(Saved Through the Fire) 08 - the Walk of Peace — Milton Green

This is tape number eight in a series. We urge you to listen to all the tapes in this series in numerical order. So that the whole teaching can be received and understood. Listening to a part of this series or to the tapes out of sequence can lead to a Misunderstanding of the nature the intent and the importance of this series.

Now folks.

Salvation as a Walk of Righteousness

We've been looking at salvation and we know that we're led to a place to bear the fruit of righteousness aren't we? And that's what Jesus Christ came here because we have when we come the Lord with our mouth is bearing the fruit of lawlessness and we're walking on the judgment of God's law of love and we're death is working in us and destruction.

Now if you're in Hebrews 12 you see there That Our father's discipline the one who the Lord loves he disciplines and he reproves there in verses 5 and 6. And we also see there in verse 9 that the Lord disciplines us as our fathers on earth disciplines and Verse 10 we see that our father discipline for a short time has seen best of them.

But he disciplined for our good so we can remove all the lawlessness. We're no longer conformed to the former lust but like the Holy One and call us we're going to be holy in all of behavior and You have to remove lawlessness and that's what sanctification is in order to bear the fruit of righteousness and We see in verse 11 all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful.

When you're dying and taking up your cross, it's sorrowful. Yet those who've been trained by this discipline of the Spirit. Afterwards, it's going to yield a peaceful fruit of righteousness. Which you love joy peace long-suffering goodness gentleness meekness temperance faith which against such things there is no law.

And that's how the law is fulfilled in Christ. We bear the fruit of righteousness. Now many people profess to know God and they have different many different walks of traditions. They love the world. They love religion.

But there's only a few that's going to find a narrow door. It's a small door in a narrow way, but many are going to walk the road destruction. Saying there are people of God and they're going to say Lord Lord.

We cast out demons prophesied did miracles and he say depart from me. I never did know you. So That you better beware and I want to make you aware right now That the Lord Spirit does not confirm Confirm unrighteousness, and so I want you to unders also understand.

If gifts are working to a person that bears that fruit of lawlessness. And he's not overcoming it and he's not being led by the Spirit of God. What spirit do you thinks working with him? So then as we're walking in love We're going to see in Philippians 1 when we get to it that we come into the place of discernment.

But if you look there We see. Let me just get you to turn back hold your place and turn back to Isaiah 35. The thing and working righteousness if you're walking in righteous, you're fulfilling God's law.

You're doing God's law and if you're walking in holiness, you're doing God's law and we know this is all done instinctively. Being led by the Spirit of God. By our love relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, we instinctively become doers of God's law.

The Highway of Holiness

So now as we walk in this walk, and if we're finding out these truth that we're supposed to make a straight path. We're learning That we need to get on this straight path. And what is this straight path called?

It's called the walk of holiness. Amen. And a walk of holiness is everywhere you go. You're walking in holiness. Amen and we see in verse 3 Isaiah 35 verse 3. What are we going to do encourage the exhausted and strengthen the feeble it and help them get up on this highway of holiness.

Amen. I can't hear you. Because everyone is not been walking in the highway of holiness are being exhausted and strengthened. And that's what we were warned about in in the loop 21. That you don't get involved with dissipation and the worries of this life.

You better keep praying that you're going to have some strength to survive all these things. Amen, and then stand before the Son of God you're going to endure by the end. Is that correct? All right now verse 3 and courage the exhausted Strengthen the feeble.

That's what we do. That's what love does we say to those with an anxious heart. Take courage. Fear not behold your Lord. God will come with vengeance the day of the Lord the recompense of God will come.

But he will save you sign from the wrath of God's what he's talking about. Then the eyes of this blind will be open their eyes arise being open. I Can't hear you. Are the ears of the death being unstopped or our ears being unstopped?

All right. Now are we being healed? Then the lame are going to leap like a deer skip like a cave and The tongue of the dumb is going to shout for joy and a waters. That's the Word of God in spiritual understanding that Daniel talk about.

It's going to break forth in the wilderness the streams in rabbi a scorched land the scorched land in the parable the word James 1 and in Revelation is talking about the oppression of the powers of darkness and The scorched land is but going to come a pool and a thirsty grounds going to become springs of water.

This is what we're walking to in a hone of jackal. That's where the the powers of darkness have been its resting place. Grass is we're going to come reads and rushes. The water is going to move in and a Highway is going to be there a roadway and it's going to be called the highway of holiness.

The unclean will not travel on this highway. They can't get on it but it's going to be for him who walks that way in holiness and The foolish virgins the fools are not going to wander on it. No land no powers that Agnes can get up on this highway, they can't touch anyone on it.

Nor will any violent beasts go up on it. These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there and the ransom know the Lord will return to the Lord and it going to come with joyful shouting design glory be to God forevermore with everlasting joy upon their heads and they're going to find this gladness and joy that was taken from the house of God and all the Sorrow and sign is going to flee away.

Glory be to God. I wish we had some symbols. Now we know how to go design don't we? Now let's stop back over there. And what did we see in Hebrews 12 verse 11? All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but it's going to come.

I want you to remember what Jesus did right there. Verse 2. We're fixing our eyes on Jesus just like he did on the father the author and perfecter of our faith who for the joy set before Him he endured the cross.

That's what you and I are doing. We got the joy set before us. We're going to endure the cross. But it seems not to be joyful. But sorrow yet to those who've been trained to this discipline. After it is going to yield a peaceful fruit of righteousness and when you get on this straight path right here folks all this stuff That's on us is going to start coming off.

Therefore. It says verse 12 therefore strengthen. The hands are weak you exhausted and feeble and the knees that are feeble and start making these stress straight paths of holiness. And righteousness for your feet so that the lamb which is lame is not going to be put out of joint anymore.

But rather it's going to be healed walking on the highway of holiness. So we're going to pursue peace with all men. That's holiness and righteousness and the sanctification which is a pure heart. That's the only way you get in design.

Without which no man No one is going to see the Lord. And verse 22 So we have come to Mount Zion and that's where Jesus is returning to Mount Zion to his people and to the city of the Living God the heavenly Jerusalem and the marriage of angels and the General Assembly it is the church of the firstborn Who enrolled in heaven to the God and judge of all and in this church this heavenly Jerusalem in Zion is the spirits of righteous men Who've been made perfect?

The highway of holiness leads design and Here the ones who will not be on this highway you back up and see them in verse 8. But if you're without discipline of which all the sons of God have become partakers.

Then you're illegitimate children. You're not sons and we see there in verse 15 see to it. That no one comes short of the grace of God. That no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and by it many be defiled and when bitterness springs up.

You know what? It does a bitter person goes to someone else and then you have to be or two people two people bitter. These two go to four those four go to eight those eight go to 16 and it spreads all over.

It is dealt with in the body of Christ. You don't let it spread and Then verse 16. See to it that no immoral or godless person like Esau Who sold his own birthright which is salvation? For a single meal for fleshly desires don't sell your birthright of salvation for the flesh they desires.

Are you seeing what I'm saying? Now I Want you to turn? Just real quickly and I want you to remember example of what unrighteousness is turn back to Romans 1 real quickly Romans 1 Romans 1 and we see the fruit.

I tell you why you do it. Just turn to Luke 8 also Romans 1 and turn bowing back to Luke 8. I'm going to tell you what when you get your Bible up in bed. You and you get where you hold about seven places at the same time.

I mean God's talking to you. Hey, man, I'll tell you what I've laughed at myself. Some of the things I've done everything stick my toes in the Bible just kind of hold places for me. I wouldn't lose it.

I knew if I lose it. I'd I'll hold that place. I don't let it get away from me. Hey, man. Glory be to God. All right. Now here we are in Romans 2 when we got Romans 1 rather. We're going to see this fruit right here of unrighteousness verse 29 being filled with all unrighteousness.

Here it is. Wickedness greed malice full of envy murder strife deceit. Malice their gossip slanders haters of God influence. All of this has worked to the flesh arrogant boastful inventors disobedient without understanding untrustworthy.

Unloving unmerciful and although they know the ordinance of God that those the commandments of God that those who practice Such things are worthy of death and all and do the same to give hearty approval those that practice them.

Well right there you see it. There's a fruit of unrighteousness. Jesus come through discipline to remove this so we could bear the fruit so we can bear the fruit of righteousness there. Against such things there is no law now.

Who is going to bear it can now how many know that that's how Jesus came to? Save you from the wrath of God. By getting all your sins on the blood and if you're not obedient to the Spirit and word then you die in your sins.

Amen. Huh? Now I want you to see this right here and let every bang go and turn back to Luke 8. Now, let's just see. Many are going to try to enter in the kingdom. But only a few are going to do it and we see in verse 9 and his disciples you can always disciples.

You're talking about the body of Christ. So I began questioning as to what this parable they're talking about the parable the word. What it might mean. And Verse 10 and he said I to you disciples is it being granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God?

But to the rest in order that and this is the message that's trying to tell the church in order that. Seeing they may not see spiritually and hearing they may not understand spiritually. They can't see hear understand and that was Isaiah 6 we're talking about and so go and go and tell them now verse 11.

Now the parable is this the seed is the Word of God and those beside the road of holiness. Are those who hear the Word of God look at me? Everything we go where we go. We're walking on the road of holiness.

Look at me. Somebody's not looking. We're walking the road of holiness and we speak the word we speak the seeds of God everywhere we go. Amen, we speak the Word of God. We scatter the seed everywhere we go and Some of the seed the word that you share fall on hardened hearts.

Some of them may have no desire to know God. Some of them are hearts are in the world. Amen, this is what you're fixing to see the ones that get saved. There's only one of them that gets saved. He has a heart that loves God with all his heart.

He's on the one it saved. Marat the God the rest of them die in their sins. Now, I want you to see it. First one right there verse 11. The verse 12 and those beside this roll a whole whole road of holiness are those who hear the Word of God.

Then the powers of darkness that devil comes and takes away the word from their heart. Why he calls them to love something else more so that they may not believe and be what? They deny the see if a power the word can't wash you if you deny the word.

If the words taken out of your heart, then it can't worship, right? It only comes into your heart when you love the Lord with all your heart now in verse 13 and Those on a rocky soul. These are the one that have a hardened heart and those when they hear the Word of God they receive the word word with joy and These have no firm root in the Lord Jesus Christ.

So they believe for how long I Can't hear you. They believe for a while the hero once again. Here's once saved always say they believe for a while and In time of temptation when the powers of darkness tempt them off from things is they can love more than God.

What do they do? They fall away and that's something and Now in verse 14 and the seed which fell among the thorns. These are the one he hear the Word of God and they go whose way. Their way their own business farm oxen and they're choked with what?

The worries and the riches and the pleasures of this life and they bring no fruit to what? Uh-oh. Now, let me ask you something. Is that everybody look at me is the evangelist pastor prophet teacher.

Are they supposed to bring us the unity of the faith to be the mature man? To the same fullness of stature, which is Christ. Well, you got to teach some people about the world right there. Because they're never going to make it with the world in church.

Obviously, are they then the only one it makes it right here is in verse 15. He's the only one is saved. Here's salvation and the seed is sown in a good soul that's a man it has a sincere heart. These are the ones who hear the Word of God in an honest and a good heart.

They have a good heart. It really loves the Lord and when you really love the Lord you welcome this word and you hold it fast. And then it bears fruit of righteousness. With what? You walk in perseverance.

Is that what we saw over in Revelation 14? The Saints who endure they persevere beholding doing the commandments of God and holding the testimony of Jesus. Is that what we saw? Now let's turn back to Matthew 13 and they overcome the old boy you overcome that the devil is a.

But the word blood of the Lamb the word of your testimony and love not. Your life flesh your life unto death. Amen. Matthew 13 did I tell you that the powers of darkness was? With a scorched. Cause the scorched places.

I'm going to show you this to you in just a minute. Okay. Well, let me just read it to you verse 6. Let's verse 5 and others fell on the rocky soil. This is a hardened heart. There's the people that have to hear the Word of God and they got hardened hearts.

And they do not have much soil and immediately that sprang they sprang up because they had no depth of soil and when the Sun Has risen now here comes the heat and the fire they were scorched and because they had no root in the Lord Jesus Christ.

They just withered away. You see what I'm saying now. We've come to harden heart and you're going to see that. That the scorched places that the powers of darkness is to bring persecution and affliction against you.

Let's look at verse 10 and the disciples and came and said to him Jesus. Why do you speak to that multitude out there in parables and he answered and said to them to you disciples? It's been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

But to them it has not been granted to everyone else only disciples can't because see are you already seeing? Unless you have a good heart turn the Lord you can't see hear and understand. You're not gonna be able to hold on this word.

Now you can hear it and you can be joyful for a little while. You can do a backflip and you can just ooh and ah. But you're not gonna be able to hold on to this word unless you the Lord really has your heart.

Amen. For whoever has spiritual understanding it said to him shall more be given and he shall have an abundance. But whoever does not have understanding even what he has gonna be taken away from him the powers of darkness do then.

Therefore I speak to this multitude in parable cause while seeing they do not see while hearing they do not hear. Nor do they have understanding now, that's what happens to people who walk in the form of godliness.

They do not have understanding they're ever learning never able to come to the knowledge of truth. God lets blinders be on there's a veil over their eyes. I don't care how it nice folks that seem to be buddy if God doesn't tell you how their heart they can't see hear and they can't understand and In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled which says you will keep on hearing you'll not understand you'll keep on seeing.

But you'll not perceive and that what we saw a little earlier back in Isaiah. Is that right? For the heart of this people who are not disciples become dull and with the ears they scarcely hear and they've closed their eyes they let they should see with their eyes here with ears understand with the heart and he'd repent and then they repent of Unrighteousness and then they start walking in rice.

Then I should heal them the blessings of God be on them. But blessed are your eyes disciples because they're going to see in your ears because they're going to hear as everybody follow that. Now it is that exactly what we tied together earlier over in Isaiah 6 and when he comes looking for the fruit.

Amen. Now, I hope you're thinking about that now look at verse 18. Here then the parable of the sower. When verse 19 when anyone hears the word of the kingdom now, here's how you keep them being saved.

From a wrath of God when anyone hears the words of the kingdom and does not understand it. He doesn't have understanding because his heart's not turned to God and the powers that I can say just come immediately.

And they snatch away what has been sown in his heart. This is one whom the seed was sown beside the road of holiness. You hear me? Did you hear me? Verse 20 and the one whom the seed was hung on the rocky places now, this is where the scorched places come.

This is a man. He hears the Word of God and immediately he receives it with joy. Joy. Joy. Oh joy. Joy. Joy yet He has no firm root in the Lord Jesus Christ because of his old hardened heart. He's not loving the Lord with all his heart in him Self but he's only temporary.

He only believes for a while and then when the friction and the persecution the powers that I can just bring against him rises. Because of the Word of God. Immediately which direction he go. I Can't hear you.

He falls away from the faith. Why does he fall away from the faith. Because he loves the approval of man. Or he loves other things more than he does God. He Falls away from the faith. Can I tell you something?

This man is not saved no matter what anyone ever tells him. I want you to always remember what the Greek is for falling away. Falling away. Falling away got in the Bible because you can fall away. Now I want you to hold your place and turn to Hebrews 3 praise God.

And let's see. Let's see some of these things. Hebrews 3. Now we got some people here. It's kind of walking in holiness. Hebrews 3 verse 1. Hebrews 3 verse 1. Therefore Holy Brethren partakers of the heavenly calling look in verse 6 the Christ was faithful as a son over his house.

Whom house we are if we hold fast our confidence Holy Brethren and The boast of our hope hope firm until what? Here until the end. Now you look in verse 12. Take ears brethren. No, I missed something.

Let's look at verse 8. Do not harden your hearts like he's talking about in the parable of the Word. Don't have any rocky soul and as When they provoked me after the day of trial in the willness. Don't have a hardened heart then look at verse 12.

Take care of brethren lest there should be in anyone you've got evil unbelieving heart. Which we saw in verse Peter 2 and then you fall away. You fall away you are Holy Brethren and then you fall away from the Living God.

Is that what your Bible says? Verse 14. For we have become but takers of Christ if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance Firm and to the end. Is that right? Now I'm going to just make this brief.

Let's look at Hebrews 5 verse 8. Although Jesus Was a son verse 8. He learned obedience from the things which he suffered. Are we supposed to walk as he walked. Verse 9. And have him been made perfect.

Was he made perfect. Did he love the Lord with all his heart and his neighbors his self? Are we to love one another as Christ loved us and have him been made perfect? We're going to be made perfect also and that's what you call a mature man.

And he became to all those obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ the source of salvation. It didn't say all those that believe that Jesus Christ the Son of God and died on the cross that all the ones that obey him.

Amen. Now we look in verse 13. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness. For he's a babe. You got to move on if you're going to be saved verse 14. You got to go on and be a mature man.

You can't retire as a babe or a child as doctrines tell you can be a carnal Christian. It's a lie verse 14. But solid food is for the what? The mature man and that's what Paul was trying to tell him over in 1st Corinthians 2 and 3, right?

Solid foods mature man. You better get away from that strife and jealousy and move on in these things. Solid food is for the mature who because of what a Practice righteous have their senses trained to discern they discern good and evil.

Isn't that right? Now that's what we're all to do. You don't retire back in 1st Corinthians 3 the Bible keeps going doesn't it the whole Book of Hebrews is telling you how to be perfect and save that's what it is.

You remember what we saw when you get finally get over to Hebrews 12. It's telling you how to be perfect and bear the fruit of righteousness. Amen. Hebrews 6 verse 1 therefore less L leave these elementary teaching about Christ and let us press on the what?

We're going to press on the what. Maturity is what salvation is. Amen. That's the holiness and righteousness. What does he call elementary teaching verse 2 of the instruction about washings and laying on the hand of resurrection of the dead?

That's. That's elementary things. The thing that you do is press on the maturity and the false teaching and the false prophets and the false signs and wonders and everything today are trying the purpose of the devil is to keep you and To entice your heart to not be the mature man you to camp around.

Partial truths are some of the byproducts of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Let's go on to verse 4 for in the case. And let's don't act like this is not in there now for in the case of those if one meant once been enlightened by the Word of God and have tasted of the Heavenly gift and have been partakers of the Spirit of God.

Amen. The Spirit of God was in them and have it tasted a good word of God and the powers age had come and Then have fallen away from the faith. It is impossible to renew them again to repentance. Since they again crucified himself the Son of God and put him to open shame now.

Let me ask you to look turn over to Hebrews 10 and hold you place. Is this exactly what we saw in verse 26 see when you're walking with the Lord and pressing on the maturity? You don't fall away to practice sin.

Is that right if we go on sinning willfully verse 26 after receiving the knowledge of The truth there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment. Verse 29 how much severer punish?

Do you think that he will deserve? Who's trampled underfoot the Son of God and then regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he is sanctified and sold it. The spirit of grace now, that's exactly what it's saying right there.

You put the Son of God to shame. That his blood is not sufficient. Amen. That's what happens when you turn away from God to practice sin. Now, let me make you aware of something when you fall away. It's impossible to renew you to repentance that's when you fall away to the point your heart becomes so hardened That the Word of God can't work in you anymore you know I'm going to give you an example of that after I get through right here.

I'll show you something now verse 7 for ground. Now we're we're in back in Hebrews 6 verse 7 for ground. Where's the ground that will folks? Where's the land it our hearts right? Look at me folks right?

Here's your ground. You know the rain comes out of heaven to give this word. You see that you put the seed in here and then the rain comes out of heaven. You have to water the seed for it to grow, right?

But if you don't get the rain out of heaven, you're going to bear this fruit up here the other one right there. And that right? Okay now. For the ground, all right, I'm gonna read this all over again.

So we got it in context. Let's go to verse 4 for in the case of those who once been enlightened and taste the heavenly gift and they become partakers of the Holy Spirit of God. They've tasted the good word of God and the powers of age to come and then have fallen away from the faith.

They become tempted their hearts turn away. It is impossible to renew them again to repentance since they again Crucify themselves the Son of God and put him to open shame. For the ground or the heart that drinks the rain which often falls upon it it brings forth Vegetation that means love just write it in here.

That's what the mature personhood. It was going to bring forth love and it's useful for those who think it's also tills and what are they going to risk? What are they going to receive for bringing forth this love?

The blessings from God that's what covenant is. Amen. Now let's go on to the next person there. But here's the opposite of it if this ground here yields what? Thorns and thistles like we saw in Matthew 7.

Like we saw in Isaiah 5. It's a worthless land. Is that correct? It's worthless and they're on their way to hell as they descend jubilant into it and that's where we've been walking. But if he yields thorns and thistles now you remember thorns and thistles hold up your hand the thorns and thistles.

It is worthless. It's close to being cursed. In other words, if you begin to yield in these thorns and thistles you're close to being cursed. And if you don't repent and turn around you're going to end up being burned in the fire.

And that real simple but beloved we're convinced of better things concerning you besides thorns and thistles and the things that accompany true salvation. That's the reason we're speaking this way now, I want to show you how it's false teaching leads you to hell.

Falling Away and Destructive Heresy

Hold your places right there in Matthew 13. We're going to come back there, but I want you to turn to 2nd Peter 2 and I want you to see something now. Verse 20. 2nd Peter 2 verse 20. For if after you have escaped the what?

The defilement of the world now defilement of the world is hearts that are walking in Rebellion to God, is that right? That's what defilement is. Have we already seen that somebody shake your head. Where if I truly you've escaped the defilements the world and that's what we saw in 2nd Peter 1 for by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and.

Then you're again entangled back in the world and you're overcome. The last state has become worse for you than what? Than the first. For it would be better for you. To never known the way of righteousness.

Cirque the way of righteousness. Then haven't known it to turn away from what? To turn away from what? To turn away from what? Delivered to them, you know, I've just been laying there all the time in an amazing.

We never could in an amazing that all the smart and intellectual and academics and all that's come through these ages. That we were so smart can't even see something so simple in the word. You can't see anything in the Word of God unless the Spirit of God opens your eyes.

Amen, then the problem of the world is when you turn from the Holy Commandments and you turn back to the world now. You know how the Lord describes this right here. It's like a dog According to the power book.

It's like a dog Who returns to his vomit when you go back to the world, it's like a sow, you know. Hey, you're like a pig. I could get worse with the Word of God son. Then you turn to go jump right back in the pig pen.

Now, let me ask you something right here. Why would it say that it'd been better off for you to never known the way of righteous than haven't known it to turn back? The world for this reason. Since you've known the way of righteousness and you've turned away from rights.

You turn back the world your heart has become so hardened that the word no longer works in you. Whereas if you never had known the way of rights you never had known the truth. Then so you could hear the teaching of the gospel and you can know the truth and there'd be some chance for you to be Saved but since you've already known it and turned from it.