Eraser - Deuteronomy 12:2-5

"When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods...Break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars...Completely erase the names of their gods....you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored." When the Israelites were about to enter the land of Canaan, Moses instructed them that an important aspect of possessing the promised land would be to dispossess the evil that was in the land. God cannot cohabit with sin and evil. The Israelites were commanded to destroy every vestige of pagan worship and build a nation where only God would be recognized as God among them. And then God would live among his people in a designated location by placing his name there. What was true for ancient Israel is also true for us in our present lives. When God places His name on you and lives in you, you must eliminate all visible trace or evidence of those things that once existed in your life but no longer exist because of the new life you have in Christ: "So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life" (Romans 6:11-13). When you possess the life of Christ, then you must erase sin and all the things that can cause you to sin from your life.