How The Truth Can Set You Free, Part 9

Welcome to this weekend. And that's bad catheter behind the truth of Scripture.

Christian signed the power and the living learn to draw on his inexhaustible supply as you embrace how the truth can set you free. We have been discussing for some time. The truth that sets us free and today I will talk about how so let's take just a moment to review what we said in the very beginning and that is many of God's people who say say people born again, know that you are go to church, read your Bible and pray. Do all the things activities that you know doing yet there's something missing in your life.

The cutting edge of joy and accomplishment.

An achievement and contentment and fruitfulness in your life is not there and the reason is because Satan gets is in the bondage because we think the way he wants us to think rather than the way God wants us to think so. What is he do he harasses out of these feelings of insecurity, inadequacy NPR to poor self-image and the fact we got to measure up because we don't measure up to what other people expect. When we get guilt feelings. Then we berate ourselves and condemn ourselves.

We forget that were acceptable on the basis of God's grace is not our measuring up to anything so friendly going to disappoint God going to disappoint others measuring up to their expectations working at our parents and our performance and our status in all of this, which is a terrible merry-go-round and all full cycle to be in trying to get some joy and contentment of light that is satanic bondage. It is born of Satan.

It is brand of Satan and it is continued by saying and the reason we get hung up on that is because we choose to believe Satan's lie rather than God's true if you just break out of that and stop living by your feelings in living by the free the truth he says is what sets us free feelings put us in bondage our feelings put us in bondage and the truth of God sets us free of all of that that we said there's 1 Big Turnpike has three lanes and those lanes are what our position is whoever person is that is who we are and what our possessions are in Christ and listen is one thing to hear about. But how do I make application of these truths in order to be freed and liberated from those harassing patterns of the past that keep others living in the negative and accomplishing in achieving a being what God wants us to be. So what I'd like to do is to give you four simple steps that real simple.

No so simple I'm afraid some of you may skip over them. But if you recall what Jesus said here in this eighth chapter beginning in verse 31. He says therefore if you abide in my word, then you are truly disciples of mine and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Right now how do I make this practical, so that when I'm faced with the temptation how I respond I will walk in the situation and I am terribly intimidated.

I get this terrible inferior feeling all in a situation where I feel so totally inadequate.

All of a sudden my security is all gone and is anxiety and worry and doubt and fear of this terrible sense of guilt, to respond… What is the first step.

Step number one is to choose a life of freedom is the will know what he mean by choosing I mean this when you are saved. What did you do, you made a definite deliberate voluntary choice to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior based on his atoning death of the cross you accepted him by faith you received by faith.

His forgiveness and his acceptance and you became a child of God. You do not drift in the freedom and watch this carefully. While it is a definite matter of making a definite choice. It is likewise a process I didn't take you 25 minutes to get rooted and grounded in negative attitudes it won't take you 25 minutes to get out but while there is a definite deliberate willful choice on your part, a moment when you say, I'd choose to be free. There is a process that sets in second in that area. It's going to demand patients because Satan is going to put the pressure on you listed when you say I choose to be free.

What you saying the Satan is look. I'm sick and tired of your harassment on that up with you. I reject I renounce. I repudiate I read, use all of your harassment ongoing with Jesus the way to freedom and listen if you don't think something will serve every demon in hell against you brother that'll do it because you see he doesn't mind you being saved now that you are saved, occasionally about that as long as he, Rascher ruined your testimony keep you down in the dumps, keeping inferior attitude keeping you from being what God wants you to be blessed once Satan realizes that you're about to break out and get out of under his bondage.

He's going to attack. I can tell you that. So I'm telling you expected Melissa, those are all my goodness going in the back, no praise God I'm going in the victory. He wants you to think get medical the wall of the old Bill deadline never have one yet. Kate went now you see that's negative and what I want you to see is this listen to me. We are so much more negative than we realize because we have been programmed on a lower level of thinking that God had you asked God what he most do in your life and then you reach in the power of the Holy Spirit, for God's go for your life is amended business visas rollout is what I'd like to do, but I I I just don't think I'll ever happen in my life that is straight from the devil all that negative satanic deception and harassment needs to be put away by the power of God and what's going to happen is you going to become free and positive and confident in that which is within you to bring about what your heart desires. But I can tell you this, it is easier to walk in doubt, frustration, anxiety and fear that is in the joy of the Lord until you learn something subversive or government choice. Secondly, and here's what he says. So there's the very first one you must continue in his word and a list of what he says, verse 31 if you abide or continue in my word, then you disciples not unusual.

True, that is if you continue the word of God you going to the truth and what is that makes us free. It is the truth that makes us free. Watch the second step of having made a choice that I want to be free from that. Secondly, my second decision is must be willing to continue God's word, and here's what that means. That means that one of God's government is going to become the number one book is going to be the key interest of my life meditating upon the word thinking about what you say. Concentrating on those verses beginning to understand how that applies to my life.

Continuing in the word, that doesn't mean reading it just before hopping in bed at night, but it means getting a hold of that truth. Continuing absolving digesting the truth. Focusing concentrating abiding in looking at absolving meditating on being quiet, praying to him about it. Lord I want this truth in my life. Continuing in the word notice as you meditate upon it. Think about it, apply, discuss it, talk to someone else about he shared with them what's happening is is becoming a party and what you doing and that is you continue in the word. Why do we want to continue in an absorbent. Think about it, pray over it. Meditate on. Because what we are searching for is the truth. If you continue in my word, ye shall know the truth, you don't know the truth by memorizing a verse does not sell to make you know the truth. You know the truth when the Holy Spirit of God makes that versa prior to in your life. The truth apart and you begin to think about it and pray over and asked God to show you how that applies the life continuing in the world to know the truth. What is the truth. The truth about what your position is the truth about who you are and what you have. As these crews become a part of your thinking, all of a sudden, is what happens, you begin to realize that the old patterns begin to crack the old thought patterns and pre-programming begins to shout and before long, like fan plate glass. They begin to crumble in your mind and what happens they are replaced with solid scriptural divine God given true of what your position is.

I am in Christ forever who I am assigned them back to the Lord Jesus Christ a child of God's servant of the Lord, what do I have everything I'll ever need all that I need to be what God wants me to be all that I need, whenever need arises and inheritance provided access to and fellowship with the father and you see as these crews began to be a part of our thinking.

What happens is you is what happens we resort to new thought patterns, new concepts, new art is that is we have given up the faults for the truth and therefore what happens if I haven't been responding to the faults I'm going to act in that way, which is not in pleasing with God. So if I begin to respond properly what's going to happen. I'm going to have the results of responding properly to him security so I can be anxious were in pretty good about things that word about being in fear. There's no the person the world just like you. You, the only one of your kind you not intricately inferior nobody else to compare yourself with legitimately inadequate. How could you be inadequate when Almighty God who created this universe is living within you and is promised to them how you to do anything ecology drag will be inadequate. You see, here's what I'm saying you don't make the choice, and you don't continue the word music you continuing it when you hear it, understand it, keep on praying over absolving it.

You see all of us could probably pick out one given area to three areas in which we may be weaker than other areas. Then find the truth for the deal for your position or your person or you would say for example that you just want those persons on the outside.

You get a lot going for you on the inside. You have eight terrible self and as far as UCSF. You don't deserve anything, you are nobody you having a terrible time, continually faking the world, then zero in on that one.

What you do you major on these truth about who you are who you are in Christ, the son of God who you are in Christ the light of the world, a light like salt a servant, and ambassador are saying a temple you made your own those true continuing authority to what until those crews has shattered old cruiser. Now you're able to respond positively moving in God's direction so that old patterns are no longer harassing you because you have chosen to do what not only to believe the truth but you've chosen to live by the truth and my friend the old patterns breakup when you get your attitude toward yourself and you see yourself the way God sees Yama tell you everything you need is going to change you see what I want you to understand is so much of what we thought for so many years of our life. At times, which at here to be right. What I'm asking you to do is to challenge and to put everything you have been taught about yourself over against God's word and see what is true and what is arrow. What is Eric put aside as Paul says in Ephesians, put it away. Continuing in the word. Thirdly, I must express confidence in the were not going to believe what it says and here's where the problem comes now lot going on today about in error in Scripture, we believe the Bible is true from cover to cover know that's true but here's where Satan again. He just comes in right in the truth in his adversary. He says Satan will agree this is God's word.

It is he knows you and knows your commas in Scripture he's at your absolute right that is God's word but now there is some question about whether that'll work in your life and you see that's why Satan operates all assurance God's word but will work in your life exactly that way they're not only must be HUC for freedom and a continuing in the word, but a confidence that what God says in this book, listen will work for you as well is really about. You see, Satan says for all those, but not for you that is satanic deception and harassment. I've got to believe God said it is true, and if it's true it'll work for me if it were for anybody to work for me it work for anybody. It'll work for you.

That confidence must be in the fact that it is true in your life and it will bring about the results in your life and the four things very simple claiming my position. My personage and my positions claiming than the watch that is right.

The done claiming the truth is what I want you to see.

You don't say Lord I disclaim all this truth is mine (that you bless me know is how you claimant when a given incident arises and all of a sudden you feel inadequate and secure. I inferior a word, anxious, doubtful was what when that situation arises. What you do is you claim here's truth about you right then and there. Lord, you said that I'm in you and that you're in me. You said your servant are prominent bass. I was somehow a child you my father. That's a relationship you say that I have everything I need to live a godly life.

You said that I have your nature living within me and because I have your nature than me because of a sign of a servant, and ambassador of Christ, then what I am being tempted to do is a total contradiction of who I am. It doesn't fit in my personage. Therefore, I have more respect for myself, and therefore, I reject but on the basis of the truth about who I am what I am my positions and I do not have to indulge in that because of my relationship who I am and what I have I don't have to indulge in case something. There's not a Tim Tatian.

Satan can throw at you that God Almighty won't defeat right before your eyes. If you are willing to do exactly what I just claimant. It's no good if it doesn't work in your individual life and even if it does, if you don't claimant it can't work. Claimant what it is saying you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. How does the truth make me free. But truth makes me free will not understand what the truth is, and am willing to apply to my life and am willing to believe that in that application listed that all the supernatural power of the sovereign God is behind that application to make it work in my life now. It's either true or it's not true and listen to. Am I sick and tired of these inferior feelings. These feelings of rejection. Do I see myself the way God sees me and I will adjust the relax and enjoy being one of cots children and my friend, his head simple it is in God knew better than to make anything too complicated for us. You choose to be free. You continue the word you confidently believe God's book to be true and then you claim by faith. What is rightfully yours provided at the cross has nothing to do with your deserving. It has nothing to do with it, provided the cross and is yours for the claiming of the apply, and God says listen if I ask you have. If you believe John 316 everybody John 316.

If you believe John chapter 8 verse 32.

If you shall know the truth. The truth will set you free.

You want to be saved, yet so you believe in your essay you want to be free.

Discover the truth apply to your heart believe God's power. He says I'll set you free. The choice is yours and you'll either choose to remain in bondage you choose to be free.

The truth is that you are free because you've chosen to be free and you have applied the truth that sets you free, and he says the truth known and applied in your heart frees you and liberate you to become the person God wants you to be achieve what God want you to achieve and to reach your potential. I'm simply asking you this you want to be free. You want to be liberated, unshackled out of prison and available to enjoy what God's provide that you must make the choice and follow the steps. Thank you for listing to how the truth can set you free.

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