It is ever the effect of the presence of God to destroy sin, and to save those separated from sin. Christ desires by His Spirit to come into the heart of the sinner at the sinner's invitation, in order that the sin may be destroyed and the sinner be saved. Forcible illustrations of this are given in the Scriptures. When Israel had confessed their sins and brought their sacrifice before God in token of their faith, that sacrifice represented their sin. They gave up the sin and gave themselves to the Lord. Then the fire fell from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, and the people shouted and were glad. Read the account in Leviticus 9. In the next chapter, Nadab and Abihu, priests of God, drunken with wine, offer strange fire before Jehovah, and presume to go into the very presence of the holy shekinah with their sin upon them. Then the fire of God consumes the men who have identified themselves with sin. Even so it was with Ananias and Sapphira, the account of which is found in Acts 5. They wanted popularity. They wanted to give a part of the price of the land but make others believe they had given all, and so live upon the common fund. And right into the specially manifest presence of God they came with a lie upon their lips, reiterated, and God destroyed them with the lie. Sinner, all sin must sometime be destroyed, and it will be destroyed by the presence and glory of Christ. But give up the sin. Place your will on the side of God. Let Christ's presence in your heart shine away the darkness, substitute the righteousness of God for the sins of man, and give to the suppliant life instead of death.