And as the Spirit worked, fears and rituals were falling by the wayside. Some of the people burned all of their wooden spirit masks and clan idols.
"We had not told them to do this and knew nothing about it until afterwards," Daniel wrote. "This is a huge thing, as these are idols and items that have been passed down for generations."
On one beautiful night, a full, orange moon turned red and the village became dark. Some of the people thought it was a reminder from God that they were still in darkness because of their sin.
Others said, "If we had seen this before we would have been really scared, but God made the moon. It is His moon and He can do with it what He wants."
Another day, Kelley met a lady coming back from her garden alone. "This might seem a small thing but in fact it is huge!" Elizabeth wrote. "They never go to their gardens alone because they are scared of evil spirits and sorcery. After all she has heard from the Bible, this lady realized she did not need to fear these things any more. The truth is bringing freedom."
Through another illustration Daniel showed the Inapangs how they fall short of God's standard. He asked everyone to move to a field outside of the meeting house.
Inapang men are considered to be expert archers. Daniel asked four who had brought their bows and arrows to shoot at a fairly close target. Although some came close they still all missed it. Then Daniel moved the target further away to the other end of the field. The archers stared in disbelief but still gave it their best shot.
Try as they might it was not good enough. Others jumped in to try, thinking they could do better, but they all fell short.
Gathering everyone back to the meeting, Daniel explained God's holiness and how everyone falls short of His standard. He emphasized again, that men must trust in Him alone to save them -- no work men can do, no custom men can follow, no payment men can make will attain God's holiness.
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