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THE ROADS CHURCH - NC & MTC

BASIC TRAINING: The Making Of A Soldier

BASIC TRAINING: The Making Of A Soldier

Sunday, Sep 13, 2020 - Part 7

Locations & Times

The Roads Church - NC

583 US-45, Norris City, IL 62869, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

Sunday 10:30 AM

Theme for the day - Initiation is more powerful than prevention!
Two things every soldier needs to know:

Mission - Direction - What are we trying to accomplish? What is the goal? What is the objective?

Rules of Engagement - Authority - When, where, how, and against whom military force may be used, and what actions soldiers may take on their own authority and what directives may be issued by a commanding officer.
Against - pros - Preposition of Direction; towards; providing opposition, with the implication of a reaction or response to a previous event
Seven Mountains of influence in culture:

Arts & Entertainment/Sports
Economy
Education
Family
Government
Media/Communications
Religion
Kingdom - basilĕia - king’s domain; An area ruled by a king;
King’s System, ways of doing things

Of heaven - Specific type of kingdom;
- There are other systems or ways of doing things

At hand - ĕggizō - Come or draw near; approach

Repent - mĕtanŏĕō - To think differently; after thought not forethought, change of heart and mind that abandons former beliefs and behaviors embracing new ones in different direction
Theme for the day - Initiation is more powerful than prevention!
Warfare worldview vs. Blue-print worldview
Sovereign - Webster’s 1828 Dictionary - Supreme in power to all others; one who possesses the highest authority without control.

Self-control - ĕgkratĕia - To exercise complete control over one’s desires and actions
We have defined control as making sure everything externally is going the way we want it all the time but what if control was more about our internal intention than it is external prevention?
Which is true power and authority? Controlling what everyone does or not being able to be controlled no matter what anyone does?
Theme - Initiation is more powerful than prevention!
Baptizing - Present/active tense verb - The verb tense where the writer portrays an action in process or a state of being with no assessment of the action’s completion

Baptizing - baptizō - To make whelmed; cover wholly, flood; immersed; plunge, engage deeply
FATHER:

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by lack:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged into Jehovah-Jireh - The LORD who provides

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by sickness:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged into Jehovah-Rapha - The LORD who heals

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by fear and anxiety:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged into Jehovah-Shalom - The LORD is PEACE

JESUS:
When I am immersed and overwhelmed by sin:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged in Jesus my Savior and my Redeemer

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by loneliness:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged into Jesus Immanuel - God with us

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by betrayal and deception:
I need to be immersed and deeply engaged into Jesus Faithful and True

HOLY SPIRIT:
When I am immersed and overwhelmed by confusion:
I need to be immersed into my GUIDE

When I am immersed and overwhelmed by sadness or despair:
I need to be immersed into my COMFORTER
When I am immersed and overwhelmed by difficulty
I need to be immersed into my HELPER

We focus too often on the things we are overwhelmed BY instead of the person we should be immersed IN!

Theme - Initiation is more powerful than prevention!