Put it in your own words. Believers need to constantly carry out what I term Spiritual Quality Control. We need to be sure that the quality of what we received at the foot of the cross in salvation is still being maintained and improved on not diluted by the world system. If we had the new birth(salvation) experience and baptism of the Holy Spirit we will understand what this really means. This quality control and continual improvements is as important to God as the product a manufacturer delivers to it's consumers/customers are to the manufacturer.
A manufacturer wants to command good market share and once he holds it will not want to let go of it. For this reason, within his production team he will set up a well equipped quality control department. What this department will do is to maintain the high quality standards of the company's product and alert immediately of any deviations because deviations will be catastrophical to the company's reputation and growth. The manufacturer understands that in the face of fierce competition, competitors are looking for every means to put him out of business and will not hesitate to use any inconsistencies in his product quality standards against him. His competitors will not delay in diverting all his customers if inconsistencies or lack improvements are detected in his product quality. This is the case with the Devil. He is out to pollute God's products (believers) so that he may ruin the business of God on earth and lead many souls along with him to hell.
Believers are God's workmanship(products) perfectly crafted in Christ Jesus for his works on earth. God created us with a very high quality not even angels who worship before him all day are given the kind of attention He put on us. He sent his Son to die on the cross so we might have his quality life freely given to us. This was the life we received at salvation when we accepted Jesus. Therefore, we shouldn't marvel at the devil's special interest in us.The Devil understands what we are by quality and the impart we can cause on earth. He is looking for every opportunity to contaminate us with sin and hinder as many people as he can from receiving Christ. He knows that inconsistencies and lack of improvements in our spiritual life will make us irrelevant in soul winning.
In order to attack God's purpose the Devil targets His products. He targetted one third of God's angels when he was cast out of heaven and took them along with him. His targets now are believers the custodians of the Spirit of Grace. By his attacks he aims to hinder multitudes from receiving Christ so that when he is cast to hell many will in thesame manner go down with him.
God's work in saving lives in the world depends on the consistently high quality of his products(believers). Because we are not lifeless products he has equipped us with all we will need, as the quality control team of a manufacturer are equipped, to keep our spiritual quality standards always high Eph. 6, Gal. 5:22. He will not be responsible for our failure. Rather if we fail in maintaining our quality He suffers loss and His work on earth in saving men will be unproductive.
In order to maintain high quality spiritual life great men of faith have applied spiritual principles. St. Paul puts his in this way" I die daily" 1 Cor. 15:31 meaning he offers his life over to God everyday consistently Rom. 12:1-2. Timothy was constantly building is Word bank. 2Tim. 3:15-17. Jude applied constant prayer. Jude 20. Peter applied sobriety and spiritual vigilance. 1Pet. 5:8. Revelations puts forth this principle-"Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent... Rev. 3:3a".
The 21st century effect of lack of Spiritual Quality Control is converts in churches with no conviction for their sins. The Holy Spirit is absent in our preachers. We see a huge number of people claiming to have accepted Christ without repentance and baptism of the Holy Ghost. These are half-hearted converts unfit for the kingdom work who only run to answer alter calls because they heard that they need God to become successful but if success doesn't come they fall back.
God is more interested in our quality than our quantity. Jesus testifies that the hosts of heaven rejoice over one sinner that turns genuinely to God Luke. 15:10. This shows that quality is more than quantity. When one sinner genuinely turns to God it means the world to heaven than when one million sinners turn to God without genuine repentance. They only turn their faces to God but are still being pulled into hell from behind by the Devil.
Spiritual Quality Control is proven by the impart of only the twelve apostles of Jesus two thousand years back still being felt all over the world today. They were men with genuine commitment and consecration. They inspired men of their days to live righteously for God because they maintained that quality in their own lives and are still changing men today.
It is time for us to wake up from our Spiritual drowsiness and counterfeit spirituality and serve our Father genuinely. Let's abandon all our clamoring for postion and titles. Instead of using the Gospel to please our sinful self let's truly seek God in holiness and true righteousness in the face of this dark world.
May we receive in our generation the Holy Ghost baptism once again, ability and grace to maintain our Spiritual Quality to be productive in Kingdom work.
Amen.