Truth Box With Bill Payne

We will take a closer look at the “Weapons of our Warfare” and our Spiritual Armour.  How does Spiritual Warfare play out for the Christian day by day?  What is the true authority of the Believer and what does the Bible mean when it declares that we have the authority of “binding and loosing”

In a world where the Enemy is already judged and the ultimate victory is absolutely certain, What is the nature of our warfare? Who is doing the fighting? Who is our enemy and most importantly; what is the end game? What does God want to accomplish through us?

What is the ultimate objective - the very reason there is Spiritual Warfare?

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We look at the battle that is still being waged in the Spiritual Realm and try to answer the question, why there is a battle at all?  We will paint the big picture an ongoing historical drama that began in the Garden of Eden.  Victory was truly cemented for all eternity in the Cross and Resurrection.  But God's people are not to lay down their armour until all is accomplished.  The spiritual struggle that is all around us and the enemy that we face are very real.   Every Christian needs to understand the true nature of the war we wage in His name for His purposes.

Last week, we laid the foundations for understanding our role in Spiritual Warfare.  The Bible tells us we are in a struggle or battle.  But it also declares that the Victory is already won for us.  We do not fight for Victory but from a place of Victory.  Still there is much to be won and much to be lost if God's Children do not take up the fight. Too many Christians either ignore the battle altogether, under estimate the enemy or they become overwhelmingly focused and fixated on the powers of darkness.  Still others have no idea what authority God has given them and how they can walk in confidence and stand against the schemes of the enemy.

This was recorded at Ridgeview Community Church on the 5th December 2021. 
Thanks for watching, may God Bless You & Merry Christmas ! 

This Thursday on Truth Box, we will finish our discussion on the Balanced Christian life.  In previous weeks we looked at "Being a Child"  "Becoming like Jesus" and "Belonging to the Body of Christ"  This week we will look at "Building the Kingdom of God"  The mandate of the Church is not for a select chosen few.  It is meant to be embraced by all Christians everywhere.  To be a Christian is to engage this world as Christ did and to serve His agenda.  As we pray the prayer; "Your Kingdom Come" we'll take a look at how we can contribute to God's Kingdom .

Belonging to the Body of Christ.
This week on Truth Box we will focus on importance of the Body Of Christ.  What is it?  Why it is and how are we to fit it, belong, contribute and even help grow the Church.  One thing is clear in Scripture, the Christian life is not an independent life.  We are meant to be part of something bigger than ourselves.  Today, the Church has too often been reduced to a meeting, an event.  But from Gods perspective, it is His family, and His agency for change and transformation on the planet.

This week in Truth Box we will continue to look at Discipleship and Transformation.  What does the Bible mean to have the mind of Christ and to be transformed into the image of Jesus?  This is really about learning to value what God values; to love what He loves and to hate what He hates.  
God calls every Christian to grow in Godly Character reflecting the person and love of Jesus in all we do.  It is described as a walk. According to Ephesians 4:1, we are to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which we have been called.

The heart of Christianity is intimacy with God but God does have an agenda for His children.  1 John 3:2 says "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him..."  God is at work molding His children into the image of a Jesus.  The Christian journey includes a remarkable transformation. Every day we should look a little more like Jesus.  And every day the world should see more of Jesus in us. 
Join us this week in Truth Box as we look at what it is to become conformed to the image of His Son (Jesus) Romans 8: 28

"Intimacy with God"
This week in Truth Box, we will continue to look at what it is to BE a child of God.  It's all about intimacy   How do we grow in our intimacy with God?  
Well, we can't just take an intimacy pill.  
It's something that has to grow and its growth depends on feeding it the right fuel.  Like baking a cake, if you put the right ingredients in the bowl and follow instruction the outcome will be assured.  It's the same thing with Intimacy with God.  He has given us the recipe.  He has a blueprint for Discipleship and it begins with Being.