(Fury of Fire) 09 - Close to Being Cursed — Milton Green

Revelation, Tradition, and Perseverance Through Fiery Trials

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He's going to suffer the loss of all things. So, when we go through the fiery trials, folks, all your works are burning up, and you're going to be saved by going through the fire, the fiery test. And you're going to go through the fiery trials, you're not going to fall away.

You're not going to be wood, hay, and stubble. That the fire burns up, you're going to go through the fire, and you're going to be silver and gold. Isn't that right? You're going to overcome, and your good works are going to remain.

And if you continue in Christ, his good works are going to remain. You endure then, you're going to bear good fruit, and your fruit's going to remain. And you're going to endure to the end you're going to be purified you can be sanctified and you're going to be here without you.

You're not going to turn from Christ. You're not going to fall away. You're not going to get any other out of because you're going to be in the war. You're going to resist the devil. You're going to receive eternal life because you've learned the fear of God and that is the fear of God.

What do you think about that? The fear of God is to hate evil. Amen. Praise God forevermore. Isn't that just just something so, you know when we're talking over there that a man's work is burning up. Well, then he's going to still get some rewards and lose some of his words and everything.

He shall suffer loss, but he's going to suffer the loss of all of his own flesh work. But he himself is going to be saved yet. So as through fire are you seeing it? It's if the works of the flesh see because see if you if you kept that just like it is.

But then see what we're saying. You're just going to just lose the rewards. You're just gonna lose your crown. Well, what are you gonna do with these scriptures that we've been seeing if you practice impurity?

Warnings About Sin, Judgment, and the Kingdom of God

Ephesians 5 5, you're not going to enter into the kingdom of God. What are you going to do with the Colossians 3 that the wrath of God comes on those who practice such things? See, that's that scripture has been interpreted totally contrary to 1st Corinthians 6 9 to 11.

It's totally contrary to Galatians 5 19 through 21. If you continue to call that scripture in the first mention 3 what what that says right there. Then you have you have to you you have to say those other scriptures are not saying what they're saying.

And that's exactly what happens then when you say it's not saying what it said you have to take you to the Word of God and You can't be led in all truth, you can't be led into maturity. Amen. I Want you to turn with me to Luke 8 and I want to show you the whole story right there in the parable of works.

And I believe this is going to to bless you. This is really going to bless you. We know the sower went out to sow the Word of God. Verse 5 and he sowed some beside the road and it was trampled the Word of God gets trampled underfoot and the birds the air.

It came and ate it and we know that birds of the air the powers of darkness and then we know in Other seed that's the seed that's the Word of God fell on a hardened heart. It's a rocky soil and as soon as it grew up it withered away.

Why it withered away because it didn't have any moisture the word and withers up and and and the birds there I tell you what they come and gather them and burn them. Verse 7 another seed fell among the thorns and the thorns grew up with it.

There's your thorns and thistles it choked it out because to me heart falls away. Then other seed fell into the good soil and it grew up and produced a good crop. Isn't that right? Okay. Now, let's look at verse 9 and his disciples.

He's a disciple began questioning is what this parable might be now. Here's the disciples are talking in it, right? And he said to you disciples it has been granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God.

But to the rest who are practicing strife and jealousy. To the rest who are practicing strife and jealousy. They cannot learn they don't they are not becoming mature to where they can hear they cannot hear the wisdom of God.

They hear an intellectual wisdom flesh wisdom in that, right? They say I'm a Paulist and I'm of this and I'm that right and they can't hear but to the rest. It's an imperable in order that seeing they may not see.

Hearing they may not understand because the only way you're going to hear All the Word of God is for you to overcome and possess the land and not have any not fall away and let your heart Go to anything else.

Amen. Okay. Now we see now verse 11. Now the parable is this the seed is the Word of God. Okay, and those beside the road now. Let me just show you where the road is if when you're walking down the road you being led to the Spirit of God.

You're on the highway of holiness. Amen and so what do you do on this highway of holiness? You're tossing seed off the road. You'll speak the word Hey, come up here and get on this road with me. Come up here and get it get up here.

There's no beast to feel ain't no devils up here. There's no lions up here. Come up here on this piece up on this road. Come up here. I'm walking down the road and I'm past casting out seed. I'm casting out seed.

I'm casting out seed. Some of it falls on hardened heart and some of it falls on good soul. You get one on good soul. He's gonna come up and get out with you on the highway. Amen, the road is everywhere you go this highway of holiness is everywhere you go.

You're casting the seed you're putting up. Are you hear me? Okay. All right. Now, here we go we're on the highway of holiness and. And this is a seed is the Word of God and those beside the road they come but they're standing out there beside the road of holiness through the world and Those beside the road those they hear the Word of God and just quick as they hear it.

The devil comes and he he takes it away from their heart. He takes the Word of God right out of the heart you put in positive he takes it away with the words. He takes it away many different ways now.

Let's just see some of the ways he does it but you get their heart to love something else. You don't come to Jesus, but he takes away the word from their heart so that they may not what? Believe if they don't believe then they're not gonna be what?

Say, all right. They can't be saved if they don't believe and you have to receive the Word of God to be saved. Is that right? All right. Now y 'all with me right now. Now. I want you to watch very closely.

What happens here are the ways that that that you cast the seed out and the devil comes and takes the word out of heart. So they won't be saved. He causes them to fall away. Are you with me? Here we go now in verse 13 and Those on the rocky soil now, they have hardened hearts.

They have a hard heart, you know, it talks about in first. I know Isaiah 5 about that Jesus, you know in a vineyard there Taking a thorn stones and stones are the hard places in your heart. But those on the rocky soil are those when they hear the Word of God, they receive the word with joy.

They get really excited about the word. Well, but they have no what? They're firm. They're firm. They don't have no firm root in Jesus. They have a heart. The heart is not firmly in the root of Jesus.

Amen. They don't have a firm root in Jesus the Word of God. Amen. Jesus has not not all heart. But they come to him and they get excited about the word now. Let's see here comes the powers of darkness when you start coming to the word brother.

They start coming to put you in the furnace. You're not supposed to do that. Or we'll put you in the fiery furnace if you do that Chad, right? Maybe I can let it go. But when you get in there, you might find a more man in there with you.

Amen. Why his name is Jesus? But anyway and Those in the rocky soil they heard they received the word with joy and they had no firm root. So they believe for what? They believe for a little while but then in time of what?

Here comes the powers of darkness to come and test their heart. What's direct? Who's got their heart? Jesus is something else. Something else has a heart because why they fall away from the faith. They won't persevere and endure.

Amen. They won't get on that highway of holiness, will they? Okay, so now we look in the next verse and the seed here's the Word of God. Which fell among the thorns? Now who are these? These are the ones who hear the Word of God and they go whose way.

They go their own way. They hear the Word of God, but they don't do it. They hear the Word of God, but they don't do it because they are Lord of their own life. They go their way and what's their way?

They are choked and here's what the powers of darkness bring to the man. They bring the worries and the riches and the pleasure of this life and that's what gets their heart. Although they might say that I'm a Christian, but they do not bring no fruit to what?

They cannot come into maturity to know the full wisdom of God. Because the worries of the world the sickness of riches and desires from everything have got their mind and their heart. Now that's the reason Jesus told the rich man.

He said there's one thing you lack. Sell all your possessions and give to the poor. Why? Because it's the only thing it's got your heart right now. It's the only thing I don't you've got it's an idol.

You can't follow me because you love it right now more than you do me if you'll give that away. Then I'll have all your heart but that love of money right there. It's gonna be the root of all kind of evil, you know, but but so what did the man rich man do?

He turned away. Why did he turned away and it went away sadly because it proved what Jesus saw. He loved his money more than he did Jesus because he was very rich. He would not give up. What had he taught?

You see it. You Jesus Christ will not be one of your idols. He'll be the only idol in your heart. Don't try to have other idols and have Jesus because you fall away you are lost. You do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.

And I want you to know he's not doing anything in your life, but you can repent if your heart is not so hardened. But see that's what doctrines that do not conform you to God in this you can take the Word of God and you can go To someone you've known all your life and I'm telling you what they Absolutely cannot hear the Word of God because their heart has been so hardened and their hearts have been so captured and they've resisted The Word of God so long they are walking in the sin of death and you can't get to them.

They can never hear there's no sacrifice for them. They fall away. All right now verse 15. You're going along and you're so enough seed. You're so in the Word of God and the seed in the good soil. Now that's someone who has a repentant heart who really wants to come and please Jesus with all the heart.

These are the ones who've heard the word in an honest and they have a good heart. They have a good heart. They have a good heart. Is that right? In other words, they have good soil. Is that right? And they have an honest and good heart and what do they do when they hear the Word of God?

Brothers, they will not give it up. They're not gonna let doctrines. They're not gonna let men. They're not gonna let theology. They're not gonna let Intimidation. They're not gonna let persuasive arguments.

We're warning Colossians 2 way do not be taken captive by the philosophy or intellect. The men do not be taken by captive by the traditions of men do not be taken captive but people who have the principles of the world and that's what the world church operates on the principle of the world and All of these things don't be taken captive by any of these things other than Christ.

And so this is him right here. It feeds in a good soul. These are one that hears the Word of God in an honest and good heart. They hold it faith. And when you hold the word faith when you only let the fruit the word the seed of God come in your heart.

What kind of fruit do you think you bear? You bear fruit for God because they hold this Word faith in an honest and good heart before God. They're sincere and they bear fruit with what? Perseverance now, what is the perseverance that you go through trials now?

The Parable of the Wheat, the Tares, and the Fiery Judgment

Let me just show you one other parable right here just real quick so you can tie it together now. We will look at it going another direction, but I want you to look at me and me in Matthew 13 right here.

I want you to see it a different way. Now we see the parable right here. We're going to see how you hold faith to the Word of God through perseverance because people everywhere going through all kind of trials.

And it's not joyful to them because they say they want to give the glory devil to the glory. Give the devil the glory during the trials. Well, what do you do is be joyful about it because Jesus is burning something out of you now look here verse Matthew 13 verse 3 and he spoke many things to them in parable saying behold the sower went out to sow as he sowed some seed fell beside the road the birds came.

And ate it we know that the powers of darkness and once again We're sowing the seed beside the highway of holiness where we're walking in and then we see in verse 5 another seed fell Upon the here's some hardened hearts where they did not have much soil and me they sprang up because they had no depth of soil now.

They don't have an honest and good heart. They have a hard heart. There's some things that that they're not giving up and when the Sun now. Let me tell you what that Sun is. The Sun is the fiery trials had risen which we saw and they were scorched.

They were scorched At the fiery trials that would go in because they had no root. What do they do the roots not in Jesus. They wither away and what do we see in John 15 6 when you when when you wither away?

Then they that's the tree cutters. They come and gather you and your throat into the fire and burned and of course. That's exactly what we see in Hebrews 6 and Hebrews 10. Is that right? So here's the trials that come on you and we see it explains to the disciples over there.

In verse now, let me just first tell you what the problem is with these other folks right here. Who's practicing some of this sin right here? Yeah, let me just point it to you in verse 11 to you disciples being granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to them I'm not granting it verse 13.

While seeing they do not see him while hearing they do not hear and they don't understand. I don't intend from to understand what this Sun is. I don't understand from understand what's it being scorched is.

I don't intend from to see who the root is right here. I don't intend what it was to know what happens to them when they wither why they just keep on. I know I don't have The heart they're not coming to me as honest and good heart.

So they're not going to know they're just going to keep on hearing and but they're not going to understand and that's what Paul is. Trying to warn some of them over there in 1st Corinthians 1 2 3. They said you're going to keep on seeing but you're not going to proceed for the heart of this people is become what?

Dull now, is that exactly what we saw in Hebrews 5? It's the reason they couldn't go into maturity because they were dull of hearing. Is that right for the heart of this people? It's become dear dull and with their ears.

They scarcely hear you can't hear when your heart's on something else and they close their eyes in other words they'll sleep let you should see with their eyes and hear with your ears and understand with the heart and.

They'd repent and then I'd heal him. But the top of blessed your eyes because they see in your ears because they hear because I've taken the disciples aside right now. And I'm going to tell the troubles what I'm saying in my word because there's no mystery.

Disciple, I'm going to tell you what the Sun is what's being scorched is I'm going to know tell you what a rocky soil is. I'm going to show you what no root is and being withered is and so he's got the disciples aside in verse 20 and.

And he goes ahead and like verse 19 when anyone hears the word of kingdom and doesn't understand it the evil one comes and snatches away what's been in their heart right there and. So here's how they do it and the one on whom the seed was sown on a rocky places.

It's a hardened heart. This is a man when he hears the Word of God immediately receives it with joy joy joy joy joy Joy joy joy yet. He has no firm root in Jesus see and he and in himself. He doesn't have a firm root in himself.

It's not tied to the word. It's not tied to Jesus, but he's only temporary and here comes the fiery test. Here comes the powers of darkness to take the Word of God and how do they come to take it? They come to bring affliction and persecution against him.

They get people see people don't even realize how the powers of darkness control people. But all they do is tear up the flesh and the flesh always pours the spirit. So it's easy to bring flesh against them just like we saw in Acts 13 so they bring affliction and persecution if they have to get some devout women and some leading men and.

They'll bring some affliction and persecution and we know in 2nd Timothy 3 all the desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Is that right? So and they rise because of the word when his fliction of persecution comes he won't stand in Jesus.

He's got a pride. He's got reputation. He won't and when it comes because the Word of God immediately he what? He falls away. He falls away because Jesus doesn't have his heart. Amen. Praise God forevermore.

Well Hallelujah, so Turn with me to 2nd Timothy 2. 2nd Timothy 2. 2nd Timothy 2. Here's what we look at now in verse 19. Never have left the firm foundation of God stands having this seal the Lord knows those who are his and.

Let everyone who names the name of the Lord He better abstain from wickedness. He better abstain from the flesh rebellion the lust of the flesh. He better abstain from it and let Jesus have all his heart.

Then when he does it he can come with the Word of God and even be cleansed in it, right? So you abstain from it. Don't let any other idol come in there now verse 20 now in a large house. There are not only gold and silver vessel.

But also vessels of wood and earth of wine and some to honor and some to dishonor. Now I'm gonna look at something really. So many if you don't have to turn with it, but I want you to know that I think it yet Romans and 9 that Lord let some people be destroyed and he let some of them Our vessels of mercy now.

I just want to read it to you 922 what if God although will willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make his power known endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction and he's endured with much patience and he just lets everybody in the world just go their way and endures with.

Until they just turn and continue in rebellion to him. Is that right? And they're vessels of wrath and He did so in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon who that's the vessels of mercy.

Which he prepared beforehand for glory and that's the one you want to come to light and walk with Jesus at all the heart. Amen, so we see there's vessels of honor and there's vessels of dishonor. There's vessels of wood and earth and wire, but there is a wood head stubble, too.

But there's also vessels of gold and silver and that's the ones he brings through the fire. Isn't that right? All right. Okay. Now we see verse 21 therefore if a man Cleanses himself if his heart is cleansed from these things that's wickedness all wickedness if it's cleansed He will be a vessel for honor.

Why? Because he will be sanctified without the sanctification. You'll not see the Lord. We know in Hebrews 12 14 He'll be useful to the master because he has prepared himself for ever good work. We're not seeing ever good work because of the ungodliness and men's hearts who fall away on the other idols.

We're not seeing ever good work. We see a manipulated flesh and God just drops a crumb here and there off the table the dogs get a little of it. Verse 22 now flee from your youthful lust. I mean the same lust you had when you're 16 or 45 you flee from it.

And What are you going to pursue? You better take off from all the lust of flesh. You're going to pursue righteousness. You're going to pursue faith. You're going to the faith that's being led to the Spirit of God and when you're led to the Spirit of God you're going to end in love and when you're going to have peace because the Lord Puts the hedge around you when you're walking this way and you're going to fellowship with those who call on the Lord.

From a pure heart glory be to God forevermore. Amen. Now you see what vessels see how you're saved is through fire. You see some vessels are for honor and some of them for dishonor. Is that right? Well, see that's the same thing you saw back and you know in first Corinthians 3 That it says according to the 10 verse according to the grace of God which was given to me as a wise master bill I laid the foundation another is building along on it, but every man better be careful how he Builds upon it.

Let no man lay a foundation which is not Christ. And then we see now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold and silver now gold and silver and precious precious stone. Wood hay and straw each man's work.

It's going to become evidence for the day the day that the day of the Lord is going to show it because it's going to be Revealed with fire and a fire itself is going to test the quality of each man's heart.

Now the fire comes and tests your heart. Is that right? And either your heart is going to come to the fire and you're going to be free of all wickedness. Is that right? That's the fiery test. That's the persecution and affliction that you go through or else you're you're you're not going to you're not going to stand on the word Of God in that thing and you're going to just rebel against persecution going to anger hate murder Unforgiveness slander judgments and all these things you'll keep instead of coming on and dying to these things.

You'll stay in the fire and the fire is going to destroy you right there. The powers of darkness get keep getting more and more ground as they put these fiery trials on you. You don't you won't trust the Lord you keep wanting to war.

I said the flesh. Are you following what I'm saying? Because this is exactly let me just show you something folks. This is exactly what we were promised back in Malachi that Jesus is going to do Malachi.

It's right before Matthew. I want you to see something with me in Malachi. Malachi 3. Malachi 3 verse 1. Behold, I'm going to send my messenger who is the messenger? Can I tell you his name Jesus? He's going to clear the way.

But well, that's gonna be John the Baptist and he's going to clear the way before Jesus and the Lord then whom you seek. Well suddenly come to his temple our Jesus and the messenger of the covenant now.

That's Jesus who is the messenger of the covenant right in whom you delight behold. He's coming says the Lord a host. Who can endure the day of his coming. Who can stand when he appears for he's like a refiner's fire and he's like fuller's throat.

Now quiet. Why is he that way. Because I'm telling you what keep. He lets the fire come on. He'll either bring you to the fire or he lets the fire destroy you. That's the reason he told the people in Laodicea.

He said I know your deed. I know your deed. You think you've already arrived you say you're rich and wealthy. You don't have need of nothing. You don't know that. You're wretched. You're miserable. You're poor and you're blind.

You're lost. You can't see where you're going. You're naked. You're practicing these sins and what he told him I advise you to buy from me go refine the fire. In other words, I advise you to repent and to follow me and come out through this fire like gold.

Amen be saved through this fire. And then you can wear white garments and close your step in the shame of your nexus and he went on to tell him now. Those who I love I reprove and discipline so you're not receiving discipline.

You think you've already arrived and rich and increasing goods and you're naked. You don't have the garments of salvation and those whom I love I reprove and discipline. So you you be zealous therefore and repent and then you be refined to the fire and you're going to come out like gold.

Because I'm I'm standing at the door and I want to come in and I want to feed you this word right here. I want you to die and I want you to take it to heart. Man lives on every word that comes from the mouth of God and if you will overcome I'm gonna grant you to sit with me on my throne and as I overcome you're gonna walk as I Overcame and then you're gonna step with me on my father's throne.

Now if you have a year to hear you better hear what the Spirit's saying to the churches, amen. So he said first We have Malachi 2 3 verse 2 who can endure the day of his coming who can stand when he appears for he's like a refiner's fire and like Fuller's soap and he will sit as a smelter.

He's gonna feed a purifier of silver. He's gonna purify the sons of Levi there We are and he's gonna refine them like gold and simmered so when they come to this fire. So that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteous gold glory be to God.

They overcome the devil. Amen the world in the flesh the overcomers now in verse 15, but here's what's going on today. So now we call the arrogant arrogant and proud people call them blessed. But not only the doers of wickedness build up doers of wickedness just build it up and and and count the rebellion.

But they also test God's escape then those who feared the Lord. I hope that's us spoke to one another. They spoke to one another they were grieving over the ruin of Jacob. They were grieving over the run of the church and the Lord gave attention and heard it and a book of Remembrance was written before him for those who fear the Lord and A famous name that's who the books written for and they'll be mine says the Lord a host on the day that I prepare my own Possessions.

I'm gonna spare them. I'm gonna put a hedge around them. They're gonna walk in peace as a man spares his own son because they're the ones who serves him. Amen, you serve me you get spared, right? So you will again.

Here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna come out of this darkness. You're gonna come to this fire and you're going to distinguish between the righteous and you're going to distinguish between the wicked.

You're going to distinguish between the one who serves God and you're going to distinguish between the one who does not serve God because you're going To start judging people by their fruit. You're going to know what's in their heart, but their deeds in their mouth and their wall.

The Day of the Lord and the Burning of the Wicked

But behold it says right here in chapter 4 verse 1 the day of the Lord is. The day is coming. It's burning like a furnace. May I tell you it's here right now and all the arrogant and ever evil doer is going to be like chaff right now.

They're being destroyed right now the day look at the day right there. It's the day right now. The day is coming in. It's here right now. It was his cunning that's gonna set them ablaze says the Lord a host and so they will leave them neither.

They're not gonna be left with a root. They're not gonna have no root and they're not gonna have any brain. Because they didn't bear fruit for the Lord. They didn't serve the Lord. They say They They were wicked.

They were arrogant and then the Lord has let him gather them up. They've withered away. They've gathered them up his branches and had been burned and that's the judgment of the Lord and I want you to see this with me in Matthew 13.

Matthew 13, I want you to see it. The destruction are the ones that's not bearing fruit. We see then verse 24 Matthew 13 24 and He presented another parable he presented another parable to them saying the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man is so good seed in his field and While the men were sleeping.

Did we see some people is sleeping while ago? They sure were the enemy came and he sowed terrors also among the wheat and then he went away. Now watch very closely verse 26 and when the wheat sprang up are we supposed to be the wheat?

Yes, we are the wheat and when we spank when a wheat sprang up what does it bear. I Can't hear what does it bear? It bears fruit. Who's it bear fruit for? God when the wheat springs up it bears fruit then what becomes evidence.

The tears become evidence now, we see those that practice sin is not going to go into heaven. Is that correct? What did you feel in Galatians 5? 19 for the deeds of the flesh are evidence. The deeds of the tires are evidence the deeds.

Are you seeing what I'm telling you? Amen. Now we say those that practice sin is not going to go into heaven. Is that correct? What did you feel in Galatians 5? 19 for the deeds of the flesh are evidence.

The deeds of the tires are evidence the deeds. Are you seeing what I'm telling you? Amen. Okay. Now. All right. Now I want you to watch very carefully. This is explained in Matthew 13. Verse 30 look in verse 36, okay 36.

Now they want to know in verse 36 Explain to us the parable of the tears of the field now the tears of the field the one that bears the wrong fruit in Matthew 7 it's going to come up and say Lord Lord, and he doesn't know them, right?

They practice lawlessness because they never turn away from sin. And he answered and said the one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. And the field is not the church house. The field is the world.