Falling in Love with Our Savior: A Bible Study on Deliverance and Being Set Free

Pastor Rayfield Boyd

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781635257854
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

There is an answer to the question, "Will I ever truly be set free and delivered from a life of bondage and despair in my Christian walk with God?" The answer is an astounding yes! The key to unlocking your deliverance in your walk with God is learning to fall in love with your Savior. This is a guided Bible study that can be used in your church to teach believers what it takes to truly be in love with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and direct their path to true deliverance! The plague of bondage and despair does not have to be the end of our story. God has a master plan, and the more we fall in love with him, the more we are freed from past hurts, disappointments, and mistakes. Regardless of what state you are in, you can be delivered and set free.

What Do We Do with This Flesh?

The Flesh

Philippians 3:1–3, “3 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”

Note: Have no confidence in the flesh. The flesh will deceive us every time. There is a constant war going on between the spirit man and the flesh. Whichever you feed more is the one that is going to win the war. The flesh is the one who can potentially keep us out of God’s presence. The flesh doesn’t want to pray. The flesh likes to get revenge, retaliate, get retribution, rebel, ruffle feathers, reject, and any other action that begins with an R. We have to constantly put this flesh under subjection of the Holy Spirit. The Bible says that we have to be aware of this nasty flesh at all times.

In 1 John 2:16, it says, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

The lust of the flesh is of the world. We need to understand that as long as we are influenced by the world, our flesh is going to rise up. As a result, we should seek to be controlled by the Holy Spirit so that this flesh won’t get out of control.

Galatians 5:16, “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

We should walk in the Spirit. This statement is easier said than done. Our flesh is so easy to get out of control. If we are going to be delivered and set free, we have to have our flesh under subjection to the Holy Spirit. Let’s look at a passage and get some spiritual direction on how to hold this flesh down.

John 18:4–11:

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

Note: Peter acted out in the flesh. Peter let his emotions get the best of him. Now God understands that there are times we can let our emotions get the best of us. God gave us emotions and we are supposed to use them to bless him with it. God never intended us to use our emotions to sin. Peter’s overwhelming love for Jesus caused him to act out in the flesh. As a result, somebody got cut!

As believers, we should try our very best not to allow our emotions to get so out of control that we want to cut someone. Cut is the word we are using for a definition to “not cause harm to” another. Our flesh acts out and it’s time for us to start winning the battle over our flesh. We should push our flesh out of the way so our breakthrough will come.

Fall in Love with His Ways

As we fall in love with the Lord, we have to understand that the Lord works differently than us. His ways are so much higher than our ways. So it’s impossible to try and figure the direction God is taking us. It’s best to just listen when He tells you to move and move in that direction. Our nature is completely against God. It is amazing how we drag this flesh along while we live according to his standards. With the flesh along for the ride, it’s a blessing anytime we do the will of the Lord. Our constant prayer should be that the Lord teaches us his ways. The Bible says in Isaiah 55:8–9, “8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

We could try our very best to figure God out, but the truth of the matter is that we fall tremendously short. If God wanted us to figure out the process or our lives, he would have given us the power to see the future. God wants us to totally depend on him. We don’t need to waste any energy trying to figure out the ways of the Lord. The Bible says in Colossians 2:2, “That their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father and of Christ.

So we should consistently ask God to teach us your ways.

Psalms 25:1–12, “25 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”

This is a desire from the heart of the writer. There are no happy accidents in the kingdom of God. No one is going to accidently grow. If you want to grow and if you want to have a deeper love for the Lord, it has to be on purpose. The writer is declaring the he wants God to show him and ...

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• We Have to Look to the Hills
• Targeting Your Prayers
• What Do We Do with This Flesh?
• Our Destiny Season Depends on Our Attitude
• About the Author