The Church Today Asleep & in Bondage #5 — Milton Green

Covenant With the Lord and Walking in the Light

You'll know. Because you've got that's the first thing you better know. That you're in covenant with the Lord. Folks, this is so much deception. I want to tell you something. Let me just go ahead and tell you.

We don't know too much. The Lord and his grace has just began to open our eyes a little bit. Don't you believe that Peter? Just a little bit and if we'll walk in this light, it's gonna be open so fast and be so glorious it already is.

We have been deceived from top to bottom deception. We're not going to fight to be sick anymore. Are we we're not going to fight to protect Things that doesn't line up with the Word of God anymore. Are we?

Baptism Into Christ’s Death and Newness of Life

Now first three or do you not know? That all of us who've been baptized in the Christ Jesus have been baptized into his what death first four. Therefore we've been buried with him through baptized baptism in to what?

Death in order now. We're going to see what in order for what right here that is Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father. This is in order. So we too Might walk in what? We're baptized into death so me might walk in newness of life.

See when you walk in newness of life, you're no longer walk talking and acting like the world and the devil you understand that. Now and still you do understand it. You're going to be deceived by your thoughts and you will not take thoughts captive.

Because you're going to think those thoughts are all right those satanic thoughts. You can no longer do the things your carton pleases. It's supposed to die. All right now verse 5. But if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death Certainly we shall also Be be also in the likeness of his resurrection.

Isn't that right? Now there's this that are we talking about the image of like and being conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the newness of life that we walk into being conformed to the image of Jesus.

Which is where Adam fell and became the earthly which this process Reverse through the second Adam that we're to become in the likeness and image of God if you're in the likeness image of God. You know what you're doing.

You're walking and talking and acting like God. That's godliness manifested in the flesh. Are you seeing that? Okay. Now verse 6 knowing that our what? Old self or old man was what? Crucified with him that our body of sin might be done away with that.

We should no longer be slaves to sin now some people think that He just Jesus already did it for us. Of course he did but I'm going to tell you what. That was not a license that he did it for us that we turn around and say our words and walk away to walk.

Talk and act like the devil what he did for us right there it's brought the power and a victory at Calvary the power of cross and the Strength and the grace and the power to overcome sin and the devil and our walk to walk in this covenant and In the likeness of God walking in covenant.

It really simply means walking in the likeness and image in God being like God instead of being like the devil. That's what covenant who you make your covenant with. Let me just show you something else when pride comes to talk to you.

When hate comes to talk to you. When unforgiveness comes to talk to you and You don't resist it and you get in agreement with unforgiveness here in your heart you make a covenant with Satan. Let me tell you another way to put it.

Every time anyone ever hurts you or disappoints you immediately a Demon of unforgiveness or resentment comes to you. And it begins talking to you. She shouldn't have done that. As good as I have been to her Mary and everything She shouldn't have never done to that see it begins building a case against that person.

Yeah, they're ready. They're watching it see and see it's unforgiveness. See the Bible's already said forgive, right? But see that you're like, yeah, sure. Mr. Devil. Sure. That's right. You're right.

I mean, I just I'd yeah I hate her too. Yeah, I sure do. Yeah, I sure do. Mr. Devil. Yeah, I want to murder her too. Yeah you and You're listen to this see an unforgiveness and see. What happens is it's unforgiveness?

You listen to this case, you know, you've had that to happen to you. Until you get an agreement with this. I'd see he gets you an agreement with him in your heart. And you know what happens when you get an agreement?

With this unforgiveness in your heart, you know what happens in he moves into your house with you. You know why he moves in your house with you because here's what God sees you doing. God I find greater treasure in unforgiveness than I do forgiveness and God says Bang you can have the other spirit then you like evil.

You get evil and then you walk around and it's unforgiveness unforgiveness. Resentment and you go to bed at night. And it's all it's on your mind unforgiveness unforgiveness resentment you wake up in the night.

Unforgiveness not reset storm it you wake up in the morning. Unforgiveness unforgiveness resentment resentment resentment and you know what happened moves in then a Spirit of criticism see if that just begins a family because anytime anybody has resentment and unforgiveness.

Then they become their mouth becomes critical and then that demon of criticism moves in there and just criticism. Everybody's home one more walking from his criticism criticism criticism judgment. Judgmental and attitude, you know just to criticize everything and move then it even a whole hurt feelings.

See, this is just one family moving in to that house with you. You see why I'm asked you what floor you live on. Then that hurt feelings and you're hurt with this and you hurt with that and he walked in front of me and she did that.

And then see that's torment and it hurt and then the next one it moves in there's old bitterness. You get on down there. No bitterness comes in there and there old bitterness is and you just bitter and Bitter and you'll stay bitter if you live to be a hundred and seventy five years old.

You'll stay there. Until you repent and Change directions in your heart. You know who follows bitterness? Diseases. And they just bring diseases into your body. Arthritis. She'd be free of arthritis. You're not supposed to have arthritis.

It's no big problem to get rid of arthritis. The big problem is walking with Jesus. A big problem is being agreeing with God instead of the devil. See ever see. Everybody's been programmed to get your experience and get your flesh blessed.

Instead of walking in covenant. Well, I'm going to tell you you'll not be safe free from arthritis. So you're not safe free from anything else. Until you walk in covenant. Verse 7 for he who has died is freed from sin.

You understand when we understand how the powers of darkness when we understand what they're doing and everything and that God did intend for us. Is it is this Bible written to be understood? And we have understand you what's going to happen.

You have to have understanding to be in a war, don't you? I'm going to tell you what the Lord is going to open your eyes. This is so much between now and Saturday you're gonna see things and Immediately then it comes to your mind your family and people you love and everything.

I tell you what you better concentrate on folks. You better concentrate on Lighting your own life up with this word right here and then you've become a tree of life and help other people. Amen. All right now in verse 11.

Grace, Righteousness, and Freedom From Sin

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies that you should what? You don't obey the lust of this carton. You don't do the things that you please.

Now verse 13 and do not go on presenting the members your bodies to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. But present yourself to God as those alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

For sin shall not be master over you for you're not under law, but under what? All right, you're under grace. Now. May I tell you something look at me. Do you understand? Are you getting some comprehension about the grace of God on our lives?

Do you know that everything that. That's good. It's just grace that God does to us and you know that when you sin or get make covenant with the devil or agree with The devil, you know what you're doing.

You are sinning against grace. Don't that break your heart. When you sin you sin against grace the grace of God the God kind of love loving kindness you sin against mercy. I do too when I sin I sin against mercy and grace.

I sin against a God kind of love now verse 15. What then shall we sin because we're not under the law but under what? Grace. May here's your answer. You're ready now. May it never be. Is that plain? You know when you start noticing the Bible saying the same thing all over the place, isn't it?

It's a lot different when we pick and choose, isn't it now verse 16? Do you not know that when you present yourself to someone as slaves for obedience. You are slaves of the one whom you obey you want to stop meditate on that.

We'll see who you're a slave of look you fruit. Look you walk. Look you deeds. You're slaves or whoever you obey. Let me just tell you what. You're a slave of the devil. You're a slave of God. You're a slave of sin or you're a slave of righteousness one of the two you'll know them by their what fruit.

You're a slave's the one whom you obey either of sin resulting in what sin results in death or of obedience resulting in what a Righteousness, but thanks be to God that you what's that word there? All right, I want you to circle word.

You were slaves of sin. That means you were you're not anymore. You became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed. Now if you you notice this comes from the heart the heart from the heart man believes into righteousness.

Not the head up here and having been freed from sin. You became what I'll ask you and you can answer that before the Lord. Are you a slave of righteousness? Just you answered that before the Lord. Are you a slave of sin or you a slave of righteousness?

Because I want to tell you something folks we get back the same old thing all over and over and over and over if you're Not overcoming the world the flesh and the devil. I want you to know the world of flesh and the devil is overcoming you.

Well, I'm tell you it's a new day and it's glorious. I Mean it is poor first. 22. But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God. Are you enslaved to God you derive your benefit resulting in sanctification?

May I stop right there and tell you something about sanctification? When you're enslaved to God. Another put that this results in you're being separated from the world. Sanctification is separation to God.

Holiness, that's when you become choose to become a slave to God. You get everything. Do you know that are you seeing a difference? Then live in eternity and living for a piece of painted steel. You understand that love comes from here the heart.

Do you want to love the one who created you and loves you with the love that can't even be? Comprehended that he loves you with the love that he came here. He was spat upon in the face. He was hit in the face.

His beard was snatched out. They put a crown of thorns. Nailed the one who created you through Christ Jesus all things are created in heaven. Earth nailed him to a cross beat him until his insides were out and.

Then he could look on someone that did it and said forgive them father. They don't know what they're doing. Do you want to shake your fist in his face too? When it results in here you you become enslaved to God you derive your benefit resulting in sanctification and the outcome is what?

Eternal life for the wages of sin is what? Death but the free gift of God is eternal life. I want you to know the wage of sin is death. Front row back row. Platform you gonna remember that? See because somebody comes a church member they think that's a license, you know.

It'll be a walk in sin and walk over the devil. That's a big deception. That's why people like Billy Graham. And many evangelists look over and see the lostness of the church and he make a remark. As many people quote Billy Graham is saying that 75 of the church is lost.

The rub comes when you look them in the face and you tell them you're resisting the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. See that's upsets numbers if your priority is numbers. Then you don't want to mess with that because numbers is more important and let getting people into heaven.

Are you seeing the perversion? See their people when they know the truth, it's heaven or hell. Do you think people won't answer for that? God's not in 25 miles of folks. Where there's partiality? Unrighteousness or the seeking of a bribe.

Forget it. God's not there religious demons are. Fletcher live and opens the door for a person to come under a demonic bond. You when you when a person choose to leave a Live after this carton right here the nature of it.

The only thing he doesn't just come on in Satan. Because he's living under the Satan's will the nature is in agreement rather than the will of God. Are you seeing that? You choose. See fleshly sin is choosing a God Who please their flesh rather than true and living God because you understand that your flesh lacks demon talk.

The demon that always come and please the flesh. So that's what you're choosing. You're choosing these the God the God of this world are the gods of this world to please your Flesh rather than true and living God.

Are you seeing this? See they come up here. This is what happens when we leave that scripture out. We don't take thoughts captive and to the beat. It's to be the likeness and image of God. We take these thoughts and receive a minimum and act on them so we can be the image and likeness of Satan.

Are you seeing this? That's what happens when you don't discern between good and evil see all. Fleshly sin flows out of the old man the carton there. Say Satan appeals to the flesh senses you already see this he comes and he appeals to stir them up come alive flesh.

See, you're a tree of the field. You ever you know in Isaiah where the trees the field clap their hands. And you can tell who you listen to be a fruit. Now. Let me just tell you again. Is this seed? That is seed if you receive God's seed and you you know, hey take something to heart.

You know how you eat something to seed. You take it to heart see, that's where the field is and If you take this seed Right here to your heart. Then you're gonna you're gonna bear fruit for God. It's going to come out because you're a tree of the field, right?

What's going to water it the Holy Spirit, right? All right now. When you receive the seed of the devil lust murder hate Unforgiveness and you let that seed get planted in there. That's words. See there's a word and there's words then.

That will all shall show up as the fruit on your tree. Amen. But you remember now what it's a fruit of righteousness. The fruit of righteousness which is walking right in God's eyes seeing things before God's point of view.

That is being righteousness. That is what is righteous is the fruit of righteousness is a tree of life. And everywhere you go you become a tree of life. Are you seeing that and people come to get fruit off that tree now?

I want to remind you again is Romans 13 14. We don't we don't turn there. We know we put on the Lord Jesus Christ. And we make no provision for the lust the flesh the fleshly desires the will of God. We know this covenant in the word and he says it isn't that right?

That's covenant. That's covenant. See when we receive Jesus Christ is Lord. You know what you do you take an oath. That you're going to walk in covenant. Now. What is the purpose for you to come and Pretend that you're going to make Jesus Christ the Lord while you're making covenant with Satan.

Is that what they call double-mindedness? Huh? Well, we only know in James 1 a double-minded man receives nothing from God in that right? Are you seeing the deception? Are you seeing what enemy can do to you when you're not in the war?

Are you seeing how the whole world is puppets. Are you seeing how we've been puppets. But when you know the truth, what's it do I? Tell you what a Church is gonna have to be free. They have get out bondage before they walk the Lord.

I would just tell you that right now. They're gonna have to get free. They're gonna have to be free before they go. I think there's no walking with Jesus till they get free. Hey, they're gonna have to get these late lever pullers out of there.

Walking According to the Spirit in Romans 8

I want you to turn with me to Romans 8, please. Romans 8. You know that all we're doing right now. You wonder where we're going. I'm gonna tell you this is a foundation for us to get into something real exciting because I'm gonna come to a place I'm gonna come to a place of you what.

I'm not gonna do much talking. I'm just gonna be reading scripture isn't gonna be any part for me to say them. There's a holy Holy Spirit just speak to you right there. We just go through that thing and you're just almost gonna leave here.

I Don't tell you this is good news the one that's receiving it. It's bad news. Of course the ones that don't a lot of people don't like this kind of bread. It's kind of dull. They like that soup line bread don't they hide in chapter 8 now when You know chapter 7 talk Paul is talking about the spiritual warfare.

He's in He finds himself doing the things he doesn't he doesn't want to do you remember that? My won't read it sometime. But he'd be when he gets to the end he says thank God I am set free through what Covenant He said I'm free now in Christ Jesus from all that so now in the first one He says in chapter 8.

There's now no longer no guilt or condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. He's free and then you look in verse 4 in order that this was what went with over in Galatians 5 16. In order that the requirements of the law and God does have his law requirements might be fully not fulfilled in us.

Who do not what? I Want you to mark that do not walk. We do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. I Want you to know the requirements of God? Are fulfilled and the ones who walk after the Spirit not the ones who walk after the flesh.

Because the ones that walk after the flesh are in agreement with Satan. The ones that walk after the Spirit are the ones That the law is fulfilled in because they're in agreement to the image and likeness of God.

Amen. For those who are that's talking about walking verse 5 According to the flesh now every time you see is this where the war is up here folks. Look at me. Look at me. Is this where the war is in your mind every time you come to mind right here?

I want you just to make you a big old circle around it. Will you do it? Verse 5 for those who are walking according to the flesh. Set their minds there. It is if they're walking toward the flesh their minds are set on the things of the flesh.

But those who are walking according to the Spirit they set their minds on why? Things of the Spirit now, let me show you how you set your mind. You choose, you know when you set that television on channel 12, you just set it there.

It doesn't jump off does it it just stays right there when you put that radio station on 100 you turn the dial you set it and that's where it's it. May I ask you where your mind is set? It's your mind set on things of the flesh is your mind set on things of the Spirit now verse 6.

For the mind mark mind Set on the flesh is what? Death. But the mind set on the Spirit is what? Another. Another way to say that a mind that set on temporal things and worldly things is death. But the mind set on the heavenly things and eternally things are where life and peace is.

So you find people going to bars and they go to many places. They're trying to find peace. Peace only comes in one place. That's covenant and in the heavenlies now. Here's the flesh verse 7. Because the mind there it is right there mark mine again set on the flesh.

It's hostile toward God. It does not subject itself to the Word of God. It's not even able to do so now. Are you beginning to see something? People who are walking out the flesh and not taking thoughts captive.

I'm living for eternal things. They come to this word right here. You know how that what they do when they come this word now look at me and listen to me. The carton is hostile. It doesn't lack part of this Bible, but the carton is real religious.

It'll take some. I'll take some of that. But the carton doesn't lack. These two chapters right there. So let's just skip that. I'm hostile the cartons hostile to that. So we'll skip over that they don't like that.

We'd go over here. Yeah, I'll take that. I'll take those few verses right there, but I don't like that one down there. That's flesh. If you're in a spirit, you won't ever jot and tittle. Are you hear me as a matter of fact if you're in a spirit.

You fear God. About not having ever jot and tittle. That's another way to put it. I want you to understand the flesh is hostile toward this Word of God. Because the flesh doesn't want to give up its life it does not want to lose its life.

Flesh does not want to make covenant because flesh is Lord. You have to choose death and see don't make any big thing out of it. You choose it and God does it. He's already done it you just get in on it.

Amen. So when you start to do something the enemy comes along and he said He knows you know that God. Want you to enjoy yourself in this world. Have God really said he could. That's not the God I know.

Well, you better meet the one we've been reading about in this Bible. Amen. All right now eight for those who are what? In the flesh cannot please God now we got some more refrigerator verses here before now I really would like to suggest you put this one at the top these two right here.

We're fixed to look at Romans 8 verse 13. For if you're living according to the flesh you must die. Is that plain? But if by the Spirit the Spirit of God. You're putting to death the deeds of this carton right here you will Live as that kind of making a big thick line between life and death.

Huh? It's not hard to tell where life is and where death is right there if you can read is it? What do you ever wonder who the sons of God is? Well, the next verse tells you it's plain. For all have been led by the Spirit of God, these are the ones that son to God.

Unless you've got something else worked out. And you just found out the one that's being led by the Spirit of God is putting to death the deeds of this carton. Ain't that what he said? Let me say it again.

The ones who are led by the Spirit of God are the ones that son to God. Did you read that in your Bible? Did you also read there in verse 13 if you're being led by the Spirit of God? You're putting to death the deeds of the carton right here.

Ain't that what he said? Now that's who the sons of God are you're gonna know them by their what? You know what? We're gonna be looking at later on. Let me just give you a preview. We're gonna look at false teachers.

You're gonna see a false teachers someone it leads people. After the flesh. That's why I told you ain't never been a time of false prophets and false teachings. They are right now. You'll receive it if you see it in the Bible, won't you?

Deception, False Teachers, and Strongholds

See all this stuff is an agreement with Satan. We've been in a war her mind every time you sit down and read the Bible. They're there, too. See when you receive a lie. Wherever you receive a lie from you reject the truth and when you receive a lie It becomes a stronghold in you and this is why some people and okay, they receive a lie about healing.

And they can read this Bible from front to back and when they come to anything that has anything to do with healing. They can't see it. It's blind to it. Just blinds a bat. I Can't see it. You see the enemy has set up these patterns.

Where we react let me just share a little story. I Several months back. Matter of fact, I think it's close to a couple of years that I was in Dothan and they were Jim Hilton and though and Dudley were preaching in a revival and and they asked me to come down to just Share with the pastors and I thought he's gonna be a few but rather they were about 40-something pastors.

It showed up this mean Why ain't never even heard of me? That's all right. If you can hear God, you know it and let me turn to it here so They're about 40-something pastors there and I Walked up to the front and they didn't know me.

I didn't know them and. And I Got my Bible and I didn't say anything. This is all I did. I just walked up and I read. Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues for if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful therefore my brethren Desire earnestly to prophesy and do not forbid to speak in tongues.

And I just stood there for a little bit and then I asked them what's that rising up in you. Where is that coming from? If I'm not mistaken, I just I just read the Word of God. Just God. Do you always react?

To the Word of God. You see if you've got idle folks or a gold calf. He starts right in there. And it began raised up and when he gets right up in there he'll kick you and I explained to him. I said I'm still learning some things about gifts and tongues too, but See, I've always been a Baptist Church like you have but I said, I just want to point out something.

You're in deception you're in deception. But the powers of darkness. And I can share some things. That's my part to help you. And I'm not trying to be smart or cute. I Want to help you. I think it just kind of got proved that you need some help and Lost ten pastors.

Let me ask you something does that change God. Do you have to have 40 pastors for you have a meeting? Well 30 of us had a great big time for three weeks. I want to tell you something folks. Here's where we've come to.

God knows what to call everything. There's no wisdom or counsel or understanding against God. Now, I'll tell you something mankind is stupid. And you're gonna we're gonna see a lot of this stupidity each night.

It'll get good tomorrow night. As a matter of fact if you've got someone that you really want to help tomorrow. Not what probably just might be so they don't get lost in this thing. They can still Follow through if there's someone you just might make a note of that if you want to bring them with you because the only way.

They're people gonna get help. They're gonna hear the Word of God. They're not gonna be help. But anyway, I'm gonna tell you something that one of the most blessed things That the Lord ever did in my life happened one time see I'm Cleveland, Tennessee as a friendly carpet cleaner, and I had a story building That I was cleaning and every year on The top floor was the officers in this Organization and as they would change some of the officers and everything and they were some of the houses that they own big homes Would become vacant and sometimes I would be called to clean These houses and so this particular time and when I work for these people I want to tell you what I made sure it was done right because I like this I sent him a bill and they just sent me the check see and that's good.

And so This particular time I was called at this home and I walked in there and I saw see I'm in a carpet cleaning business I know carpet cleaning is my business and so I looked and I saw that the extra.

This was going to lead some real extra work to do what needed to be done On this carpet. So rather than the men that I had I went to the theater and I got Carl out of the theater because Carl had more expense and I said Carl I Want you to be in charge of this now because I couldn't be there and I here's exactly the way that I want you to do to clean this carpet and I Instructed Carl and him and I said do not be in any hurry because I want this done right because see when you clean carpet You get one shot at it because if you don't get it clean the first time you cannot come back and Go back over it again because you'll get the carpet too wet and it'll pull away from the walls and that's not good.

So anyway, I left I left and I came back to check on them later and they were loading up the equipment. I Told you the carpet cleaning business is mine. I know how long it takes to clean carpet to it.

I knew before I walked in there they couldn't clean that carpet and clean it correctly and that length of time. So I just walked right on past him I walked in and what I just look at the pivot areas where you turn and I looked and I saw it I saw dirt.

I Turn around I go back out and get Carl. I said Carl Come in. I want to talk to you. I Said Carl what happened that you didn't clean the carpet and Carl says. He opened his mouth and he began just see I'm looking at it and he just talked and he talked and he talked and he Talked and he talked and he talked it just kept talking and talking and talking and talking.

See, I I'm looking at it and I thought call whenever would take a breath and Finally call took a breath. I said, holy cow. Hold it. Hold it right there. Just hold it one minute. Call look at me. Look at me here call call.

What's this in front of my feet and Carl just dropped his head and he said dirt. I Said Carl, I sure I'm glad you call this what I call it or you and I couldn't work together anymore. Now, wouldn't it be something?

See I'm in a dirt business and If he's supposed to be and he can't even see dirt, what good would he be for him? He and I to be work together. I Wouldn't need to separate my money from him right there and see if he couldn't see it.

What if he said that nothing? What are you talking about. Carl would had to go with me. Is that right? He need to go find him another job. I'm in a dirt business. So I said now there's two things Carl.

Number one they pay us to get this out and number two Anywhere we ever go as long as you ever work with me. Always get this out. Because see now we have to take all equipment and we have to come back and clean this whole house again, and that's not good and so Carl kind of repented didn't he and so Carl called it what I call it, didn't he?

So I went back to my little truck and I sat down and just as I sat down in it God spoke to me you know how God can show you something like that and it take you a half an hour to explain it and This is what he said.

He said no milk. He said that's exactly the way I'm about sin. He says I Know what to call sin. See I was having a few problems in. He said I know what to call sin, but when you just Justify it and talk and talk when you justify it.

Not only you condemn me that I don't know what I'm doing. But it prevents me. You from me from going on see I know what to call it and see when you call it dirt. Like I call it dirt then you and I Can go on do you see what I'm telling you.

Do you know? Until you call sin in your life. I mean now what God calls it. You'll go go ever go no further than what you are right now. Because that is what the enemy in your life is holding on to. Right there.

He has a ground to be there and he'll laugh at anyone it comes along to try to remove him. He will not be moved because he's holding right on. I Wouldn't be involved in 75 of the people I've been involved with in deliverance had I known what I know right now.

See if a person does not repent and walk with Jesus it becomes a despairing thing for them to just cast out demons. Because they'll decide later on. It just doesn't work. I don't deal with demons and people until they come and sit in the Word of God and Read to walk with Jesus as obviously someone's going to spend all week and Then you spend all day Saturday.

That's why God is going to do a bunch in you because he likes that. Because you obviously does have a desire for God and this kind of bread. To come and sit down he honors it and he moves and I never know exactly what all he's going to do.

But I always watch him do it. It's so glorious and so wonderful and don't get to lay hands on anyone. Which means it's all right to but let's see until we get in a place where we get Quit glory and in these cartons and everything and we start we we man has a word.