Part 3 Freedom From

Joshua Selman Nimmak- When your mind is in Bondage, your life is in Bondage. If your mind does not change, your life cannot change.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NKJV) 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 

RENOUNCE | KJV Dictionary – To deny; to cast off; to reject; to disclaim; as an obligation or duty; as, to renounce allegiance.

Michael Boadi- Ignorance is the express road to captivity… Go for Knowledge

James 4:7 (ESV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7 (ESV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1. Run to God.

James 4:7 (ESV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.  

Penned Truth: We can’t resist the devil if we are not living in close fellowship and intimate communion with God.

2. Take up the Word of God.

Penned Truth: We have the Word of God to fend off the enemy’s attacks.

Ephesians 6:17 (NKJV) 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, 

2 Corinthians 11:3 (NKJV) 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Matthew 4:4 (NKJV) 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ “

Matthew 4:7 (ESV) 7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ “

Matthew 4:10 (ESV) 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, ” ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ” 

Psalm 119:9-11 (GWT) How can a young person keep his life pure? He can do it, by holding on to your word. 10 I wholeheartedly searched for you. Do not let me wander away from your commandments. 11 I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

Penned Truth: Jesus was able to use God’s Word because He knew God’s Word. 

1 John 4:4 (NKJV) 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Final Statement: When Satan knocks, send God’s Word to answer the door.