10 The Spiritual Man
be written which had not been fully proven in my experience. This
lack I knew would lessen the value as well as the power of the book.
I would prefer to learn more before the Lord and prove His truths
through experience. What I wrote would then be spiritual realities
instead of merely spiritual theories. Thus the work was suspended for
three years.
I can say that during these three years I had the book daily in my
heart. Although some might consider the publishing of this work
long overdue, I could clearly see the hand of the Lord. Within these
few years the truths contained in this book, especially those in the
last volume, have liberated many from the power of darkness,
demonstrating that we had touched spiritual reality. By the special
grace of the Lord I was enabled to understand more of the purpose of
God’s redemption in dividing the new and the old creations. I praise
the Lord for that. The Lord also gave me opportunities to meet many
of his choicest ones during my various travels. This increased my
observation, knowledge and experience. In my contacts with people
the Lord showed me not only what is genuinely lacking among His
children but what is the revealed remedy in His Word as well. Let me
therefore tell my readers that this is a manual on spiritual life, every
point of which can be experimentally proven.
Due to my special experience in the physical body during these
few years, it has been given me to know more of the reality of
eternity and, likewise, the great debt I owe the church of God. Thus I
hoped I would be able to finish this book within a short period.
Thanks to God the Father and to some of my friends in the Lord, I
was provided with a quiet place for resting and writing. Within a few
months I had finished Parts I through IV. Although I have not yet
begun the other parts, I am sure God the Father will supply the
necessary grace at the needed time.
Now that this volume is shortly to be published and the other
volumes will soon follow, let me speak frankly: learning the truths in