(In the Word) 02 - Spiritual Warfare and the Covenant — Milton Green

Revelation in the Word Versus Human Tradition

When anyone receives revelation in the Word of God, it sometimes conflicts with what he has previously been taught. This causes you to have to deal with old traditions or wrong teaching. These tapes may contain some new light from God's Word, and it may be opposed to some traditions you have previously learned.

Therefore, follow through these messages for the Word of God rather than the traditions of men. This is tape number two in a series. We urge you to listen to all the tapes in this series in numerical order so that the whole 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.

A Demonized Church and the Danger of Deception

I will continue to try to explain a few of these things. We're gonna get into Word. We're gonna stay there. We're gonna see it in the Word. I came to a place where I saw a demonized church. Now, let me ask you again.

Does that deserve a hearing? Let me put it another way. When demons get in, folks, there's a whole lot of deception going on. That's what falling away comes from. You start calling things different from what God calls them.

You might have another Jesus besides this Jesus right here. And we'll see that that's exactly what we're warned about in the Word. That your heart will go after another Jesus and not the Jesus of this Word.

This is serious, folks. This is heaven and hell. I mean, God is serious about His Word. Now, if the Spirit of God is speaking through me, He'll confirm it in your heart. And if this is from God, He'll confirm it in your heart.

I told you otherwise, you don't receive it. Now, you're in liberty and freedom. Now, you're on a new subject, things we've been intimidated and made fearful about talking about. Now, I'm going to stay on these powers that I can use a little bit to show how they operate and everything, but I'm headed for righteousness and holiness and discernment.

Righteousness, Holiness, and Spiritual Discernment

That's something that kind of got left out. Righteousness, that's right in God's eyes. And holiness and discernment. You see, there's not much to discern when you've explained everything away. Now, I won't turn to it, but it's on your notes there.

And Isaiah 65, it says, these people are rebellious. Now, look at me. They walk in a way that's not good. Well, what is not good, Lord? They're led by their own thoughts. Well, everybody's led by their thoughts.

You know, Hebrews teaches that your senses are sharp, discern good and evil. If you don't know the Word, you walk in the spirit of God, you'll not discern. Discernment comes from the Lord. It's not how intellectual you are.

It's a spiritual. Folks, where do you think those lust pictures come from that come to your mind? When I walked out of the flesh and I blown the devil, you know what, I acted like the devil. I enjoyed lust.

That's where my heart was. I have to lust the flesh. You don't have to lust. When that dark comes there, that's that fiery dark that Ephesians 6 taught, you put up a shield of faith and that dark comes there, you've got one split second to shut it down.

That's what you learn to do. You're not in covenant with Satan with lust. Folks, let me ask you something. Where do you think those thoughts come from when you start to read the Bible and you find some other things to do?

Can I just go ahead and tell you that those powers of darkness can ring your doorbell and your telephone at the same time? They're in that control of people. I mean, you'd be amazed and see, you know, so while he thinks they're talking about everything is demon, let me tell you something.

Is it all right if I say everything's demon if the Word says it's demons? Huh? So if he says everything's demon, I'm just not going to receive it. See, that's the way we've been. Have you ever wondered where the devil was in all this?

Spiritual Warfare in Prayer, Bible Reading, and Witnessing

I said, well, you know, where is the devil? Where is the devil when you're in a great moment? Let me tell you something. Do you ever notice how your mind drifts when your mind gets on all kind of things when you try to read the Word of God?

Who do you think that's talking to you? You don't have that kind of problem when you read newspapers, do you? Nobody bothers you then, do they? It's a whole lot of fun reading the Bible if you can't understand nothing.

The Bible's made to understand, isn't it? Same thing when you start to go pray. Who do you think that hinders you? Who do you think that, who do you think that makes it such a drudgery to talk to God Almighty and enter in the holy and holy?

Who do you think that is? I'm learning that myself. Let me tell you something. Many of you shared your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to witness others, haven't you? Well, let me tell you something about that war.

It's a war every time you do it. Now you, you've said and looked people in the eyes as I have, just person to person. You can share just 25 things right straight from the Word of God. And it's just, it just, you know something maybe about the person's life and you know it's the answer to everything you have.

You know you've got the answer in Jesus and you, you, you, you just explain them just 25 things right there about the Lord. Facts! I mean, facts! And you wonder how they can resist receiving Jesus. And you look them right in the eye and then some off-the-wall thing comes out of their mouth.

Spiritual Opposition to the Gospel

They, they wouldn't hear what you said. They didn't hear, hear nothing. They got some off-the-wall things. And you, you look them in the eye, you know they're not hearing you. You know why? Every time you go to witness, they witness too.

Can you stand that? When you go to share in the Lord Jesus Christ, they fill in their mind with doubt and speculation. That, that's the most interesting thing about my family. When I get around my family, they believe me about everything until I start talking about spiritual things.

And they say, well, you know, this thing up there tells them he's already gone off the deep end and I, I, I can't, I can't come and say, will you, can I show you what verse that is? He just mixed it up.

See, it's just right here. So I went through a period of time for my part. I've just got a part. I'm not, I'm not all of it. But I went through a part when I saw the church demonized that the Lord, again, sometime I go to bed, sleep for an hour.

And he wakes me up and all night long, he'll show you. You know, God can do that, can't you? Now he can do it to you. He's no respecter of any people. He doesn't even think he's the more obedient of you.

God is no respecter of any people. He doesn't, it's not for private interpretation. He doesn't show anybody anything he won't show you. I'm a lot of encouragement to folks. And a lot of discouragement too, to some.

Because I saw the church and the Lord let me see it. If he had never let me see it, I never could have received it there. But see, it don't count if you see something and you don't see it here. If you don't see it right here, forget it.

Freedom Through Repentance and Walking in the Light

And that's what my part is. It's all right for me to have a part. All right, I've got a part. It's been prevailing in your life. As you start seeing these things and everything, you're going to start thinking about your family.

You're going to start thinking about anything. I'm going to tell you why. The church today is not going to be able to walk with Jesus until it gets free. You're not going to walk with Jesus, forget it, until you get free and you won't be free if you don't repent.

You're going to change in your heart right here. And I'm going to tell you why. Like Brother James said, forget about this thing, you know, I'm getting a whole lot of information right here underneath the menu.

There's something to walk in. We're to be a light. We get some light, we don't stick it down somebody's throat. Let them see something in our life they want. Isn't that right? Okay. So the thoughts, folks, you let be your thoughts.

One Gospel, One Jesus, and One Church

Now, let's start back where I started over. There's a reason I'm talking about the powers that are because I told you. I've already mentioned one church, I've mentioned many of them. That was the first that I went into where it's demonized from top to bottom.

Are you hearing me? Is that serious again? I want you to get that in your mind so you know. I want you to think I'm starting something. I'm not starting anything. We're not making disciples for James or me here.

Do you understand that? We're trying to find out what got started 2 ,000 years ago. And get in on it. Let me just go ahead and tell you something. There's only one gospel. There's only one Jesus. And you're going to have to adjust now.

There's only one church. And you gather around Jesus in the Word. Now, you're going to have to adjust. You know that because that's what the Word says. Don't care what you've been told. There's just one church.

All right, now. And you don't have any problem doing that when you focus on Jesus. Jesus plus something. Here's Jesus and you have to go to here to get to Jesus. You might want to get rid of the middle man.

Idolatry, Liberty, and the Lordship of Jesus

You're in liberty and freedom. If anything can intimidate you and make you fearful, you've got an idol in your heart. You're going to be upset these three days if you don't deal with it. Or it's going to rise up right there and kick you right here in the heart.

That thing rises up in you. I used to have it rise up in me. So I know. The grace of God set me free. I'm free. You're looking for a free man. Sure, I'm free. I'm not in bondage to no man. Nothing but Jesus.

And getting freer. And learning more about it. Learning. All right. It just needs to be said. Just drop it in there. All right, now. The Word in Ephesians 4. Now, every scripture that I'm going to tell you right there is on your notes right there.

Okay? In Ephesians 4 it says, Do not give place or opportunity to the devil. Now, we're warned about that. What about all these scriptures that say, Do not be deceived. Do not be deceived. Do not be deceived.

Little children, do not be deceived. Little children, do not be deceived. That means there could be something around to deceive us. Isn't that right? Well, do not give place to the devil. I want to go through a thing right here to show you how.

Standing Firm Against the Devil's Schemes

Just one thing. There are many, many, many things before this day is over that you can give place to the devil. You can give place to the devil while I'm reading the Word of God here if you reject it.

First, you see if it's in context. And if it is, if it's here in the Word and it don't fit in your traditions and everything, you're going to have to decide where you love your traditions more than the Word of God.

Is that plain? You don't have to decide that. I'll have to decide about my motives right up here. I have to answer for me that my motives and my heart is before the Lord Jesus Christ right here. And everything I say and do.

See, wolves are deceitful. They can say one thing and a lot of stuff is going on in their heart. A lamb is not deceitful. He has everything up front. He don't have anything to hide. It's just right out there on the table.

Amen? And a lamb is not seeking an advantage. A lamb brings glory to the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. All right, now. We are warned. I won't turn to it in Ephesians 6. Stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Now, have we read about that? And I want to remind you the Word didn't say ignore them. It said resist them. Right? To stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Well, what are the schemes of the devil?

Laodicea and the Schemes of Spiritual Pride

Well, you take a church that's wise in its own eyes, already arrived. They're rich. Laodicea. Lukewarm. Already arrived. And they don't have to listen to God about things like that. They don't have to.

That part of the Bible is saying, God, you missed it a mile. I'm going to tell you, their schemes, folks, is just tearing you. Your mind, your will. You ever see people, you know how much of a will? You will when you see this.

How the powers of darkness beat them down. And see, folks, what I'm telling to you, what I'm going to be sharing with you these three days, not you have to go look up some man or come look me up or something like everything I'm sharing here.

You go to the man, Jesus, and you take authority. You walk out of here. You rule and reign in the name of Jesus. You've got the authority. It's in Jesus, the covenant of Jesus. I told you, no big shots.

Just one, him. Okay. Matthew 6 told us, if you do not forgive men, then your father's in hell, not only forgive you, you're a transgression. So I want to tell you this right here, folks. Any of you here that have ought or unforgiveness in your heart, now, I'm telling you, one of the most serious things I can tell you about being set free.

Forgiveness as a Condition of Spiritual Freedom

And you won't choose with your will to love and forgive everyone that's ever hurt you or disappointed you. You're not going to know a lot of freedom here. Now, you might as well mark that down and write it down and deal with it.

Because I'm going to tell you what, we're going to pray for the whole bunch here Friday. We're going to throw a fit. And you're going to know. You're going to be praying for yourself. You're going to be tearing down a stronghold.

Isn't that fun? And you're going to know it's the Word of God, and you're going to know who's doing it. It's Jesus. I'm going to tell you something, if you have any unforgiveness, the Lord won't forgive you.

And if he won't forgive you, he won't set you free. And you're going to find out you're going to need some freedom in the next couple of days. You're going to find it out in the Word. Okay. Now, let's talk about one unforgiveness.

Turn with me to 2 Corinthians 2, please. 2 Corinthians 2. In 2 Corinthians 2, we're going to look in verse 10, and we're looking at the scheme of unforgiveness. Now, let me ask you something. God says to forgive, is that right?

What does Satan say? Unforgiveness. They're opposite, okay? Now, let's begin to look right here in verse 10. But whom you forgive anything, I forgive also, for indeed what I have forgiven. If I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, in order, this forgiveness is for, in order that no advantage be taken of us.

By who? Satan, for we are not ignorant of his what? Did I tell you Satan had schemes? Now, look at me. Some of you aren't looking. Satan and demons are synonymous. I'll show you later on. When you're talking about one, you're talking about the other.

And they're all doing the same thing. Satan's the leader of it. Do you know how many thoughts used to come to your mind? Do you know that Satan's over in Rome this week and he might be my way? It might be in a couple of weeks or something like that?

That's not the way it is. They're around you all the time. They're looking for ground, just scheming and deceiving. That's the reason the Word told you to take every thought captive. You're going to see this.

Forgiveness as a New Covenant

Now, the Lord, when you... Look at me. Now, when you made covenant, you're walking in covenant with Satan and your covenant was unforgiveness. You had a string of unforgiveness back there. You know that, don't you?

I mean, that's all right when you're walking with Satan. The flesh is unforgiving. But when you broke your covenant, you repented, you changed directions, you've got a new master, you're now walking in forgiveness, right?

Now, that is a new covenant. You have to walk in forgiveness. Now, you broke the covenant of unforgiveness. Is that correct? Now, a covenant is not to analyze. A covenant is where you walk. This Word's written on your heart.

That's not works to obey God. All right, now, when you come into a situation where the enemy... where you're rejected or hurt, immediately, I'm telling you every time, they're there to talk to your mind to build a case against that person.

They're talking to you right there, folks. They do it all the time. All the time. If you're not taking thoughts captive, you're a mess. You're hurting. That's what I found out. That's what I see so many find out.

Misunderstanding, Worldly Approval, and Spiritual Warfare

That's why people go right here. That's why, you know, you don't have to send out advertising and everything and come to seminars and stuff like that. Most all of you here is coming because somebody else told you, of course, some other ways last week that you could have heard about it.

But these are not important. I'm not trying to make any smart thing about that, folks. I'm going to tell you something. If God in His grace show you something, I'm going to tell you something, you can be misunderstood.

Do you understand that? You can be misunderstood. And I want you to know that, folks, folks are not my enemy. Flesh and the devil is my enemy. And I'm not getting involved with flesh and the world. Ignorant and foolish speculation.

That's a war of coming. You can expect these kind of things. You're promised these things will come against you when you... And so you have a choice to make whether you want the approval of the world.

And folks are where you want the approval of God. Do you want to be a success in Jesus or do you want to be a success in the flesh, the world, the approval? Woe to you when all the thoughts speak well of you.

Well, you'd be misunderstood. All of us are misunderstood when you say and do what God does. But unforgiveness is a scheme of Satan. Now, when he begins talking to you, right here, building this case.

Now, Bob here shouldn't have done that to me. See, I was in covenant with Bob a while ago and now unforgiveness. But Bob shouldn't have done that to me as much as I've done for Bob and so on and so forth and everything.

That's unforgiveness. And Bob has done this and this and this. You're kind of smiling. You know that sound, that song. And this begins to build up. Now, I'll tell you what. The Lord has told me every time that I'm rejected or disappointed, I'm to forgive whoever comes against me.

Now, that is my new covenant. You know, when I change directions, I change directions. That is my new covenant. That's when you walk. That's my agreement. Jesus said, why do you call me Lord, Lord and I do what I say?

I've got a hedge around me as long as I do what God says. But then I can resist. I'm to resist that unforgiveness immediately. Shut it down. I can set my will against that. I don't have to receive it.

If I keep listening to it, what do you think is going to happen? The unforgiveness is going to go down into my heart and when my heart gets in agreement with what the demon is saying to me, unforgiveness and resentment, I have sinned.

Do you see that? Not only have I sinned, I have opened the door for the powers of darkness to make war against my soul, which is my mind, will and emotions. Do you hear me? And then torment comes. That's how it comes to you folks.

Matthew 18 and the Parable of Unforgiveness

Mercy moves you into grace. And the Lord sets you free, but He doesn't set you free for experience. You walk in it. Because everything I'm saying is a walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, will you please turn with me?

We're going to look. I'm going to show you how one of these schemes work. Turn with me to Matthew 18, please. Matthew 18. All right, in Matthew 18, we're still talking about unforgiveness. Now, what does the Lord say?

My covenant with the Lord, immediately I forgive. That's agreement I make with the Lord. Hey, your turn now. Look at me just a minute. Do you know why the Lord said, vengeance is mine, I'll repay? The only thing He wants us to do is love.

Because, see, if I have to take vengeance, I have to take the weapons of the flesh. Are you hearing me? In other words, I'm going to have to take hate. I'm going to have to take anger. I'm going to have to take revenge.

I'm going to have to take unforgiveness, resentment, violence, bitterness. Do you understand that? That's the reason the Lord said, vengeance is mine, I'll repay. You're just free to love everybody. Well, let me tell you another thing.

When I take vengeance, I'm offended in the flesh. It's supposed to be dead. Furthermore, when I'm offended, I'm not in the Spirit. My heart is going toward the hurt flesh instead of toward the Spirit.

Dead men don't get hurt. That's a process of dying. What did He say? Whoever wishes to come after me, what do you do? Deny yourself. Take up your cross and follow me. You're going to Calvary. Like it or not, you're going off with Jesus.

You've got a will. You can give it to whoever you want to. You'll know them if they want. Okay. Verse 21, Then Peter came and said to Him, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him?

Up to seven times? Now what's your answer? We're talking about forgiveness. Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. In other words, you don't stop forgiving.

Is that correct? Okay. That's from the point of the Lord. That's when you listen to the Lord. Is this His words right here? Now look at me. When you receive this word right here, you know how you eat this word?

You take it to heart. Now if this is where your heart is, you take that to heart and you don't quit forgiving. You do what God says. You don't lean on understanding. Is that right? So when the situation comes up, I know my agreement.

My heart goes to the Lord. I choose against myself and I choose God. I put up a shield of faith. This Word said for me to forgive. I put up faith. I fell faith in that Word. But I suffer because my flesh wants to go upside His head.

That's flesh. Flesh wants to kill, murder. See, it's all in there, the lust of flesh. So Satan's the one. The demons come along with the unforgiveness in every situation all the time. See, that's the reason I tell you there's more than one behind a bush.

There are plenty to go around. They're running the whole thing. All right, now in verse 23. For this reason, we're going to look at this reason. The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a certain king, and you know this being compared to King Jesus, who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

And when he had begun to settle them, there was brought to him one who owed him ten thousand talents. Verse 25. But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, to loan with his wife and children all that he had in repayment to be made.

The slave therefore, watch what he did. He's falling down. He humbled himself, didn't he? He prostrated himself before him, before the king, saying, Have patience with me, and I will repay you everything.

And the lord of that slave, the lord who is a king, which is the type of Jesus, felt compassion, released him, and forgave him of debt. May I ask you something? Is that exactly what the lord Jesus Christ did for you and me?

And that's the comparison of the kingdom of heaven. Now, this man got forgiveness, isn't that right? Shake your head. He got forgiveness. Now, what does the lord want him to do? He wants him to go out and forgive, isn't that right?

Let's see what happens to that slave. Let's see if he does that. But, 28. That slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii. He seized him, began to choke him. Pay back what you owe.

So his fellow slave fell down, began to entreat him, saying, Have patience with me and I will repay you. He was unwilling, however, but went and threw him in prison till he should pay back what was owed.

So when his fellow slave saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved. They came and reported to the lord all that had happened. Then summoning him, his lord said to him, You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you entreated me.

Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, even have I had mercy on you. Now, I want you to look at me right now, please. Please look at me. Is that right? All right, then. He went and he wouldn't forgive someone else.

Is that right? Now, what's this being compared to? The king and the kingdom of heaven. Is that what this parable is being compared to? Well, then he went back and reported to the lord, didn't he? All right, now.

This is saying something to us right here. Let's see what this parable shows us happened to this person right there that wouldn't forgive. So his lord had him over. The lord moved with what? Now, I want you to mark that anger.

I want you to mark that anger. The lord was moved with anger and he handed him over to the who? Torturers, tormentors. Wonder who that is. Let me go ahead and tell you. We'll just call them them today, okay?

They handed him over to the torturer, the tormentors, until he should repay everything that he owed. Now, here's a promise for you in verse 35. So shall my heavenly father also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.

There's a promise for you. Is that plain? Now, look at me again, please. You made your covenant when you repented. You're breaking your covenant of unforgiveness and the opposite of that is forgiveness.

And your agreement right here is this word. It's there. Traditions and many things might tell you it's alright, you know, not to walk the half-assed arm. Well, I'll tell you what. That's what gets your head tore off.

That's what gets you children. That's what keeps you miserable. Let me just give you an example. Let me just show you how that works now. I want you to listen to me. Your covenant with God is forgiveness and then you come up and it's like Brother Bob.

Bob does something to disappoint me or reject me and immediately they came to build this case against Bob and tell me how great I am and how sorry he is. And so old flesh just gets puffed up. And I don't resist.

I listen. Are they starting another meeting? Okay. Now, look at me. Right here. And then my covenant is forgiveness and then unforgiveness against ministering to me and then it talks up here. Instead of resisting it.

See, it didn't say ignore it. The word didn't say ignore it. It said resist it. See, this is a scheme coming at me that the powers of darkness are going to get control of my life in an area. All right, now.

How Unforgiveness Becomes a Spiritual Stronghold

So, instead of resisting, I'm kind of enjoying this thing. It's a revenge against Bob. Hate. Anger. Irritability. Unforgiveness. Resentment. You know, all these things are just attacking my mind and you know, and you know something, as you keep listening to it, you know what happens?

Those words come in. See, now, those words are opposite from what? Satan has words and God has a word. Satan ministers to the flesh, which you're supposed to be dead in. The Lord ministers to your spirit.

See, we're supposed to build up the inner man, not bless my flesh. All right? So, anyway. And then I just get in agreement in my heart with this thing right here. And you know what happens? I'm given ground to the powers of darkness right then.

I'm breaking covenant right there with the Lord in an area of my life. I'm not a man of words because here's what I do. Here's what God says. Is it with your heart you believe in the righteousness? What is righteousness?

Righteousness is I die of the flesh and it's walking right in God's eyes. I'm not talking about a Baptist righteousness or a Methodist righteousness or a Church of God righteousness or a charismatic righteousness.

I'm talking about this righteousness right here in this Word. Right in God's eyes, that's what righteousness is. For with the heart, man, to believe in righteousness and with the heart you believe in the unrighteousness.

So, He talks to me and I let Him talk. I don't resist it. I get in agreement with Him. Now, I want you to know that God doesn't bless ignorance. So, you go ahead and do it and know the Word because you listen somewhere else.

Wherever you receive something from, God holds you responsible. But wherever you hold a lie, where you receive a lie, you're rejecting the truth. Now, that's how God looks at it. But here's what God sees in me, Brother Bob, when I have unforgiveness toward you and I let this build up and my heart gets in agreement, God sees me shaking my fist in His face and saying, God, I find greater treasure in unforgiveness than I do forgiveness.

And God looks down and says, that's where He's looking at your heart, folks, not the way you appear or how much you tithe. Right here, your appearance. I mean your heart right there. He says, you sow in the flesh, you're going to reap what?

Corruption. That's what you're going to get. That's them. And you know what happens? God sees you decide that in your heart and then, bang, you don't like my spirit of forgiveness, you can have the spirit of unforgiveness.

All right, then, what happens? Here begins one family moving into an area of your life. There is just one. They say, oh, I just don't believe that. Well, why don't you get in on it and you'll believe it?

Because that's exactly what's going on. And that unforgiveness will get there and then you, when He moves in there, you are tormented, folks. Death is working in you. And so, I find myself here, everywhere I go, I just torment, and just torment, and it's just building more and more.

And the next thing, resentment. Very resentful. And unforgiving. Now here comes a family just moving into my life because my heart is making covenant with them. And then everybody, anybody that gets in unforgiveness and resentment, they become critical.

Everything that moves in their life. They're critical of everything. Critical of everything. And then, there is the powers of darkness that just brings hurt feelings. There's something just going in front of you.

Feelings are hurt. And then it gets on down until there's bitterness. And when that bitterness gets there, that person will stay that way if they live to be 150 years old until they repent and change their heart and possess that land back.

Because they move on your land. 1 Corinthians 3, 9. We're God's field. We're God's land. This is the land you possess. Just like a Canaanite nation was on the land, you look up the word meanings of those Canaanite nations sometime.

And you see what's on the land today. So that's torment. I'm tormented. And that's what he said. What did he promise to you right there? So shall my heavenly Father do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from where?

You have to forgive right here. You don't just agree with God up here. Repentance is not agreeing with God up here. You all with me? Repentance is right here. Repentance better come in your heart. So there is one root that moves in it and becomes a tree.

And it will grow into anger, hate, revenge. See, rejection is the same way. Just a root. And it goes in a tree. And it keeps building. So as I've sinned against the Lord and I drift over here and more and more I just let the enemy, I just become passive and that's what we bid.

Well, what do you think you're doing when you're not in a war? And then just more and more of my life gets taken over and starts drifting and drifting and drifting. And he said, Woe to those who call bittersweet and those who say that darkness is light.

That's the same chapter. It says you go and tell these people. Go and tell them that they can't see, you don't hear, and you don't understand. And that's the same church we're talking about over in 2 Timothy 3.

They're ever learning, never able to come to the knowledge of truth. That's without understanding all the time. You think, that's what another word for it is called the famine of the Word. A famine. See, it's a famine of the bread.

You go back, but the type of that is, you find a name, it's a famine for the Word. The famine of spiritual bread. And that's where we're supposed to live with Jesus Christ our Lord for every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Is that correct? This is where you live right here. Right here. That's where the spiritual man lives. So there we see, there is one scheme right there that I pointed out to you, right here in the Word of God, that the enemy brings against you.

Healing, Repentance, and Divine Freedom

And I want to tell you what, after that bitterness comes in, you're open for disease. See, I watch people get an unforgiveness to deal with, repent, really change their heart and turn, really be sorry.