Jesus Christ today.

APPLICATION

1. Have you identified your calling within the body? Are you walking in the power of the Holy Spirit and operating in His gifts?
2. Are you thinking of yourself with “sober judgment” – neither too highly nor too lowly?
3. Are you operating as an independent Christian or as a connected member of the body?
4. Do you recognize that the same Holy Spirit in you is in every other believer?
5. Are you submitted to Jesus Christ as the Head, or trying to function autonomously?

Be lead by the Spirit to your role. Fulfill it through His Power. Stay connected to the other members. Submit to the one Spirit who coordinates all our movements.

Because when the body functions as God designed it—each member in position, animated by one Spirit, submitted to Jesus Christ the Head—we are unstoppable in the battles ahead.

TOMORROW: Element 4: Separation of the Unclean

We’ll discover what needs to be removed before you can move forward into battle.

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This is Part 3 of our 15-part series walking through Session 1 of “The Assassins Among Us.” Check out the blog for previous posts.

ELEMENT 2: THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE CAMP – EVERYTHING FACES GOD

Numbers 2:2 describes the camp layout:

“The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.”

Here’s the arrangement God commanded:

East: Judah (meaning “praise”), Issachar, Zebulun South: Reuben, Simeon, Gad West: Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin North: Dan, Asher, Naphtali Center: The Tabernacle (God’s dwelling place)

Everything faced the Tabernacle. God was the center. Every tribe knew their position in relation to God’s presence.

THE NEW COVENANT REALITY

But here’s the New Covenant reality that changes everything: We are now the tabernacle.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 declares:

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

Under the Old Covenant, God’s presence dwelt in a tent at the center of the camp. Under the New Covenant, God’s presence—the Holy Spirit—dwells in you. You are the tent. You are the tabernacle.

This makes the arrangement principle even more crucial. If you are the tabernacle, what is at the center of your tent? What does everything in your life face toward?

WE ARE THE TEMPLE

2 Corinthians 6:16 reinforces this:

“For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, ‘I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.'”

God doesn’t dwell in a building anymore. He dwells in His people. The question is: Is His presence actually at the center of the temple He inhabits—which is you? Is His Spirit what leads, guides, and animates you?

KEEPING IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT

Galatians 5:25 makes this the non-negotiable standard:

“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”

This isn’t a “nice to have.” This is essential to the arrangement of the tent of our lives. If we live by the Spirit—and every believer does—then we must keep in step with the Spirit. That means the Holy Spirit sets the pace, the direction, the priorities. We align our steps with His movement.

Keeping in step requires constant awareness of His presence at the center. When He moves, we move. When He stops, we stop. When He speaks, we listen. When He convicts, we respond. This is what it means to have everything in our lives positioned around His presence.

THE DIAGNOSTIC QUESTION

This is the diagnostic question for your life: What is actually at the center?

Not what you say is at the center. Not what you wish was at the center. What does your actual life arrangement reveal? Your schedule, your priorities, your decisions, your thoughts—what do they orbit around?

Just as every tribe in Israel had to position themselves in relation to the Tabernacle, every area of your life must be positioned in relation to the Holy Spirit’s presence within you. Your work faces the center. Your relationships face the center. Your entertainment faces the center. Your finances face the center. Your ambitions face the center.

If Jesus Christ—through the Holy Spirit—is truly at the center of your personal tabernacle, everything else in your life will be properly positioned in relation to Him. If He’s not, everything will be out of alignment no matter how religious you appear on the outside.

YOU CAN’T FAKE THIS ARRANGEMENT

The reality: You can’t fake this arrangement. Israel’s camp was visible—you could see whether the tribes were positioned correctly around the Tabernacle. Your life arrangement is equally visible. People can see what’s actually at your center by observing what everything else in your life revolves around.

The warning: If God’s presence isn’t at the center of your tent, you’re not prepared for battle. You’re carrying an empty tabernacle into warfare. You have the form of the dwelling place but not the reality of His presence.

APPLICATION

Ask yourself honestly:

1. What does my schedule reveal about what’s at my center?
2. When I make decisions, do I seek the Holy Spirit’s leading or do I decide first and ask Him to bless it?
3. Are my relationships positioned around God’s presence or around my preferences?
4. Does my entertainment, my media consumption, my thought life—does it all face the center or face away from it?
5. Can others see by my life arrangement that the Holy Spirit is actually at the center?

The tribes of Israel couldn’t move forward until they were properly positioned around God’s presence. Neither can you. Before you can face the battles ahead, everything in your life must be arranged around the Holy Spirit’s presence within you.

Not around your career. Not around your relationships. Not around your comfort. Around HIM.

TOMORROW: Element 3: The Duties of the People – Know Your Role

We’ll discover why knowing your specific role in the body of Christ is essential preparation for spiritual warfare.

ABOUT “THE ASSASSINS AMONG US”:

A journey through the Book of Numbers that exposes the assassins working from within and without to destroy the fullness of God among us. Through the Damascus Road framework (STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, LIVE), we’re calling believers from counterfeit Christianity to authentic faith in Jesus Christ.

SESSION 1 SCHEDULE: Part 1: Introduction & Damascus Road Connection Part 2: Element 1 – An Honest Survey Part 3 (Today): Element 2 – The Arrangement Parts 4-14: Elements 3-13 (one per day) Part 15: Conclusion & Moving Forward

WATCH THE FULL TEACHING: Session 1 videos available at www.onetrulight.org or search “Assassins Among Us” on YouTube/Rumble

Most ministries stay in the safe middle. We bring marginalized truth back to the center.

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ONE TRUE LIGHT MINISTRIES Calling believers to authentic faith Damascus Road Journey: STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. LIVE. www.onetrulight.org

This is Part 2 of our 15-part series walking through Session 1 of “The Assassins Among Us.” Check out the blog for previous posts.

ELEMENT 1: AN HONEST SURVEY BASED ON GOD’S WORD

Numbers 1:24 commands: “Do all according to what the LORD has said.”

Before God moved Israel forward, He demanded they measure themselves by His standard, not their own. The same is true for us today.

We must assess our spiritual condition according to God’s Word, not our feelings, not our preferences, not our traditions. The question isn’t “How do I feel about my walk with God?” The question is “What does God’s Word say about my actual condition?”

WHERE MOST BELIEVERS FAIL

This is where most believers fail. We measure ourselves by other believers, by cultural standards, by what makes us comfortable. God demands we measure ourselves by His Word alone.

But here’s the reality: we cannot do this in our own strength. This is where the Holy Spirit becomes absolutely essential.

The first work of the Holy Spirit is conviction—before salvation, He convicts us unto faith; after salvation, He convicts us unto sanctification. An honest spiritual inventory requires the Holy Spirit revealing truth to you.

THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ROLE IN HONEST ASSESSMENT

John 14:25-27 shows us the Holy Spirit’s role in this process:

“All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.”

Notice what the Holy Spirit does:

He teaches you all things He reminds you of what Jesus Christ has said He applies God’s Word specifically to your condition

This is how an honest survey happens—the Holy Spirit takes God’s Word and applies it specifically to your condition. He shows you where you’re out of alignment. He convicts you of what needs to change.

Without the Holy Spirit, you’ll rationalize. You’ll justify. You’ll compare yourself to others and feel fine. But when the Holy Spirit does His work of conviction, you see yourself as you actually are according to God’s standard.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

This is directly tied to our abiding in Jesus Christ and our effectiveness as disciples. There is more at stake here than we realize.

If we’re not allowing the Holy Spirit to conduct an honest survey of our lives according to God’s Word, we cannot be effective in the battles ahead. We’ll be fighting with unconfessed sin, unaddressed compromise, and unauthorized worship.

We’ll be warriors who look ready on the outside but are spiritually compromised on the inside.

The census God commanded wasn’t just counting bodies. It was identifying who was actually fit for battle. The Holy Spirit does the same work in us—He reveals who we actually are, not who we claim to be.

THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU

Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to conduct an honest survey of your life?

Or are you resisting His conviction, quieting His voice, ignoring His teaching?

Before you can face the battles ahead, you must let the Holy Spirit show you the truth about your spiritual condition. Not to condemn you—Jesus Christ took that condemnation at the cross. But to sanctify you, to prepare you, to position you for what’s coming.

APPLICATION

Here’s what an honest survey looks like practically:

1. Open God’s Word with humility – Not to defend yourself, but to be examined by it.
2. Invite the Holy Spirit to teach you – “Holy Spirit, show me what I need to see. Convict me where I’m compromised. Teach me what I’ve missed.”
3. Stop comparing yourself to others – The standard is Jesus Christ, not other believers.
4. Act on what He reveals – Conviction without action is just information. Let the Holy Spirit lead you into repentance and transformation.

TOMORROW: Element 2: The Arrangement of the Camp – Everything Faces God

We’ll discover why positioning matters and what it means that we are now the tabernacle.

ABOUT “THE ASSASSINS AMONG US”:

An 8-week journey through the Book of Numbers that exposes the assassins working from within and without to destroy the fullness of God among us. Through the Damascus Road framework (STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, LIVE), we’re calling believers from counterfeit Christianity to authentic faith in Jesus Christ.

SESSION 1 SCHEDULE: Part 1: Introduction & Damascus Road Connection Part 2 (Today): Element 1 – An Honest Survey Parts 3-14: Elements 2-13 (one per day) Part 15: Conclusion & Moving Forward

WATCH THE FULL TEACHING: Session 1 videos available at www.onetrulight.org or search “Assassins Among Us” on YouTube/Rumble

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Most ministries stay in the safe middle. We bring marginalized truth back to the center.

THE PROPHET’S MARGIN Truth From the Narrow Place

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