War Against the Kingdom
Stopping God by stopping man ...
War against the Kingdom:
Enemy wants dominion - can't stop God - must stop man - only ones authorized to carry Kingdom - (5:17) *
Enemy wants to reign from soul (mind & emotions) of Christians - lie, twist & taint - (3:56)
Enemy wants to reign from soul (mind & emotions) of Christians - keep them in the flesh - (1:48)
Enemy wants to reign from soul (mind & emotions) of Christians - fear - bitterness - worry - (:36)
Enemy wants to keep man selfish - divided - frustrated - confused - (1:50)
Enemy wants to keep man blind & hardened - looking like him - fear - hopeless - self - (2:30)
Enemy wants to keep man blind - discouraged - drained - struggling - (:59)
The devil attacks the belief system: The devil tries to scramble the belief system of the believer, because the promises are to believers. If you aren't settled in what you believe, the faith that is met by grace is subverted and you're left with lies, wrong thinking, wrong believing, wrong speaking, wrong actions producing condemnation & death ...
Confuse their believing - the promises are to believers - (1:46) *Confuse their believing - interfere with faith and you'll interfere with the grace that transforms - quote
Confuse their believing - wrong thinking, wrong believing, wrong speech, actions, condemnation - (1:13)
Confuse their believing - wrong thinking - wrong believing - wrong speaking - perversion of authority - (1:17)
Confuse their believing - wrong thinking - wrong believing - wrong speaking producing fruit - (2:21)
Perversions of our view of God: ... letting life define God - mad at God ...
Mad at God - putting God on trial in the court of your mind - Dan Mohler (1:54) *
Mad at God - letting people and circumstances define God - He sent His Son - (1:59) *
Mad at God - case against God - not everything that happens is God's will - Dan Mohler (6:28)
Mad at God - accusations against God - only one accuser - don't be like him - (:23)
Mad at God - circumstances / adversity should not define who I perceive God to be - (:17)
Mad at God - putting God on trial in the court of your mind - Dan Mohler (1:54) *
Mad at God - letting people and circumstances define God - He sent His Son - (1:59) *
Mad at God - case against God - not everything that happens is God's will - Dan Mohler (6:28)
Mad at God - accusations against God - only one accuser - don't be like him - (:23)
Mad at God - circumstances / adversity should not define who I perceive God to be - (:17)
Perversions of our view of the gospel: ... where is the transformation? ...
Self-centered gospel - not all about getting blessing - shining in adversity - Dan Mohler (:32)
Self-centered gospel - principles applied hoping to get help / relationship transforming - (1:34)
Self-centered gospel - repulsive to the world - (:51)
Self-centered gospel - it's hard to be an example of Christ when it's all about me - (1:22)
Self-centered gospel - just about God taking care of us - Christians discouraged - (4:20)
Self-centered gospel - not so that I do well to the end - but that I shine to the end - become love - (:46)
Self-centered gospel - our well being vs. transformation - (2:02)
Not just a prayer to go to heaven - self benefiting emphasis - but transformation - born again - (5:22)
Not just a prayer to go to heaven - gospel nutshell - (1:41)
Not just a prayer to go to heaven - give them Jesus - what must I do to be saved? -(2:17)
Grace without transformation - "grace revolution" - it's always been about transformation - (:54)
Grace without transformation - must yield to Him - (1:45)
Grace without transformation - dictates of flesh crushed - (1:27)
Grace without transformation - mercy vs. grace - (:43)
Grace without transformation - changed thinking precedes changed living, if sincere - (:54)
Perversions of our view of the devil: ... making him too important ...
Listening too much - ignore game - go right into communion - (:53)
Listening too much - ignore game - don't give him a stage - (1:14)
devil is a liar! - believe the faith - (:43)
devil is a liar! - believe opposite - (:49)
devil is a liar! - flip it - (:17)
Honoring by fearing - devil is snake in the grass - he wants you impressed, freaked out, fearful - quote
Honoring by fearing - devil wants you fearful - no authority over what you fear - quote
Honoring by fearing - devil wants you fearful, hopeless - (:58)
Honoring by fearing - fear is worship - the wrong kind of worship - self-consciousness - quote
Honoring by fearing - paying too much attention to the wrong things and too little to the right - (1:42)
Demons - cut off, withering branches - hopeless, frustrated - and they want you to look like them - (1:06)
Perversions of our view of the church: ... gather to stir up in love and good works ...
We are the church - embodiment of His anointing - Dan Mohler (1:58)
Not about me - but what I can give - (:38)
Not about me - be stirred up in love & good works - so we stay effective for Him - (:40)
Not about me - not here to be loved but to be love - (1:04)
Not about me - it's about Him in you for the sake of all - the "why" of your life getting transformed - (:40)
Perversions of our view of self: ... false identity/false identifiers ... we take on, accept identities that are not the truth about us ... being defined apart from Him ... we haven't trusted in the truth of the finished work of Christ and His grace and our true identity in Him ...
Sinner identity: I'm not rightly defined by my ability to sin. I'm not destined to sin. Sin has been removed and it's dominion broken.
Sinner identity - biggest deception - as if we could never be free - Dan Mohler (:36) *
Sinner identity - striving not to sin - (:47)
Sinner identity - sin removed - I'm a son - (2:13)
Sinner identity - effectively teaching the gospel - calling up and out of sin - v(2:10)
Sinner identity - objection - Are you saying you have no sin? - see objections at "He removed my sin" & "If we stumble"
Guilt, condemnation & shame: I'm not the product past sin. I'm the product of His righteousness.
Guilt, condemnation & shame - quote
Guilt, condemnation & shame - (:25)
Guilt, condemnation & shame - responding to false guilt - (:37)
Guilt, condemnation & shame - v(1:40)
Guilt, condemnation & shame - v(20:18)Overcoming condemnation - (6:25) ah6.3
Flashbacks: I'm not every thought that goes through my mind. It's on the outside trying to get back in.
Flashbacks - trying to shake identity - Dan Mohler (1:04) *
Flashbacks - truth not prayer - (1:45)
Flashbacks - spring into closer relationship - (:58)
Flashbacks - (1:35) ah6.4
Circumstances: I'm not the product of the circumstances I'm going through. I'm the product of what He went through.
Circumstances / Adversity - (1:21) ah6.5Circumstances / Adversity - I'm not the product of what I'm going through - Dan Mohler (:45) *
Circumstances / Adversity - life is not your teacher - (1:29)But you don't understand what I'm going through - (2:55)John the Baptist in prison - taking circumstances personally - (5:22)
Emotional vulnerability: I'm not the product of what others do to (hurt) me. I'm the product of what He did for me. I'm accepted, not rejected - grafted back in.
Emotional vulnerability - try to emotionally abuse me - why are you so hurt? - protecting self - (1:01) *
Emotional vulnerability - in need of love after the fall - fulfilled in Christ - accepted not rejected - (1:58)
Emotional vulnerability - why are you so hurt? - not a victim - (1:08)
The past: I'm not the product of my past. What does it matter now that Christ has come?
The past - horror stories - sharing accomplishes nothing - Christ has come - Dan Mohler (1:48) *
The past - horror stories - why still telling you who you are - Light has come - (1:51) ah6.6
The past - elevating stories - the story of the day: what God did - (2:03)
The past - the real you is found through Him - not what has been done to you - (:52)
Ministry: I'm not rightly defined by how He uses me but who He has made me to be.
Ministry - identity from ministry or gifts - already a son or daughter - Dan Mohler (1:17) *
Ministry - identity thru ministry - affirmed from God not through ministry - (1:12)Ministry - identity thru ministry - ok to be happy - walking in the reason you're created - (2:53)Ministry - only feel like doing well when God is moving through you in certain way - (:16)
Bible knowledge: I'm not rightly defined by how much I know ABOUT God but by knowing God.
Bible knowledge - identity through knowledge instead of knowing/love - (2:34) *
Bible knowledge - life of love reveals knowing God - not words - (1:13)Bible knowledge - don't just know the word, become the word - (2:59)
Religion - doctrine without God reality - just learning the language - (1:01); (:29)
Church attendance: I'm not rightly defined by just attending church but by whether I am changed.
Church attendance - Christianity is you changed - Dan Mohler (1:44) *
Church attendance - not what makes you a Christian - hamburger - car - (:38)
Church attendance - vs. living like Christ - (:11)
Kids: I'm not rightly defined by my kids behavior. They'll need to be born again one day and I need to stand in faith until that day.
Little kid's behavior - all are born into Adam - self-centeredness - will need to be born again - (1:31)ID through kids - correcting - disciplining your kids - (3:22)ID through kids - see kids by faith - not necessary to fall apart - proclaim life - (2:18)ID through kids - I don't find my identity in my children - They are a gift to multiply who He is - (:41)
Perversions of our view of life: ...mindsets, motives, perspectives, attitudes that steal productivity from our lives - that interfere with clearly manifesting the nature of our Father - little foxes that sneak in steal the fruit...
Retaining rights:Discouragement: I'm not the product of every feeling I have. I'm the product of how He feels.Discouragement - it's still all about you - looking at how things are affecting you - Dan Mohler (1:42) *Discouragement - it's still all about you - when it should be all about Him - (3:32)Discouragement - if the way you are thinking is not building you up you're being deceived - (:28)Discouragement - if the way you're thinking is not encouraging, life giving - not of God - (1:05)Discouragement - if you're discouraged you're not seeing clearly - (:23)
Discouragement - selfishness - quote
Joy for all people - joy through deep relationship - (:49)Joy for all people - heart coming alive because of truth and love - found who you are - (1:00)Joy for all people - only if we don't interpret the good tidings clearly - good tidings - great joy - quote
Complaining and grumbling - It's still all about me - when I was designed to stand out from the world.
Vulnerability: I'm not the product of natural knowledge. I'm a product of truth.Vulnerability - afraid to live in the world - next in line - created to subdue - Dan Mohler (:59) *Vulnerability - natural knowledge - not of the world - (3:14)Vulnerability - fear - natural knowledge - not next in line - (2:18)
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