Ministered at Christ Today Church Bill Green 11/11/03
We need to respond with ever fiber of our being to the Word of God
written in the depth of our heart and mind. The Lord spoke this morning
to name the Baby. When I meditated on what He was saying, it witnessed
to my heart. We are born into this world, and live our life, which is a
constant battle over many things. You don't go through life without
facing challenges. Every one of us is on a road with need for something
bigger than we are. I thank God for the Scripture, "Jesus is the light that lights every man that comes into the world." Our responsibility is to bring an understanding, of where this Christ abides. Where this light is, It isn't out there somewhere; we are not walking with a hope of some day. We are not looking for a tomorrow. We have God that is a reality now. I can't serve that which is going to do something tomorrow, when I need an answer today. When I need strength for this day, I need it when I need it, not some future time, when someone gets around to praying for me. I don't need to travel a thousand miles to a healing ministry in order to be healed, when I recognize where the healer is. I need not go a thousand miles away in order to find salvation, when I recognize, who the savior is. It is time we realize, we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, kings, and priest, unto the Lord. We can not go around as spineless individuals, satisfying the system. If you are going to be married to the system, you will have the problems of the systems. If you will shake the dust off of your feet, begin to seek God for yourselves, let the Spirit of God come alive in you, He will make you strong, in your own house. You don't need a system or a doctrine, He is the system and He is the doctrine.
Men will not appreciate what you minister, that shouldn't make a difference we weren't, sent to please men. You are here because of the timing of God. It is time to name the baby. When John the Baptist was born, He was taken to the Temple for circumcision, and to be given a name. When they brought Him there, the people wanted to name Him Zacharias, this wasn't in the plan of God. You want to be called Baptist, Full Gospel, or Four Square, because this is what you're Family belongs to. You want to be called by what your
organization is? ITS TIME TO NAME THE BABY. It's time to recognize who you are in Christ. My Bible teaches me in (Rev 12th chapter A woman
brought forth a Man-Child. They didn't take the man - child to the
temple to get a name. He was ordained to be birthed in the time God had
chosen. Immediately the child was caught up to the throne room of God.
It's time to name the baby. We are the children of God. We are the Son's
caught up unto the throne room, Father has instructed us. So now is the
time when the body of Christ will come forth in the clouds, it is the
appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not in those clouds, in the sky, but in you. You’re the clouds He is appearing in.
If you are going to be blown about by ever wind of doctrine, ashamed
to stand on your feet, and tell it like it is, you will go through a time
of suffering, and trials. If you speak the word of the Lord they will
want to crucify you. Praise God He will not die again He came to give
life. I prayed and the Lord said “I am going to close the babbling lips, and
send a River.” I am not looking for a river out there some where, He said
“out of your belly would flow rivers of living water.” You have in you
this river. But if you keep naming the baby something other than Christ
you will never really know the birth of the Spirit in you.
When we lay aside the doubt, and fear, you will recognize who you are.
We have the light of Christ today. Come to His light. We are a new
creature, we are not created in Adam. God knew us in Christ before the
world was. We are not sent to loose this battle, but we can't come forth
until it is time. Thank God someone named the Baby. Now it is time we
have the Christ Life within us. The System put down all manor of requirements in order to receive the Holy Ghost. You must speak in
tongues, or you don't have it. You must do this, and that, or you don't
have it. You cannot separate Christ from the Holy Spirit. The same
Spirit that raised Him from the dead, is the same Spirit that comes unto
you. When you receive it your tongue is changed, you begin to speak the
things of God, not the things of the world.
Don't get yourselves bound down by the dos, and don'ts, you can't do this,
and you can't do that. Either Jesus, died for us or he didn't. I choose
to believe, He died for all men everywhere. We can come unto Him and
rejoice. Father what is it that makes us different from the world? Just what is
it in your life, that separates you from the world? Not your works, lest
we would boast about it. You can't go back and redo something Jesus did.
We must accept what He did, and believe what He did. What is it Lord
that makes us different? Why is it when we open our mouth and begin to
proclaim the things we hear in our heart? What is it that makes it so
hard to receive? We think we make it simple, and plain, People say amen
and praise the Lord. Then they go away and let the intellect begin to
think about what they confess to, there is a commitment when you hear
God. When you come to the commitment, there is a separation of self. Not necessarily from the church, or your family, You must separate yourselves from self. We want to hang on to condemnation. We want to hang on to the law. We want to hang on to the low self, esteem, which says we are not good enough, to receive from the Lord. I thank God by His Blood He cleansed us and whether you like it or not, we are holy in His eyes. He doesn't see us through the eyes of man. He sees us with the eyes of God. The eyes of God look through the Blood of Jesus. Jesus paid the price for us. We are His. He has made us clean. We belong to Him. Whatever belongs to the Son belongs to the Father, because the Son is one with Him. He is one with us. You are made complete in Him. What makes us different? What is it that is in us? We named the Baby.
When the Woman brought forth the man-child, She didn't bring forth a
corporate man. You can hear all kind of teachings about corporate man.
Every one is looking for the corporate man to come together. We are
looking for something that has already taken place. The corporate man
was the Lord Jesus Christ. He came as one. That was the appearing of the
corporate man. He has come again not as a corporate man, but as a body
with many members. Not in the body of flesh as man knows flesh. He is
appearing in a glorified body in the Saints.
Our eyes will behold the glory of our God, as He appears in the great
cloud of witnesses. Not up there in little white clouds somewhere. You
are the cloud He is appearing in. You are the trees He has planted in this world which man may eat of.
You will give them abundant life. Time to name the Baby. What makes us
different? In 2 Corinthians chapter 5 I want to read a verse here. Some people say Bill doesn't use the Bible, So I have My Bible with me. No I didn't do away with the Bible. I will say it over again I believe in the Bible. I don't see it as the full word of God. I believe it is a record. I believe it was given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Word of God I know is made flesh. The Word of God I know I have been begotten by it. The Word of God I know He wrote in my heart and upon my mind. The Bible is written by men Subject to change. As it came down through the years of interpretation a lot of it become mans word completely different from what God was bringing to light. The poison of mans mind has misinterpreted, and changed it around to satisfy their own doctrine. I Thank God, He sent the Spirit of truth into our hearts. We don't read it with the eyes of man, We read it with the eyes of the Spirit. Father gives us exactly what it says. The Scriptures has met the Word and the Scriptures must give way to the Word. Now I know tomorrow I will get a telephone call. What do you mean? I am not even going there!
In 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
If you are constrained by the love of Christ it has a hold on you. It
keeps you. The love of Christ will cover a multitude of sin. The Love of
Christ will make the dead rise. The Love of Christ will make the lame to
walk, the blind see. This Love of Christ constrains us. Why does it
constrain us? Because we judge, not one another, what do we judge? We
judge the fact that if one died for all, they were all dead. I am not
going to ride on a dead horse. Its time to name the Baby. There has been
a new birth. Adam is dead! He is raised in the Lord. Anything outside of
the Lord is dead already. The earth smells just the way it is suppose
to. It had to come to a dead stinking condition. When it did God said it
is time for my Chosen Generation, My Royal Priesthood, to be birthed. He is going to restore it back to Himself. I am going to take that which is dead, and make bone come upon bone, I am going to make it live again. Your responsibility is to be constrained by the love of God. Let the Love of God get into your innermost being. Let it speak for you. You are made complete in Him. You are not in part, That which was in part was in Adam. It is dead. You are complete in this one that has come. When that which is perfect is come that which is in part will be done away with. I believe that perfected one came, in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now look at 15 - 17 verses.
15 And that he died for all, that they, which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him, which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we
have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no
more.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Did that say old things are passing away? Therefore henceforth know we
know man how? After the flesh. Why don't we know any man after the
flesh? The flesh is dead. Scripture says "Reckon yourself dead." The
flesh that died rose again. It did not rise as Adam. Adam was crucified
in Christ, on the tree. So He had to come forth in order to save Adam
and restore Adam. Adam had to die. Adam was crucified. All His
shortcomings and sin was crucified on the cross with the Lord Jesus
Christ. Did He leave any sin out? Did He leave any flesh out from dying?
Then all are dead in Adam. We need not worry about Adam any more. I want to teach you the Kingdom. How can I teach you the Kingdom when you are still bound down by Adam? He was crucified its dead its done away with. On the Cross-all sin was crucified. ALL SIN YOURS, MINE, AND EVERY ONE ELSE. Was crucified with the Lord Jesus Christ every sin you have ever committed, He paid the price for it.
If something is paid for, the debt is disannulled, and no longer owed.
Now either the Blood of Jesus cleansed us from sin, or it didn't, I chose
to believe it did. Oh do we say we don't sin? If I do sin I have an advocate with the Father, I can say My God I thank you, and you have already paid for it. I remain whole in the Lord Jesus Christ. We acknowledge liberty in Christ. Then we can go out here and live like we want to. If you go out there and live like you want to, You are going to hell just as fast as you can go. I am not talking about a lake of fire out there somewhere. You will come in to some little place like this some minister is going to be on fire; he is going to burn you up. You don't know what hell is till you get around the Spirit of God, and your not walking in Him. You soon find out what hell is. Its not only hell it is torment. I am not worried about the lake of fire I am being cast into the fire everyday. But Christ is in the fire with me burning up everything unlike Him. It doesn't go away without a loud noise. A lot of crying, kicking, and screaming. Oh God why are you doing this to me? Oh God I am such a good person. I accept you a long time ago Jesus. Why is all this coming at me? Don't you know Lord I am a Christian? I am not like my brother. I am not like those Pentecost. I am not like those Baptist, don't you know Lord, I am a Christian. The Lord says my love will constrain you. Well now Lord there is some people I will never love. I don't care Lord there are just some people I am never going to love. You see we don't recognize people are dead. There is a new creation in Christ. When I worked as a Quality manager in an aircraft plant, It was my responsibility to recognize a flaw in a part. If you get a couple hundred people in an airplane and it comes down FAA wants to know why. They are going to come to the guy or the Company that signed off the ticket saying the part was air worthy. They are going to say. "You signed this off. Now let us see all the records to show the history of every nut, bolt, o-ring, every part that went into it. There
must be a record of tracing who the machinist was, all the way back to
the raw material. All the certification of the material. They take all
that history. And come to a decision. Something went wrong. Some where
some one made a mistake. It is easy to say the Pilot did it. Or some one
else did it. But when it comes right down to the little yellow ticket. They will say this doesn't have the Pilots name on it. This doesn't have the air controllers name on it. This has your name on it, You certified it was a good part. You're in a lot of trouble. When that happens to you. The same principle applies in this God we walk in. He knows every minute thing. His plan is going to be followed right to the tee. He has a plan for your life. You get out here and you say Lord I love you and I am a Christian. I have accepted you Lord in my heart. Now I am going to live my life for you. We begin to walk Praise God the Holy Ghost is fine, Praise God for the first days when we were enlightened as to where Jesus is. When the Holy Spirit begin to move in us, we begin to dance, shout, and tell everyone about Him. Oh yes we were in harmony with Him, all is well. Then something went amiss, we decided we could make these decisions on our own. We step out of the harmony, here comes the enemy, You start to feel bad, something is wrong. You get on the phone, pray for me something is wrong. Oh Lord what's wrong? We all begin to pray. God turns the heat up a little more. The one that praying for you, calls you the next day and say, "I feel like I
am in hell." pray for me. Well I know someone who really knows how
to pray lets get a hold of them. And they will pray for you. God is telling
us to be committed unto Him. Our plate has been cleaned. God gave us a
new plate. He is filling us with the food, He wants us to eat. One thing
we need to do is not to very form the Lord Jesus Christ. Keep your focus on Him, through all things.
When someone calls for prayer I am not saying don't pray for him or her.
But get the mind of the Spirit, and pray in the Spirit. Sometimes you
are not going to say oh you are good and the Lord is going to bless you.
You're going to say you screw up. Well I don't want to hear that I will
go somewhere else and get my blessing. I don't want to hear you tell me
I screw up. I am a Christian. Every one of us has gotten out of line
with the Lord, He reaches out and brings us back. This is what I have planned for you, you are separated unto me not yourselves. All of you have the Lord in your heart. You believe He is alive, active, and moving in our lives? You believe we are the generation called for this day? Do you believe we are complete in Him? Do you believe all things, not just a few things but all things work together for our good? It doesn't matter what you have been
through. If you will recognize today, what you experienced yesterday is for your growth in the Lord. Those Things where there seemed no possible way of escape. It is Christ, who breathes upon you, and changes your life in an
instant. Let go of the Adam realm, give it to the Lord. Let Him; bring forth a word of truth through you.
Children it's time to name the Baby. We are begotten. Did you know you
are begotten? How are you begotten? By the Word of God. Now I want to
ask you, do you believe you are begotten by the Word of God? Yes I am begotten by the Word of God. I only know one Son that was begotten by the Word of God. I don't know this Jesus realm after the flesh. I know the Christ
after the Spirit. Jesus said that realm of the flesh is over. But He said I will come again. When they crucified Him He was dead. But He was
boned again. First He was the Word made flesh, and dwelt among us. He
said I will come again. It was written of Him. The reason He was
crucified was He was sent to be crucified. He was sent to be a Lamb that
was slain. But He said I will come again. He came the first time as the
Word made flesh. He is appearing again as the Word made flesh. He has
taken the Word and has begotten that resurrected one which is the Christ. It is by the Word the Christ came forth. It says you are in Him, and He is in you. The Word of God has begotten you. The Word was with God and the Word was God. So God, out of His own substance put Himself into the world. Now out of His substance, He is bringing forth the resurrected Christ Body, which you are a member.
You are not your own you are a new creation. Do you believe you are a
new creation? Where are you created? You are created in Christ. If you
are a creature or creation in Christ. Just as God out of the substance
of Himself brought fourth Jesus Christ. He has taken the substance of the body of Jesus and made Himself a new creation. It is appearing again in the flesh, just as Jesus said it would.
He came as a corporate body. Birthed from the Father. Even as His body
was completely joined together, There were many members in His body. If
you were crucified with him, you were resurrected, with him. Jesus came
as a corporate man. He came from a glory, He had with the Father, before
the world was. Now listen to this. The glory you had with the Father is in Christ Jesus before the world was. When you have that glory in the Christ, The same Father that sent Jesus, is the same Father that put you in Him. You were not in the mind; you were in the body. You were sent with Him, You were crucified together with Him. He was a Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. You were crucified with Him, you are identified in Him, Whether you want to accept it our not you are identified in God you are sealed and there is nothing that can take that seal away from you.
When He appears you shall appear with Him. You cannot be separated from
Him. He said Lo I am with you always. He didn't say today, and leave you
tomorrow. He said I am with you always. I will never leave you nor
forsake you. I have chosen you. I have chosen you in Christ, Before the foundation of the world. He identified you and He knew you. So you are not here by chance, You are here because of the plan of God.
It is time to walk in the reality, We are the Son's of God now. I say
Son's of God. That is just one Son. We are because He is. No other
reason. It isn't because of you goodness, or works, or because you are
someone who accomplished something. God knew you before the world was formed. The same Spirit in Him then is in us now. It can bring all thing back to your remembrance. He is omnipresent, omnipotent, all powerful. If you are joined to the Lord you are one Spirit. You need not worry about dividing the soul and Spirit. That came at me last week. A lady said to me
"Well divide for me the Soul and the Spirit." I don't need to divide
them The same Spirit He is I am. If He makes a division it is Him that
does it, not me. Oh yea “those soul that sin are going to die.” I said
"They all sinned and died.” I am a new creature in Christ. I don't worry
about those things. “Oh you think your something special.” No He does, No
man is going to lift us up Christ is. Who will draw all men unto Himself? They are not going to be drawn because of you're beautiful ministry. Or by your good works. They are going to be drawn, because He was lifted up.
So let go of the warfare, Lay your sword down, Let us worship Him in Spirit and truth, know Him as He is. When the railing accusations come, rejoice for them, and know it is all to bring us to a greater understand in God. They can do you no harm, or hurt, let it go, don't let it bother or destroy you. Throw you arms around this world and love them. This great God is in you. They will see the Father in you, when you manifest His love.
He, will make springs of living water in your belly, that shall flow out.
Every Man shall come to your water, and drink freely thereof. Worry not
about tomorrow, or what happened yesterday. Take up this walk, and walk
in the Spirit today for “I am the Lord that is omnipresent with you. I will walk, and talk with you, I will have my way in you. Why do you fear and worry?”
Don't you know the kingdom is not coming? The Kingdom of God is in you.
Now walk in the liberty where by I have made you free. I did not die in
vain. I came to give you abundant life. You said Oh Lord I want
to live. I say unto you this day LIVE!”
Oh but the river flows so swift Lord, How can I do this? I don't understand all these things, and all these doctrines that is coming at me. My head is swimming Lord, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!
Come unto me Child, All you that are burdened and heavy laden I will
give you rest. I will take your sorrow, I will take your sin, and I will
take all that binds you, and cast it as far as the east, is to the west.
Don't condemn your self anymore, for I don't condemn you. Love with an unfailing love, Unconditional love. Not just one and another. Love every one in this place, and in the world. Love them because they are mine. Who has known the mind of the Lord? That He may instruct them? I didn't give my mind to another. I gave my mind to you. Who has the Word of the Lord, that He may speak boldly? I didn't give my Word to another, I wrote it upon your heart and mind. What is the responsibility I have in this day you ask? Lay all aside come and follow me. My ways are easy, my burdens are light. Come Child I will give you rest.
This is the day, this is the time. God will get into your shoes. You will
not leave this place today the way you came. He breathed into you
something that is so secret, He will reveal it unto your heart, you will not be
able to tell any man. You will tell those in the Kingdom. They shall
rejoice because they shall hear. I say unto you this day look and know
you are not among the dead. You are His Children. He touch you child, with
the fire from the altar, of the Lord. Granted unto you a strength that will
come. Granted unto you a joy. Every trouble, test, and trial that stood in
your pathway, He take it from your mind, lifts it from you right now. I
fold it in my hand and say, father this I present unto you. Look at it
through the Blood of the Lord, cleanses her from the top of her head to
the soles of her feet. She is no longer a sinner. She is filled with the
Spirit of the Lord, He sees her Holy. Made whole in Him. Transfigured
before the children of God. Into a child that is alive and active in
Him. Oh Jeanne God has for you a great understanding. He is going to
speak the words in your heart. You will hear a word coming forth. You
will say I don't know this, I have not studied this, I have never heard
this. What is this I am hearing? what is this I am experiencing? God says
I am going to give it unto you, You're going to know, and speak it. As
you speak it your understanding will come, and you are going to dance
before the congregation of the Lord, with joy. Lord I will never do
that! Yes you will. Mark my word sister, you will dance before the
Children of the Lord. You will play the tambourine you will make joyful
noise, a sound that has never been heard by the ears of man. You are
going to be a part of a music that is played in the heavens. It will be
played before the throne room of God. He is going to rejoice the way his
children has yielded to Him. To play, the beauty of the music of the
Lord. Jim the time is come the change has been made Every thing in your
life is beginning to change From this day forward you are going to walk
out of here, your going to fine a reality a newness. There is things
going to come you're way, your problems and all of those circumstances
are not going to run you away. You will handle theme without thinking
about them. The spirit of God is going to take over in you life, in such
a way the things that look so natural is going to be handled by the
Spirit. And the things that is so Spiritual is going to be handled by the
Spirit. You are not going to walk in the realms of a man. You are going
to walk in the Spirit of God. Rejoicing because you know greater is that
Lord in you than he that is in the world. I called you for this day Son,
You will rise up in this day, and hour, and you will be made ever wit
whole.
No one needs to worry about tomorrow. As far as I can see time is no
more. So when we are here like this, rejoice because we see each other
as we are. But you think if this body was dissolved that would stop the
ministry? This ministry hasn't begun yet. It is just now starting to
blossom. There is nothing that can kill it. Nothing can stop it, nothing
that will discourage it. Because, it is not, breathed into us by man,
Neither is it taught by doctrine, theory, and theology. The Spirit of
God teaches it in the classroom of hard knocks.
I have some Brothers going into the classroom of hard knocks I love them
and pray for them, embrace them, because we have come down the same road.
So lets love one another, and forget about the shortcomings. Lets look at
the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessings
Bill Green
