21.What should we be watching for constantly?

That no one misses the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness takes root and grows, causing trouble and defiling the believers.

Perhaps the most misunderstood word in the English language is grace. Grace is currently defined as "forgiveness." However, grace is vastly more than forgiveness. Grace, in its most comprehensive sense, is the Presence of God through Christ. Under the new covenant, God has given us His Presence so that we may become holy as He is holy.

To make certain that no one misses the grace of God is to insure that no believer, through deception or lust, removes himself from the daily walk of holiness and consecration to God’s will.

Many deceivers seduce the Christians with promises of an easier way. Meanwhile the world, our bodily appetites, and our self-will all conspire to move us away from the Presence of God in Christ. Our task is to avoid all these, and to help others avoid them, so we all may continue in the Presence, the grace, of God.

"Bitter roots" spring up in the assembling whenever an individual or group of individuals attempts to find some way to please God other than by the patient, cross-carrying discipleship of the true saint; other than by stern obedience to the Father.