True healing comes when we deal with our sin, confess our sins to one another, and pray for one another, and we must meet the conditions of God and live up to the promises of God in order to experience it.
In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of following the Word of God rather than the traditions of men. They urge the listeners to listen to the entire series of tapes in numerical order to fully understand the teachings. The speaker mentions the concept of 'breaking cover' and how the powers of darkness can attack when one is not walking in cover or obeying the Word. They also highlight the need to give thanks to the Lord and to be able to talk about the works of God in the congregation. The sermon concludes with a reminder to trust in Jesus and to go through the valleys in life, knowing that God will raise them up and make a name for them.
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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 in your Bible, in sequence, in order that you may be able to make a choice for the Word of God rather than the traditions of men. This is tape number 14 in a series. We urge you to listen to all the tapes in the series in numerical order, so that the whole teaching can be received and understood.
Listening to a part of this series, or to the tapes out of sequence, can lead to a misunderstanding of the nature, the intent, and the importance of this series. Turn to Psalm 107. I'm telling you, there's a lot to say about pre-cutters in here.
Psalm 107. This sin has anything to do with sickness, aren't we? We won't miss nothing, would we? Because if these demons we read about bring sickness to your body, I want you to know they're getting there through sin. Now, watch very carefully what I'm fixing to say.
I did not say that I can't prove that every sickness that comes into somebody's body is caused by a demon. But every time that exactly what, the only thing I know that just about everything I've dealt with to know one another, one way or another, it has been that way. So now, this ought to free you up to kind of look at your Bible right here and see what your Bible says.
Now, this is what you're supposed to be receiving, right? Okay. Now, Psalm 107 verse 10. There were those who dwelt in what? Now, when you're in darkness, you know where you are? You're in the shadow of what? Now, that means you're in the presence of death.
What is that? When you're in the shadow of the Almighty, you're in the presence of the Lord. We've already seen you get in the presence of the Lord by having good soil. Isn't that right? Dealing with sin.
Isn't that right? What we saw in James 4, 6. Now, when you're in the shadow of death, that's the opposite from being in the shadow of life. Isn't that right? The Lord. Okay.
Now, there were those there in darkness, in the shadow of death. Now, here it is. When you're in darkness, you're prisoners.
And you are in misery and change. I mean, it's coming against your body. It's coming against your mind, will, and emotions, which is your soul.
Isn't that right? I can't hear you. Oh, it's getting good. Now, verse 11.
Here's the reason it's this way. Because the people are in darkness, in the shadow of death, and prisoners of misery have rebelled against what? They're in rebellion to God. Is that plain? They're in rebellion to God and have spurned the counsel of the Holy Spirit of the Most High.
Is that right? Is that what your Bible says? All right, furthermore, it says in verse 17 that they're fools. Because of their, what kind of way? They're rebellious to the Word of God and direction of God. And because of their sins, they are being, what? Afflicted with this misery and, and change.
Amen. And then, verse 19, some do, most don't, and then they, what? Cried out, you can write there, repented. That means that they cried out to the Lord in their trouble.
They repented. They turned from their wicked ways. God sits on the throne of grace.
And then He saved them out of their, what? Remember the word distress is right there. Now, distress is, it's when the Lord used it many times. You're talking about when He controlled the powers of darkness.
And then, verse 20, He sent some folks and healed them. He sent His Word and healed them. Healed them, that's the reason you got so excited when you see revelation and things and what? It's the most exciting thing you'll ever want, for God to give you revelation and grace about His Word.
He sent His Word and healed them and He delivered them from their destructions, didn't He? Well, let's look in 22. We, we, we don't want no one to ever know about this, that we had this problem with these prisoners, the prisoners of demons, do we? We don't want to spread some else get free. 22.
Let them also offer sacrifices at Thanksgiving and what? Tell of his works with joyful sin. Didn't say forget his works, did he? Didn't say keep them a secret, did he? You know, what is it keeps you from telling the works of Jesus? You're ashamed of him. You're ashamed of the Lord when you won't talk about the works in the Bible.
You're ashamed. I've got a little secret for you. He's ashamed of you, too.
You're in trouble. Ashamed of him. All right, do you ever, you ever see, Pastor, I know you have you, you'll hear him say, you know, we must almost win over.
We just, boy, we just almost went over. Yeah, we just almost went over this time in revival. Boy, we just got two years ago.
We just almost went over. You're not going over, go over until you get rid of them. You ever see somebody just up to the ceiling one day and the next moment they're right there down on the carpet, right? Here they are on verse 26.
They rose up to the heavens and then they go down to the depths. Now their soul, that's your mind, wills, and emotion, melted away and they're what? Misery. They reeled and staggered like a what? Look at me.
They're stumbling around in spiritual darkness because they can't find a way of peace. Amen? They're stumbling and staggering. Their mind, will, and emotions are being tore up.
And they were at their what? With sin. And then they what? Cried. Circle cried means they repented.
What they need to do is deal with sin. Are you seeing this, folks? Stiff-necked and stubborn and proud people don't deal with sin. God needs them instead of them needing God.
They don't humble themselves. So God resists the proud and gives grace to who? A humble man cries out. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble.
He brought them out of their what? Now I told you distresses is when the powers of the darkness have got control there and then he calls the what to be still. What is a storm? That's them. He calls this storm to be and the waves of the sea were what? Now what are the when you say the waves of the sea were hushed? Look at me.
The waves of the sea are words. Words. Now, now, now, let me ask you something.
You remember over in Ephesians 4, it warns you don't be tossed about by doctrines, winds, words of doctrine here. Huh? Waves? Huh? Don't be tossed about by words of doctrine. Be tossed about by the word.
He calls the storm to be still so that the waves of the sea were hushed. And then when he's hushed, what does that mean? They've received peace. Look at there.
It is in 30. Then they were glad because they what? They're quiet now. He guided them.
They're what? Desired. Hey, which is peace one lady one time up there at Grayson You know, I cast the demons out of this lady right there and she sit there in such amazement She said I didn't know until now that my whole life has been just like sitting under a train trestle With a train passing over and it's just now all come over because peace she didn't have any idea She you know, we get pro we have to live with all her ear ringing and all these things going on say We're supposed to live that way after all God can't do anything All right, so it is when they receive peace they got set free 31 Let's keep it a big secret Let him give thanks to the Lord for his loving kinds for its wonder to sign a man. Let take soul him where? In a congregation of people and praise him at the seat of the elder now see I won't tell you something when you can't talk About the works of God in your church.
He's out there knocking on the door Now that's traditions If you fell down get back up again It's good not to be a misery in chains All right, I'm just going to just mention these right here I don't want you to turn to him in John 14 if Jesus found a man as a John in New Testament Jesus found a man in the temple instead of you become well do not sin any more or less the worst thing happened to you Is that plain I? Think we ought to cut that out because wouldn't want to offend anybody wouldn't we? Jesus went on in Matthew 9 2 and 5 Jesus said which is either say your sins be given you or take up your pallet walk It's the same thing, huh? Let's cut that one out. Tell you want to We don't want to offend any words or wise and intelligent things Hebrews 12 It's 9 through 13 is good. You'll go back over You know said make straights can be healed that means you you line yourself up the Word of God and covenant of God you be healed Now I'll ask you something.
How can we expect God to heal us if we break his conditions we reject his conditions break his laws But he just doesn't do it That's why we've been deceived see healing is part of the word of the work of the church and the church is who the Lord God has given authority over all the works of the devil. It's been given to the church that the church walks in covenant though The church has this Jesus right here the church has this gospel right here the church walks in this righteousness Right here. Amen so Once again, I'll just ask you how can God heal us if we'll not obey him and resist the devil If you don't resist the devil way, you think it does it runs right over the top of you.
Amen But sure it does now. I've got a book right here That has hundreds of promises in it this book right here Joji if you'll meet the condition and Live up to the promise Anything and everything and this book is yours, I don't say that again. I've got a book here if you'll meet the condition Live up to the promise Anything and everything in this book is yours.
It's a series of robot catalog if you'll meet the condition And live up the promise you can have anything or everything in this book is bedspreads Lamps curtains garage doors pots and pans Cameras tires Clothes Hundreds of promises If you'll meet the condition Have a good credit or cash And live up the promise make you pave it anything in this book or everything in it cheers There's an interesting thing about this book This book is full of things that you need for your cart to live in this world. That's another interesting thing about this book Everything in this book. I can see I can smell I can taste and I can hear and I can feel As a matter of fact, I have a lot of needs in this book in this life But there's another side of this Man, the things in this book can get my heart and be idols because I can become proud I can either see smell taste hear feel everything in this book This is a natural book.
I Have another book up here if you meet the conditions And live up to the promises Anything and everything is in this book It's yours. If you made the condition live up the promise everything in this book is yours. This is the Word of God.
I cannot see I Cannot smell taste hear our feel The things in this book because this is a spiritual book. I have to receive everything in this book By faith, I have to receive it without seeing it. I have to receive it without smelling it I have to receive it without tasting it.
I have to receive it without hearing it. I have to receive it without feeling now This has to do With receiving the things that God says and his word, you know over there was reading He's a covenant is you do this. I'll do that.
You do this. I do this. Here's where you're gonna walk Here's where I'm gonna walk, but people like to analyze and speculate just see what God has to do for them They're not looking in there and see what they have to do Amen Unrighteous people are not looking at yourself.
They're looking somewhere else. Amen Because their hearts are somewhere else But you may condition and live up the promise And everything in this book here. Well, you know over in James 14 and 15 Didn't it tell you that if? that when you're sick You want let's let's turn over to around James 5, let's turn over there There's some promises there, isn't it? Just like that series wrote about catalog.
Yeah, there's a lot of promises in there, doesn't it? Huh? Amen. All right. Now it says right there if you're sick called for the elders of the church, let him pray Oh, but he said no I'm dogs Now I've said if you don't go Duck yourself and Dallas Creek seven times.
Well, then that's what you're supposed to go do, you know, it builds a Dallas Creek God said do it, right? So you don't add to or take away do what God says you want to be healed And so then we'd see in verse 15 that you will be restored Now wasn't it real interesting that we don't have to go back over it back over James 4 before you get to Well, you know back in James 1 said the double-minded man's not gonna receive anything from God So it might use a whole lot of oil and somebody you know It doesn't sound like he's going to get too much there does it and healing matter of fact, he might die now Another thing is that we looked in some things about jealousy that your prayers are not answered in in for right there Because you want your motives are wrong. Is that right that your adulterous your prayers not answered? We also see and and James 4 right there that how to have good soul to get right before God And so you're going on to yourself. You're going to start resisting a devil.
You're going to submit to the God You're going to praise the Lord and one of the things that said you're going to cleanse your hands you sinners After it said all the things that you're doing wrong before God You're going to cleanse your hand you said it and you're going to purify your heart get it single Before the Lord you don't do that unless you deal with sin And then when you deal with sin, you know You come into brooks's and that way you come in the presence of God you deal with that sin before you get over to deal with righteous man praying for someone else just a righteous man's going to do that and then particularly the people who come and Deal with sin and repentance and brokenness for the Lord to be healed. Is that right to humble himself before the Lord? Well, it sounds like a deal with sin We've been seeing a lot of scripture deal with sin before healing Jesus, you know in Psalms 103, you know, we looked at two and three. He said he forgives all your nexus then he heals all your diseases, right? We also say that in 1st Peter 2 24 and you know, it says that you die to sin Live to write you walking in the word walking right in God's name and then by stripes you're healed as and you were healed in That right.
That's covenant died of sin and walking rises. That's a man of word James 4 8 told us right here. We just saw cleanse your hand you sinners and then After you deal with sin Let's look there in verse 16 It says deal with sin and then you can be healed.
That's what you see over and over and over and over So I always wonder what 16 says so 16 saying Therefore go ahead and confess your sins. Go ahead and do it deal with it To one another and pray for one another pray for the healing deal with the sin and go ahead and know it with all and pray for one another so that You can be healed And see how 16 sounds like you put they put that in there All right. Well, let's start back.
I don't know Let's start back in 14 So you see what I'm saying if anyone among you sick let him call for the elders of the church Let him pray over him anointed with oil in the name of the Lord and the prayer offered in faith Will restore the one his sick and the Lord will raise him up. He's committed these sins They will be forgiven, but you see you're dealing with the sins. You're having a good soul You're confessing you sin to one another therefore said the Lord is saying in verse 16 If you want to be healed confess your sins to one another and pray for one another Go ahead and pray for one another so that you might be healed because when you're doing these kind of things You're a righteous man and the rectific prayer of a righteous man is one that accomplishes much Amen because a righteous man is walking right in God's eyes.
He's not staggering like we saw over in in in James 4 where he's wanting to Cast all these on his pleasures now I Come to a place where I'm wanting to I don't want you to turn that up there yet Now I'm going to I shared this what I shared with you just about Well, I shared all of James and I came to that place one time and Lord give me one of the greatest revelations But him I had just sat down, you know, how's God just show you something like that and I'm fixing to relate this thing to you about Sin Because your Bible to relating sickness and town I don't care what somebody else is saying you've been reading it out of your Bible. That's how sin and sickness are tied together, right? Okay, I recommend the word Now I'm going to show you how this works. Let's just say I've dealt with situations where I was able to tell and Where people like cancer that's that's one of the most Common and most, you know Cancer, let's just say a person has cancer and they want to be healed that cancer Let's say that cancer has got in there Because of sin all right now I Want you to know and I want you to understand that there is a demon that specializes in cancer There's a demon that cancer that specialize in tumor.
There are two different demons How many of you already knew that hold up your hand already dealt with it? Well, keep your hands up. I just like to say I just like to see who's dealing with these things. All right That's a bunch of you.
It's spreading Now folks don't tell you something if you've got some kind of a sickness Please don't be offended by the Word of God because what I'm speaking to you right now is the Word of God check it out in the word and See what we saying is in the word. Don't be Offended because your tradition told you something. I've been reading the Bible to you.
Amen Now I've been sick There's a lot of folks in here sick But you're not supposed to be offended Check out what that is. It rise up in you and offend you. Amen Okay so he comes up and Boy, I'm telling you what this person doesn't want cancer and they want to be healed and So they come up and they want the elders to pray from them Some folks even come up with him.
He's very humble He cries all over the place now sometime now. I'm going to tell you what Sometimes God in his sovereign will I Mean he just I mean his heart and humble He's not have to go through the things that he's confessing them But in other times and many many many case they're going to go through this thing because this is what the Bible is talking to you man, it comes up and everybody knows that this is the most lacked man and most admired man as a Christian they are in this congregation and They all Love him and it comes up And there he's anointed with oil and he used a lot of oil and he dies, you know that happens, don't you? now I'm not saying they're not other reasons I did I know a lot of reasons why healing won't work and I'm not gonna get into all of them right now But I'm going to tell you part of the reason right now Now I'm going to tell you what God sees in this man Now did we see over here in James 4 that he says cleanse your heart You sinners and purify change your hands you sinners and purify you heart We're a double minded trying to walk ate the flesh in the devil. I walk the Lord.
Is that right? All right. Now. Here's what the Lord sees the Lord Let's see, I'm I'll just go over there and do that or can can you roll this over here? Oh, you got to do that You've got to move the screen.
Yeah, they didn't have these in Benton Here's what God sees When this man comes before him it sees where's he looking at right here in his heart. Is that right? He's looking in a man this man comes here and he wants to deal with that cancer and what he's saying right there when he comes before the Lord he said Lord I Want you to deal with this one sin right here cancer But I'm going to keep this greed and slander that's in my heart Lord, I want you to deal with this one sin of cancer But I'm going to keep this unconfessed bitterness and rebellion and envy in my heart Lord I want you to deal with this one sin cancer But I'm going to keep this pride and self-pity and anger and hate that's in my heart I haven't repeated up Lord. I want you to deal with this one sin of cancer But I want in my heart I I'm gonna keep this gossip and deceit Lord deal with this one sin of cancer right here But I want to keep this these sins of selfishness and unforgiveness Lord I'm just interested in you dealing with this this one sin right here that cancer is all I need right there I want to keep this resentment and I'll keep this stubbornness and I'll keep this jealousy in my heart Now are you seeing what I'm done? Huh? Huh? That's not what James for said said cleanse your hand you sinners He was not cleansing his hand of the selfishness and anger and the gossip and the slander and everything He just want to cleanse his hands of one sin, right? Say God doesn't see any difference in that sin Then he doesn't unforgiveness Amen Now that's not the total picture and that's not always The rule when some the anointing and the power of God is on a place that someone did but God and his sovereign will and the Power of God, but I'm going to tell you something you talk about something making a difference in somebody's life This is the way people ought to be taught And this is all it told and that's what you're supposed to walk and when you're walking this way and something gets on you You can get it off right there All right, just real quickly.
I want you to turn with me to Acts Now I'm not going to turn to Acts 1 9 11 where it said Jesus, you know, you remember what he talked to that Said where we're going to turn to is Acts 5 Jesus, you know, the last thing he did was ascended and Spoke to the disciples and immediately ascended went into heaven, right? Did he teach the disciples how he wanted the church to be a man? He told him to go and baptize teach the word and and teach him to observe everything make more disciples, right? Make more disciples like who make more disciples like them teach them everything I taught you and then it gonna be like you and if they like you they're gonna be like me because you're gonna do What I told you to do, right? Well, amen. All right, then we see this starts again and Acts 1 where Jesus right there and Acts 1 He has said these things and he ascends and goes into heaven And then who do you think would be the best authority on how a church would be? I think you would start in Acts 1 to see what the church is forced to look like I believe you can tell more from Acts 1 what the church is supposed to look like from the 6th and the 16th and 17th century I think acts is better than old-time religion now, I Could go through now they're on your list some other scriptures there in Acts, but I'm just going to start over first I want to show you how this church they walked in much opposition and persecution and words But the only thing they were interested in is what God said Jesus name and I want you to know that's the way I mean when you walk with God You're out on a limb and if he don't come through you're sunk and that's exactly where God wants to walk now We have been programmed listen pastor We have been so programmed that we have to be in control and we have been programmed when we start losing control That would lose control or something. That's when the enemy attacks you with fear and intimidation We've been taught to trust other things and so I'm telling you what the fallen after Jesus and this what God is doing today We're going to have to turn it loose.
I'm telling you what we're going to go through the valley pastor You will go through the valley every one of you are going to go to the valley You don't go through the valley. You won't have nothing to talk about You're going to be tested first and then Lord's going to raise you up and then when he raises you up and makes a name For you, you're gonna know who put you there and you know who set you down. I heard my wife laughs She knows I've been set down.
I'm telling you what I fear God. I fear he'll set me down I don't care what kind of a splash or anything or how people think about me or say about me a good or anything else I know one person that I cannot deceive but even the thoughts of my heart That's God and I know that he can use me all over the place right here. It's all over I'm telling you when God's spirit or hand comes off.
It's all him and so it is with you Now it's time we started acting like that, let's just let God be God. He's just kind of funny about that That's all he wants to do. Just let him be God He's not going to bring confusion and he doesn't need any experts.
They're just not any do it And I'm going to tell you what these things that God does through gifts and spirits out He's severally well, no one's going to wear gifts and everything like they've got some kind of badge or something like they're something God a move going to move through this one He'll move through that and you don't know what you own He's going to move through so you'll know that nobody of any reputation is doing it except the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Acts 5 verse 12 Well, how'd I get in first Peter I told you I was tore up Acts 5 verse 12 and at the hands of the Apostles many signs and wonders were taking place Among the people and they were all in one accord and saw in the port of God now Don't you know these people he and alien cast out demons don't you know? They have a lot to say about them Now that don't make it popular with a whole lot of folks when you start doing things like that that messes numbers and every kind Of thing but 13, but none of the rest did what? And it won't associate with them. Well, they had a lot of problem like that.
I sure I'm glad it's not that way today, aren't you? Huh? They didn't want to associate with them. However the people The people can you hear me where you're sitting the people helped in my eyes I think I've done sheep are coming. You know, my wife's talking about your money morning.
She's that male That's what the most beautiful sight that God just opened my eyes. She's 630 in the morning You know, I was over here at the hotel and she came over to meet with me here And she said here those cheap was it 630 of morning and they're coming with their Bible. They're going to eat Sheep Yes, hundreds of them going to eat Cheaper hunger they're starved to death the people The sheep are coming Nothing stops the sheep Nothing stops the sheep now Let's go ahead verse 16 and Also the people from the cities in a vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together They were bringing people who were sick or afflicted with what? Were they sick and afflicted with unclean spirits that what your Bible says Sick and afflicted with demons.
Oh my how'd that get in there and they they were healing some of them All being healed now, let me tell you something folks. Let me tell you why all of them are not being healed today Let me tell you something. We're not right before God Now let's let's don't act like we're right Because see when we know what covenant is and when we just died this world You know, we're ever nothing in this world And none of these possessions mean anything to us and our hearts not going after these things I'm tell you what we've moved in a oneness and a covenant I mean brother and where we're totally trusting God we lay down everything and we have one accord because we only want Jesus receive the glory We're not got our heart fixed on any man and it's not Jesus plus anything I'm telling you that that's what you're going to see and that folks Is what's coming up by I'm telling you I'm seeing more people healed all the time.
I mean all the time. It's getting where it's not much trouble like it used to be Matter of fact Lord just healed some of them right now. I ask you in Jesus name Praise Jesus.
He sent his word to heal you His word is life to you and helped all your whole flesh down He said if you preach your word, he's going to do it, honey. I was at Waco in Island Baptist Church there and they was It was this fella. I I'm met Bob Lillie and and you know, I thought well, you know, that sounds familiar Bob Lillie Bob Lillie, I know I heard that word before but you know, I didn't think you know, well, that's I Just forgot about it and I went ahead or to head the seminar and at one point there the Lord just impressed me You know that people that did sickness and it'd be impacted with headaches and pains and stuff like this And so I said folks will you stand up now see we're used to the man coming to town I said I I tell you what those that are hurting right now who have pain and hurting right now headache and this sort of thing I want you right down the name of you stand up your seat and And and they stood up and then I said don't you people just close to him right there now get around him Just lay your hands on him right there.
Just lay your hands on him right now so we led in a prayer right there and And then and the Lord just set him free all over at places sit down and later on. I found out that for seven years That Bob Lillie had had this continuous migraine I mean splitting and the Lord just removed that forever from him right then said these kind of things and one little girl Came up and she said I have not been able to hear how this here for 14 years and I I thought maybe I might ought to just mention it to it the Lord all the time things Happened and I didn't even get to lay hands on her or nothing. You know, I Mean God just does it.
He's he healed her with this word. So there they heal these sick afflicted people with demons and then First 17 when they heal these people with demons some of the high preachers rose up Please circle rose up The high preachers rose up now. I tell you what you can lose control when a lot of things like that goes on You know it that sound like a there's some other power coming at you Look listen me what you say the chief preachers Convened Meeting a council and they were saying talking about Jesus What are we doing? If we continue to leave this Man along he's doing many signs and wonders if we continue to leave him alone Soon the whole world will be falling and the Romans will come and take our place.
You better not have no place with Jesus By the way, that's headquarters, but the high preachers rose up along with associates that the sect of Sadducees that's another denomination. That's the reason they were sad. Do you see and they were filled with what? Yeah, the one who's taught see why they're sad.
They're listening to the devil and they laid their hands on the Apostles and Put them in a public jail they lay hands on different than what the other folks that I don't think but You always try up in Jesus An angel the Lord during the night open the gates of the prison and Taking them out. He said Here's what the angel said a red put this and on the refrigerator go your way and stand And you speak to this people in the church the whole message of this life Lord, amen all of it well So here they went back out there and in 25 But someone came reported him a whole these men whom you put in prison They're back in the church teaching again the people they thought they had him in jail Well, look here in 27 and when they brought them they stood before the council and the high preacher questioned them And saying now here's another he's a can't you just see him. Look here.
Look at look here And he's little little price talker, you know, I'm just it we gave you strict orders I've I magic now because you've been doing this since the first chapter in Acts We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us But but Peter and and and I was trying to please him right there and he said that Peter and the Apostle Samson said we must Obey God rather than men. Amen well, praise the Lord 32 and we are witness these things look who gets the Holy Spirit and so is the Holy Spirit who God Gives to who? Oh But those have been that sound like Oh John 336 what we said up there The wrath of God remains on those who does not obey him and then there he says he gives the Holy Spirit the one who does Obey him. We'll let that get in there Well one other thing let's go over in Acts 6 We see there in verse 2 that this I mean, this is a church folks It's all God and the twelve summoned and see what kind of congregation ahead.
They had a congregation disciples in All right, then and look down in 7 and Verse 7 the Word of God just kept on spreading and the number of disciples just continued here. We're making disciples And the number of disciples continued to increase what? Greatly in Jerusalem and a great number of the preachers are being saved Becoming obedient to the faith now. I told you it later on besides He's a possible that Steve and layman over there some layman and you know kind of the whole body's gotten to getting on with some of these things And you remember that That Jesus told in Mark 16 that these signs going to follow those who believe Why did it say these signs are going to follow those who don't believe are the ones that believe? Well, if you're talking about believing, what do you get to see? Nothing because God can't do anything any miracles.
He's came around somebody that won't believe you won't believe so and I don't you remember that Jesus told him To to go and heal the sick after he was resurrected. Is that right? I'm going to tell you something This is good. The word is good praise his name All right, the church sometime at the church is called sign That's half of the church is a bride The church is called the virgin The church is called mother.
These are all the type for the church in that right? Shake your head Okay, it's called Jerusalem is a type of the church Jacob is a type for the people of God Israel is a type for the people of God Judah is a type for the people of God the General Assembly Which we just saw the city courts have to talk in the city, Jerusalem the fortified city our tower and palace now, let me tell you something a fortified city Our tower is a place. Let me give you example of that today That's that's people who are in Babylon will go and walk in to a building and they'll find Security in this building once they walk in this building building is very reverent You know right here is a temple don't you and the building just wouldn't stop but when they walk in that thing and their heart goes And trust buildings their heart trust theology and different things like that, but they're deceived. They don't know the Lord and In this building right there this this what he's called, you know, the buildings not the church The buildings the meeting house church goes there, right? But see in their heart this has been perverted and made to be the church and then their hearts this Building this situation is going to be the vehicle That delivers them into heaven They're deceiving the heart because people are deceiving the heart that is the doctrines of demons to get your heart to trust something But that's the Lord Jesus Christ.
You can trust men your heart could trust men buildings theology intellect Denomination masonry letterbanks, okay, and That is the doctrine of demons So let's continue right here. There are different types for the church And yeah, you already know these things, but if I'm just one just running by Egypt It's a type of the world in that right us Syria is a type of the world. Sometimes the world just called nations, right? All right, they're different kind of lands.
There's a world land There's a church land and here's the land you see this At you yeah, this is God's field, you know in 1st Corinthians 3 9 this this is the land folks you possess this land You possess that's where the Canaanites are Amen Canaanites are right there on that land. You get them off with the sword. You possess the land Okay, you cross the Jordan and get up.
Amen Okay. Now we have their different types for the demons and we found out there is a devil, right? All right, sometimes they're called the adversary Sometimes it's hot when you see the call the serpents. I'm not Nicole lions or young lions sometimes thief Just the wolves.
It's a type farm wild beast beast the feel Scorpion Lions they sometimes strangers birds of the sky These the filthy not every time birds of sky beast field does that mean and any of these things and by no means is this Totally complete. Amen what I'm saying right here now another now, don't you know, the Holy Ghost is a fire and The spirit of the devil is a fire. They're both the fire.
You have to see how the scriptures use You won't have any problem with that. All right Now when you see these words, I wouldn't care if it was right teeth now When you see these words manifested, I mean when you see these words used I want you to know in most cases There are manifestations if you examine your scripture You're gonna start seeing the powers of darkness how the Lord's talking about the powers of darkness when you see first start with the word Blood what you're familiar with and I'm gonna have to go back and explain that to you always see the flood, right? You see the flood which is flood of words and sometimes many waters waves and so forth like that waters and waves the roar Uproar what roars? Aligns then the uproar when you see these words and I'll be showing you as we go along I wish we had about another half a day, but it's gonna be alright To just stay here till 9 or 10 But I always showed you distress, you know, I said I pointed out some pain distress when you see the word distress now see it You know, I'm gonna get mad at me when I start down here. Are you? If I say some things are in there I told you I'm going to call it what it is and you receive it when you see it in words that what we agreed With now, you can't be mad Amen, I'll be sweet Okay When you see the word Tara now one of the Tara's one now one of the biggest words that you that Use for the powers of dark is the word violence.
You know how they do violence to the law or Violence that means pervert the Word of God are you employ about us in other words instead of employing the Spirit of God? You employ the Spirit of the devil you employ violence. That's what he talked about You you bring the powers of darkness in the let him come in and pervert birth the word Calamity is another word now I Never did I need to just turn quickly turn back to Luke Turn back to Luke 8 with it just and I never did get to this You know, we looked at parable the word mark for we looked at it in Matthew 13 But I never did look at it in Luke 8 and I just want to quickly just show show you give you an example How let's just start with the birds of sky and I want to give you a little example Then I want to get to get on in this thing. Okay now Luke 8 Luke 8 Right now first he's spoken a mystery and then he took disciples and told him what he's talking about.
Is that right? Okay now in verse 5 he's talking in a mystery 8 Luke 8 verse 5 the sower went out to sow his seed which is word of God He sowed his son fell beside the road. It was trampled. The word is Underfoot see there.
They're trampling word just seven and we're going we're gonna watch a word trampled underfoot directly It's travel underfoot and who came and ate it up The birds of the air now we're going to look I think it's over in 12 And we'll get to see who these birds are there and what this seed is it coming? They eat what it is that the birds of the air is after and we silver burst web those beside the roads who have heard Then who comes? The devil comes and he takes away the word now see that's a seed and so we know that the birds what is a type of The birds of the sky is the devil right here. Is that correct? So there's a pretty fair example and it's all of you Bible, but not in every case now folks I'm telling you one You have to be careful that you don't read something into the word That's not in the word. Don't never say anything about the Word of God that everybody can't see it You know what because I'm telling you what I've learned You can start if you don't truly see it all and you start reading something in it Then you can take you can take you can have 50 things are that you have people with you and then when you get to the one thing where they can't see it and buddy It'll hurt you on other and and and and you could just sin about that if God hadn't told you something don't share it We don't have anything to prove.
We just say what God said he proves it. Amen Okay, now that now that I don't you remember what I'm telling you Okay So we see the birds of the sky right here and that we see the birds of the sky Want to come and take the word from you. Is that right? Now if that words not working in you you can't be fruitful if you don't take fruitful You're not overcome the powers of darkness.
You're no threat to them They get the seed from you and the seed don't grow and you're not going to have authority You can't have any power over them. Is that right? And we know how the war how do they come they bring affliction? They bring persecute a lot of people saying a lot of thing Then you get your mind on what they said and then you get your first thing, you know The word has replaced you got to please folks See it they steal the word from you and and they do it with the worries of life Get your mind full of that the deceitfulness of riches the desires for everything and you know When you've got those things on your heart, you're I mean get the words gone. They've they've got it They replace the word with something else.
That's how they get the word now. I already explained to you that That Paul fought the wild beast at Ephesus didn't and we know I wasn't fighting foxes We know this was a type of some this is a type for the powers of darkness that he was battling with there And I think I might have mentioned to you that in Mark 1 13 that Jesus was 40 days in the wilderness He was being tempted with Satan and he was with the wild animals that just got throwed out The beasts are still there. Just like the while the beast of Phil was with Satan when he was tempting the first Adam there with him when he's tempting the last Adam.
Are you seeing that? You know, we saw that in in Genesis 3 didn't we that the beast of the field was with Satan? he's more crafty than any of the other beasts of the field which he is and So now I think I should give you an example of how a city would be a church situation a congregation of God and people of God and I don't want you to see what the beasts are doing You know Babylon was a dwelling place of demons Babylon said that this word tells you and symbolism here and top that About this Babylon and we learn a lot of things over here in the old covenant Then we come over and and see how it's applied in the new testament. Amen okay, now if you have if you'll turn to seven I he's probably reading there yesterday and Step and I It's right before Matthew hurry Can you hurry it's about for the Caesar together over Zechariah and Stephani and about four books before Matthew All right It's on page 13 15 If you have a giant print Bible conversion 15 to 15 seven I 215 All right. Now, what does it go with me? That means lift it up doesn't it? Huh? Take your head.
Are you through visiting? young pounds ever now Hey like any Bible drill Never die verse 215. This is the exalted what? which is a type of what a Congregation of God or you know, they like the church This exalted city which dwells what? All they just dwell so securely who says what? In the heart that's how I love old Babylon over there. I'm the Queen.
I can't be a widow. I'm no widow I'm Jesus King. I'm Queen right? Oh, that kind of reminds me what? Satan saying over in some things in his heart Overnight there 14.
I wait says in his heart. You've been cast down because you said in your heart I will I will I me my Breath, I'd see you see Satan if you see who's talking to this city right here this church Who dwells they dwell securely because they have said in their heart I am There's no one besides me. In other words, you got to come over Why I'm you're going to get what I my tickets already punch.
I'm rich. I'm increased in good and Now she has become a what? Is there going to be abomination look at me? Is there going to be abomination in the life? Days that comes in to the holy place to make desolate And it makes death of no words. No water.
No fruit There they are she is a resting piece for who That's just exactly what you see of them That's the poor harlot church what you did exactly what you read Revelation 18 yesterday Everyone who places fire will kiss and wave his hands in contempt Don't try to witness somebody got a Budweiser in her hand and say you're safe. Sure. I'm saying he's been watching television He's got the bed sure, I know Jesus all right chapter 3 here's a problem.
Whoa to her she is what? Rebellious to the Word of God we saw what I get you when you was over in Psalms 107 and she is the foul The foul you defile the Holy Temple, right? What did Jesus do to the what was the type of Jesus he he went and he drove the thieves out of the temple, right? Amen. All right now Whoa to her who is rebellious and about the tyrannical city Now here's a problem Here's why she is sold it and she's secure in her heart and she's like the devil and she's a resting place for demons Here's a problem. She hates no boys.
She doesn't hate the Word of God She accepts no instruction. She is rebellious. She won't obey the Word of God She does not trust in the world probably goes the world get everything She needs that's babbling and she does not draw near to her God She won't praise the God now here at verse 3 her leaders or princes within her are what they're just exactly like the demons They've a demons are running the people so they run the church.
That's kind of like the Gentiles have got it All right. Now her judges are wolves. Now see are you seeing the beast? There's your Lord lad.
There's you love the judges are wolves at evening They leave nothing with the morning her prophet preachers are reckless treacherous men her Preachers preachers have profaned the sanctuary. They've done what? Violence to what the word the law the word they have another word. It's been perverted and Now I'm not going to turn back to to Deuteronomy 28 to go through the blessings and the curses and I think you pretty well understand that you have the blessings and the hedge And have God working with you and whatever you ask He'll give to you when you burn fruit and walking in company in that right then we see when you start living after this part That you want to you have the wrong motives and he doesn't answer your prayers.
Is that correct? We saw in James 4 now, let's go to less again. And now look at me here just a bit I'm going to start down here and This is going to smack against your box your petitions When I first start now, you're ready for it. You got to stand against it Yeah, if you get up here you can't start up here and come down you got to start down here go up, okay All right I'm gonna be mad You love me Okay.
All right, if you have your Bibles Acts 13 Acts 13 and we're going to start tying some of these loose ends together. All right It's good tie loose ends together it Praise you Lord Jesus for your grace liberty freedom Revelation understanding And your word praise the Lord now, do you believe when God says take heed do you think it might be good to take heed? All right, he said it here verse 40 and now God said take heed. He's got a reason to say take heed, right? Okay, take heed.
Will you please do something with take heed? God wants you to take heed. I'm ready to take heed now. I believe a lot of people ready to take heed, aren't you? Okay, how'd you fear of God you're coming on all right, all right Take heed Therefore so that the what I can't hear you again Thing the circle thing.
I heard that thing again The thing spoken of the prophets may not what? Oh That thing's gonna come on so we're gonna have to take heed so if the thing don't get on this right You owe me tell you what that thing is. Are you ready? Here it comes Damn, that's him Okay Behold you scoffers. Whoo That's markers Look here They're right there That's carton talk coppers are carton It's not a scoffer.
You'll follow their own ungodly lusts and They stop again now. I'll show you about Scott. You ready? Hope you can take this Have a scoffer in here don't get mad okay, behold you stoppers and Marvel and one Might draw you a little line around stoppers No, you little line around parish and kind of connect them together a little bit right there scoffers perish He says for I'm accomplishing a work in whose days.
Oh Your days. Mr. Scoffer Oh Work so he marked that work which you're going to never believe. Mr. Scoffer.
Mr. Scoffer. You can't see it. Mr Scoffers a matter of fact you have a problem with being wise and intelligent And you're not going to say it.
Mr. Scoffer. It's a work which you're going to never believe you're going to never believe it Though someone should describe it to you. That sounds like Luke 10, doesn't it? Huh? You'll never see that thing.
Mr. Scoffer Though someone describes it to you Because it comes by revelation You better open up your heart. You better get ready if you're a scoffer so you can see this Stoppers don't see this repent Here comes now this thing Is the same thing that the baby disciples all when he dealt with the power of the doctor And now this was taken right here I'll back up one and if you will, please please turn with me now back to her back up one That's back there near the Z's before her Before Matthew back there close by. I think it's close to Nahum and You can find it easy now Right before Zeb and I Zechariah Zeb and I mean, I'm sorry Right after they huh? Okay.
Now everybody has it Almost I'll tell you what you're going to like the minor prophets after this seminar today They just been waiting there all the time for someone to read them down Boy, this would make a good church I'll bet you a good tither. You got a lot of money. You got Jesus had your brother All right Now What did we just read over in Acts 13 that this was taken out of the back of that? He say he warned you you take heed You take heed to me that this thing doesn't come upon you but scoffers Are going to perish and they're not going to hear it or see it.
They don't believe it if he's rabbit Oh, no, let me let me ask you something. Let me just share something with you right here Who was it that Babylon used to bring a guy against the people of God over and over and over again Chaldeans one and that right The Chaldeans and they were the people that come to when Israel was disobedient. What did the Lord do? He turned the Chaldeans Babylon a poem the people of God because they wouldn't walk in company.
Is that right? Well, isn't that kind of true about the Canaanite nations and so forth like that He would just he would just let the Philistines come and just beat him up all the business and so forth like that They were on the land because when he wouldn't walk in the covenant of God, right? Now may I go ahead and tell you again that the Canaanite nations are the people on the land I want you to know them and the Chaldeans is a type of the of the instruments that God's used They're a type of the enemy that comes against you today the powers of darkness now, let me just tell you I don't believe any Chaldeans are going to get you today But you're ready to read about it got over in Acts 13 somewhere down there But those Chaldeans are a type of something now You're going to see them and if this is from God, it's gonna jump all over you like it does it me and everybody else All right. Here you go. Here.
They are verse 2 a back of one. How long though Lord will I call for help? Glory and thou will not hear I cry out to thee. What is what this problem right there? Violence.
All right. He's crying out. He needs help from who? The powers of darkness now, this is what this type of okay Here you go.
Thou does not slave. Why does thou make me see? Iniquity and you see it's in why and caused me to look on wickedness now. Look here.
Here it is Yes Destruction and here it is violence are before me now. Watch this strife exists Boy, not a familiar song Contention arises this way saying that where you think all that comes from them. Okay, we're gonna see him in a minute Strive and contention rise it therefore the when there's strife and contention there the Word of God is what? It's ignored and justice is never upheld.
It's not help. There's no discipline you just love bunch of folks into something that make them, you know, look good I ate the flesh and appearance and justice is never upheld and the wicked that's them surround the who So white righteous therefore justice comes out what? And that's why we've been seeing things that justice has been coming out a little perverted It looks good in somebody else's eyes instead of what God's eyes look right. All right now he he says Look among the nations Observe This is what the Lord said Be astonished and wonder and here we go.
What we saw over in Acts 13 He said because I'm doing something in your days and your days right now You wouldn't believe if you were told Mr. Flesh Schaffer Behold I'm raising up the who Which is a type of what? The powers and darkness of demons just plain old. That's what it is. All right, here they are I'm raising up that fierce and impetuous people who mark throughout the earth to seize what? Oh They season these dwelling places which are not theirs.
They're doing that a bunch First and what? Oh, they are they dreading and fear Are the demons ready to fear? Listen, let's stop right here You remember what I told you? What's it you told over in Acts 13? To be take heed that this thing would not come upon you. Is that right? May I remind you again Acts 13 wasn't telling you to take heed That the Galileans don't get you Acts 13 your new covenant over here was telling you That them was going to get you didn't come upon you and we've already seen that stoppers the wise and intelligent will never Never never never never ever see it. Amen You know, I said you wouldn't believe if somebody described it to you Okay So they sealed right now.
Look at me We're down here I told you you're gonna have to use that spirit of self that fruit of self-control here They're gonna have to just maintain yourself a little while. It's all of your Bible Everything we read over here. We're gonna find that don't bear with big calls up and something else Okay, you with me? You love me Okay They're dreaded and feared their justice and authority originate with himself The horses are swifter to watch it to be the leopards keener than the wolves and even the horsemen come galloping There are horsemen come from afar.
They fly like a what? There's your bird and a swooping down to what? The bower all of them come for what? By that there it is mark violence their hoard of faces move forward. They collect what? They collect captives like sand they bought a Kings the rulers are a laughing matter then they laugh at every fortress a Heap of rubble to catch her check it capture it Then it will sweep through like the wind and pass on they'll be held guilty They whose strength it's her strength who is their God and then how back a cast right here starting a verse 12 And now you're going to see the Lord Jesus Christ right in the middle of this. You ready? Here we go I've found not come everlasting.
Oh Lord my God my holy one We will not die Thou O Lord has appointed them has appointed them that they'll miss them to what Judge now you saw that I'm going to turn back. Oh good You saw this back over in when I was looking at Baba that that the powers of darkness said we're not going to be held Guilty because they judge sin when they get when they see sin they can move in and that's what they see and they're not gonna be Held guilty and as much as the powers of darkness that they have sinned against the Lord You remember that we saw it over in Jeremiah 51 a mark to make a little note there All right, now it's appointed them to judge and bow. Oh who? Who's that? Jesus has established them to what? Correct or I'm thinking King James called it chastise But anyway, they are to chastise.
They are correct. That is the point incorrect Well, it goes on and say well, how did that these things get on us and they're worse. We are well, you see it That's a good question So he put verse 13 in there and he said thine eyes are too pure to approve evil that's the evil in us and an evil is in the all the people that God's ever had and Thou cannot look on wickedness with favor Why does thou look with favor on those who deal treacherously that's on the demons Why is thou silent with the wicked that's the powers of darkness wall up those who are more righteous than they are.
Why? Why then when we're gonna see what? Why has thou made men like what? Now you've got to mark that good in your Bible make men like fish in the sea like creeping things without a ruler over them and the who And a cow lives a type of who the demons demons bring all him up with one Now look at God has Jesus has some fishermen, doesn't he? I believe Satan has him some fishermen, too He fishes for men, too You see this men are like fish in the sea and the Chaldeans the demons all All bring them all up with the hook and Now you see something that's been a curse all through the Old Testament being drug away See right there, right? They pray they bring them up with a hook and they drag them away with their wife Now that's what the curse and one of the curses you see all the way through the Testament Now, you know what that is the powers of darkness drag away now and they gather them together in their fishing net And therefore now now when it talks about the Lord throwing it bad on you, you'll find out that he lures ahead He says sick of now. I'm telling you now and this what's going to see all over the Bible now Therefore they rejoice and are glad now verse 17. Will they therefore continually therefore into their net and continually? slay Nations without sparing and that's exactly what they're doing slaying nations without sparing right now now I want you to turn to wholesale for please And we're going to that's where we had to start at didn't have to start somewhere.
Don't you? It's all right start somewhere in it Good Oh, they're born Where you say? Well, I haven't been taught to study a Bible like that. Well, I had made until God showed me do this. Oh Dudley, you know that answer your question like that.
Oh Dudley one of the best Bible teachers They they are in this world And I remember the first time I began showing and going through this thing with a bunch of pastors down in Oakland, Alabama I know Dudley and that's kind of encouraged because so does it what I've resolved said I've got a new Bible It's gonna be amazing. You know when you see this thing, you know, what's gonna happen? You're gonna think you're gonna see how this flows and everything. I want to tell you brother and sister you're gonna happen.
No, man No major gonna be it have time to cover this what it's going to change the reading of you But when you put this in fact when the word like it's you okay It's so exciting really is you're gonna want to reread it make a tremendous difference. All right now By the way, just for you notes, right? Her name is for to it it's you know, it's talking about the last day it says gonna want to take the last of you with fishhooks and If we had any time I'd run over there, but anyway and wholesale for which is a top well back up there to two Hoes there too. I just want to look at one verse while we're close by 219 I Will betroth you to me what? Forever.
Thank you. It's not me Jesus speaking, huh? Yes, I will betroth you to me and what Righteousness and justice in loving kindness. That's covenant love That's a God kind of love 219 who's a of 219 loving kindness and in compassion and I will what? But trowel you'll be married to me and what? Faithful, so then you're going to know the Lord.
Amen, and that good What Lord's ever we're all a little bit survival in it. Now, let's go back chapter 4. We're gonna start looking at a congregation. Okay? Now we're gonna sit this congregation had a few bar problems I Mean it's kind of like a palate and then when we come to something we're talking about Israel We're talking about Judah or Jacob or switch around like that.
You're still talking about the congregation. It'll switch it over You're still talking about a people that's supposed to be a people of God That's supposed to be walking in the covenant to God now. Don't you watch what what the Spirit of God is saying to you now? began and who therefore Listen to the word of the Lord Oh sons of Israel now are we sons of Israel? For the Lord has a case against the heavens and land.
Well, he has a case against Israel because there is what? Today there's no faithfulness and kindness. You can see it in the church It's not the faithfulness kindness or what the knowledge of God And the word in the land rather but here's what's going on in the hearts of people There is swearing there is deception murder is in their heart stealing is in their heart No, it's within their heart and watch what you do. They employ what? They employ violence So that what? Bloodshed follows bloodshed All right.
Now when you employ the powers of darkness when you employ a virgin now I'm just telling you what this is right now. You're going to see it clearly What happens bloodshed that you avoid perverting the word bloodshed call it bloodshed because there's no hedge or protection Do you see that? That's how you spill the blood of the righteous now Therefore the one Verse 3 don't look here the land up here mourns this land mourns. I always where do we see that over Jeremiah? You know when he's talking that's it the land mourns because of the curse But and this land I'm telling you there's some people on this land that cause this land and they're not blessings Okay, that's them the violence.
They're stolen. Therefore the land mourns and everyone who lives is in and in languages now underline language that means a lack force and a Weakened now look who's on the land with him along with the who? Beats the field and who? Now you see old on land who'd say who's on this land you see it when they get on the land the fish of the sea Who are they? man They disappear because they're the fishermen to come break them up the head fish up and drag them away. Is that right? Now if you kind of get some surprise look on you might as well get justice there because your Bible system change Okay All right.
Here's a kind of conquer here. It's kind of congregation is this is no faithfulness a kind of congregation of compromise Here they are first for letting a one-time ball Let none after offer approval. It just love them into it For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
So here's what you're going to do You're going to stumble by day now look at me in Daytime, you're supposed to see where you're going, but you're stumbling in the daytime. You can't find the way the way of the Lord, right? Okay, where you will stumble the day and the prophet also it's going to stumble you that and I'm going to destroy what? I'll destroy your mother, which is your what I'm going to destroy your church. You absolutely are right now My people are destroyed for this reason for lack of knowledge You know what Paul said about I pray for Israel for their what salvation they salvage zeal for God But it's not according to the word.
Amen Okay You are destroyed because you have rejected what? You Rejected the word so I'm going to reject you from being what? I'm going to reject you from when you reject the word I reject you from being my priest since you've forgotten the word of your God. I will also forget your what? I'm going to forget your choice now Let's just look in chapter 5 and we see apron we see Judah we see Jerusalem We see Israel. These are all supposed to be a type of God a type of the congregation of God.
Okay And you see it changed from one the other and you'll get used to it a little bit Hosea 5 Let's start in verse 11. Here. It is.
It's a type of the congregation or Church of God verse 11 Apron is oppressed. They are crushed in what? The judgment is a reason they're oppressed because here's their problem. He is determined to follow what? He's determined to follow man's command So when you follow man's command the anger of God and a wrath of God comes and they come right behind him So therefore he says in verse 12 The Lord says therefore I'm like a what? Now when listen the curse of God the curses of God is explained like being rottenness or a moth now We've already run that once more We're going to see it all over now These are some terms you kind of get used to when you start putting the powers of darkness back in the word Then you start having to get used to new things if he left them out, right? So you just go ahead and adjust right here Just like all the other hundreds that do it see it right here from God Do and you go see it now when you talk about them all that's them the mob and that's where the powers of darkness It's just a slow deterioration now.
Therefore when you follow man's command in verse 12, therefore I'm like a moth even and like what? There is your rottenness in the moth. You'll see it over over to the house of Judah Now here's what the church is doing in verse 13 when the church when Abram saw his what? All right when he saw his sickness and Judah his what? Wound all right when they saw their sickness then the church Abram went to where? Which means they went where they go to the world with their sickness, okay and Sent to King Jerob, but he is what? He's unable to hear you or cure you of your what your wound your sickness or I will be like a what Folks now don't you get used to these terms when the Lord says I'm gonna be like a thief You're going to say now that he when he said I'm gonna be like the power that I'm okay I thought it's all over. Okay.
All right, but I'm going to be like a lion to Ephraim There's your powers of darkness. I'm gonna be like a young lion to the house of Judah now Let me let me just stop right there where you know that The and then all the congregations throughout the Word of God when they disobeyed God and disobeyed to God he hasn't turned any boxes and Bears and lines whoops on them has it no These are a type of something just like all the other things in the word And so them they I'm gonna be like a land apron like a young lion to Judah house of Judah I even I are going what? I'll tear the pieces and go away. I'll care away and there'll be none delivered Now don't you remember this word tear to pieces? I'm starting down here again.
I'm just going to have to look at me I'm starting down here just a minute I don't want to tell you so you can get used to this term tear to pieces now if I've been able to share with Covenant right here I'd you you you could have clearly understand this a lot clearer now used to when they used to walk through the pieces when two Would make covenant they would make the figure eight they would drink the wine which is the blood They would feed each other the bread which is blood and flesh that was covenant that they would make when they walk between they would split an animal from they wouldn't cut its head or by me from tail to head right there and then when they'd make covenant with One another and this by the way is what Abraham and God made their covenant together that oh no There wasn't any need for Abraham. God just made it for Abraham. Of course.
That's what Jesus did for you, too but But see when you walk through the pieces that is a walk of death That is the walk of death when you walk through this walls of blood and that's what covenant it is a walk of death to yourself Because your identity is changing now one of those, you know, there's blessings and curses and ever ever coming Any time you make covenant now, you know like those Scott and I would make covenant with one another Well, then one the bless I just speak blessings all over his family and all these things that show him how much I had in The bank all these things are his now Everything I have here is everything his is mine. That's what when to become one blood one flesh. Amen and Then would come the curses now see I've turned my whole life and everything I've given it over to Scott and courts now this time, you know, this is what we do with the Lord And you know how much more serious it be if you do something like this with God See, this is why we've not understood cousin.
Why we've just been a little at Liberty about and deceived about the things of God But one of the things you'd speak all kind of curses on each other and people of this day Understand when you speak word curses James has a lot to say about it speaking curses on people Say it's been all right to speak curses on people since it wasn't any powers of darkness or you know These things have been left out So then when I speak curses on him and one of the things that we would we would agree to we would point to these pieces of Where we walk through the pieces and say Lord you do to me and more Pointing to these split pieces right here if I don't keep my cup Well, that's an oath before God Now what when the powers of darkness turn loose on people when they're breaking covenant, they're not walking income the hedge comes down I hope now see we're running some new things here and you're going to just see it and a long time together and and you just Won't see but that's when they're tired of pieces So when you tired of pieces, who do you think tears you to pieces? Who do you think tears you to people and do around me 28 when you do not walk in covenant right there? Did if you do not obey the word the hedge comes out and here they come They tear you to pieces like a moth like rats Amen This concludes tape number 14, please fast-forward this tape to return it to the beginning Please proceed to tape number 15 Where this message continues?
Sermon Outline
- I. Introduction to the Series
- A. The Importance of Following the Word of God
- B. The Dangers of Following Traditions and Wrong Teaching
- II. The Connection Between Sin and Sickness
- A. The Bible Teaches That Sin Leads to Sickness
- B. The Devil Uses Sickness to Keep Us from God
- III. The Role of the Church in Healing
- A. The Church Has Authority Over the Works of the Devil
- B. Healing is Part of the Work of the Church
- IV. The Conditions for Healing
- A. We Must Meet the Conditions of God
- B. We Must Live Up to the Promises of God
- V. The Importance of Dealing with Sin
- A. Sin Must be Confessed and Repented of
- B. Healing Comes When We Deal with Sin
- VI. Conclusion
- A. The Word of God is Clear on the Connection Between Sin and Sickness
- B. We Must Follow the Word of God to Experience True Healing
Key Quotes
“When you're in the shadow of death, that's the opposite from being in the shadow of life.” — Milton Green
“Healing is part of the work of the church, and the church has authority over the works of the devil.” — Milton Green
“You can't have peace unless you deal with sin.” — Milton Green
Application Points
- We must deal with our sin in order to experience true healing.
- We must confess our sins to one another in order to experience true healing.
- We must pray for one another in order to experience true healing.
