• There are three altars a man has to take care of if he is to walk with God:
1. The altar of the body
• Your body is an altar.
• What gives you the legal right to exist on earth is the body.
• Man is a spirit being with a soul, living in a body.
• The body gives permission for man or spirits to operate on this earth.
• Your body is not cheap, need to treat it as an altar.
Mark 5:9
• Your body has the capacity to host the Holy Spirit.
Rom 12:1, 1 Cor 6:16, 2 Cor 6:16

2. Your altar of sacrifice (Your church altar and your personal altar) (Lev 6:12-13, Deut 10:12-13, 1 Thess 4:3-5, 7-8, 2 Tim 2:19-20)
• Your sin doesn’t end with you, it affects your children.
• Iniquity is perpetual sin, a lifestyle of sin.
• The enemy wants you to be in iniquity because that gives him legal rights into your life.

There are four kinds of people:
1. The vessel of gold (Rom 8:14)
• These are spiritual men, people who have subjected their senses to doing the righteousness of God.
• They are led by the Spirit of God.
• These are sons of God.
• When you become a believer, you become a child of God but need to grow from that into a son of God.
• Responsibilities are given to sons and not children.

What should you do to grow into a son of God?
a. Give yourself to the encounter and ministry of the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:1)

Who is a spiritual man?
i. Someone who is saved and has submitted their will and mind to be transformed by the word of God.
ii. they are spiritually minded and have set their hearts to be obedient to the word of God.

2. The vessel of silver (Eph 1:13)
• These are believers, however, it is not enough just to be a believer, you need to grow.
• A believer is a person who has received God and accepted Christ unto their salvation.
• Once you become a believer, your duty is to start killing the deeds of the flesh so that the life of God can reign in you.

3. The vessel of wood (Mark 4:4-8, 13-21)
• This is a carnal man.
• This kind comes to church, is involved in church activities, knows about the word and its principles but their lifestyle is contrary to the word.
• They have intentionally decided to be against the rules of God.
• They live according to their carnal knowledge and not the dictates of the word of God.
• They are enemies of God.
• They have not allowed themselves to be transformed by the word and so their carnality has not died.

4. The vessel of clay
• These are natural (ordinary) men.
• Atheists are in this category.
• Their spirits are dead.

• Every battle and temptation that is contrary to the word of God has a spirit behind it.
• Have a militant mindset as a believer, think like a soldier.
• Never tolerate anything that is against the word of God.
Eph 6:12-13,. 2 Cor 10:4-6
• Take a stand to be against the powers of darkness.

How to walk in righeousness
1. Set your affection on things that are above (Col 3:1-11)