God's View:
Jn. 8:31
, 32
, 36
-Good news of the Gospel is that the Christian
is free to become like the person God wants him to be, to achieve
the goals God wants him to achieve, to obtain maximum enjoyment
of life in Christ. Many, however, are slaves to bondage of sins,
habits and thought patterns that keep the inner man bound. There
are 3 major areas of bondage that rob us of our freedom: bondage
of inferiority, of insecurity, and of inadequacy.
Hope:
2 Pet. 2:17-22
; 2 Tim. 1:7
; Rom. 8:11-18
; Isa. 58:12
; Heb.
10:17-19-Oppressive influences are to be dealt with by your position
in Christ, and not by blaming others or circumstances. Inferior
people try to impress others to cover up their sense of inadequacies.
Inferiority can only be overcome by righteousness. We need to
build up the waste places of our lives and establish firm foundations
of God's word. Jesus' blood forgave us and cleanses us once and
forever. The blood frees us from all inferiorities.
James 5:15-18 ; Isa. 32:15-20 -Exercise of prayer is the exercise of power. Rule your environment on the inside and the outside. Be ruled by peace, quietness, assurance; live in sure dwellings and quiet resting places and know that in all adversities His fruit remains regardless.
2 Cor. 5:21 ; Rom. 5:12 ; Isa. 53:10 ; Heb. 12:1-3 -Jesus broke sin's dominion over us. It is sin that makes us inferior, inadequate and thus full of fear but we are free, and free to reign in righteousness. We cannot lose for winning. Christ is unlimited and so are we in Him, 1 John 4:17 .
Change:
l Sam. 11:1-5
; Jere. 10:2-7
-We are more than a conqueror because
nothing has the power in and of itself to subjugate us, but only
one's perception of it will enslave you.
1 Chron. 4:9-10
-Whatever has you conquered, call on God and come
free. Whatever names you were called by your parents, whatever
experiences in life made you feel ashamed, guilty and condemned,
all the patterns of thought developed over the years which have
led to inferior ideas and images, come out from under and be on
top in Jesus.