“We are to grow up in all aspects into Him,
who is the head, even Christ…to a mature man, to the measure of the stature
which belongs to the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:15, 13). God has given us everything
we need to grow to maturity in Christ (2 Peter 1:3). But Satan is opposed to our maturity and will do
anything he can to keep us from realizing who we are and what we have in
Christ. Since we wrestle against principalities and powers instead of flesh and
blood (Eph 6:12),
we must experience victory over the dark side before we can fully. Page 11-12 Bondage Breaker
The Bondage Breaker starts with Free at Last! and ends
with Helping Others Find Freedom in Christ.
The chapter titles in between include: You Don’t Have to Live in the
Shadows, You Have Every Right to Be Free, Jesus Has You Covered, The Lure of
Knowledge and Power, Don’t Believe Everything You Hear, and Appearances Can Be
Deceiving.
Before reading and understanding this material, I felt like a pawn in a
giant chess game.
“You are not the helpless victim of a tug-of-war between two nearly
equal heavenly superpowers. Compared to Satan’s limited power, God is
completely off the charts in His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience-and
you are in Him! Sometimes the reality of sin and the presence of evil may seem
more real than the reality and presence of God, but that’s part of Satan’s
deception. He is a defeated foe, and we are in Christ the eternal Victor.
That’s why we worship God: to keep His divine attributes constantly before us
in order to counter Satan’s lies. A true knowledge of God and our identity in
Christ is the greatest determinant of our mental health. A false concept of God
and the misplaced deification of Satan are the greatest contributors to mental
illness…
Deception is the most subtle of all satanic strongholds…Lying is an evil
defense promoted by the father of lies, Satan (John 8:44)…Satan’s lies are at the heart of
addictive behavior…
Faith is the biblical response to the truth, and believing the truth is
a choice…Faith is something you decide to do, not something you feel
like doing. Believing the truth doesn’t make it true; it’s true, so we
believe it…
Your faith is only as great as your knowledge of the object of your
faith.”
When writing about forgiveness, Dr. Anderson writes, “You don’t forgive
someone merely for their sake; you do it for your sake so you can be free. Your
need to forgive isn’t an issue between you and the offender; it’s between you
and God.
Forgiveness is agreeing to live with the consequences of another
person’s sin. Forgiveness is costly; we pay the price of the evil we forgive.
Yet you’re going to live with those consequences whether you want to or not;
your only choice is whether you will do so in the bitterness of unforgiveness
or the freedom of forgiveness. That’s how Jesus forgave you-He took the
consequences of your sin upon Himself…
Forgiveness deals with your pain, not another’s behavior.”
Have
you met the Bondage Breaker?
Jesus
Christ will set you free!
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