Recap: 12 Truths

It's hard to believe this Bible Study is coming to a close. With an overwhelming amount of useful scriptures and notes, let's recap the first twelve lies as a refreshing reminder. It's important that we savor these liberating, life-changing Truths that God has promised and given us. When we come into a situation where the Enemy is near, we'll have these key scriptures and corresponding Truths to fight back and keep us from bondage.

1. God is good 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
  for his steadfast love endures forever.  - Psalm 136:1 

God is good in both the good AND hard times. When we go through hard times, the Enemy tries to make us question God's goodness. Regardless of what we think and feel, God is good!

2. God loves me and wants me to have His best

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:32

 God is the epitome of love - for He is love. We are not worthy of His love and there is absolutely nothing we can do to earn or deserve His love. Since God loves us perfectly, we can rest assured knowing that He longs for us to experience all the joy in life He design us to know.

3. I am complete and accepted in Christ 

… even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love, he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. - Ephesians 1:4-6

There is not one thing we can do to make ourselves acceptable to God. Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. And Jesus, the pure sinless Son of God, is acceptable to Him, and we stand in Him. 

4. God is enough 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. – Psalm 23:1

If we have God, we have everything we need for our present peace and happiness. 

5. God can be trusted 

... therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
 a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
 ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’ - Isaiah 28:16

God is the cornerstone. He ALWAYS keeps His promises. 

6. God doesn't make any mistakes

… declaring the end from the beginning
 and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ - Isaiah 46:10

Humans make mistakes. When we put all our hope and faith in humans, we are bound for disappointment. Someone once said, "God's will is exactly what we would choose, if we knew what God knows." We must walk by faith not by sight. 

7. God's grace is sufficient for me 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient of you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  – 2 Corinthians 12:9

No matter what stage in life we're in, know His grace is sufficient. His grace will be sufficient today, tomorrow and fifty years from now. We must remember this through any circumstance we face and through every season of life. 

8. The blood of Christ is sufficient to cover all my sin 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.  – 1 John 1:7

There is no sin that we have ever committed or could commit that can't be forgiven and covered the blood Jesus shed for us. This shouldn't cause us to take sin more lightly. Instead, it should make us realize that our sin required the lifeblood of Jesus causing us to have a humble spirit and live in obedience to the Lord. 

9. The Cross of Christ is sufficient to conquer my sinful flesh

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. - Romans 6:6-7

Sin is a choice. We don't have to sin. With the power of Christ, we can be set free of sin and no longer be a slave to it. 

10. My past does not have to plague me 

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 Sin doesn't separate us from God. Through Christ even the worst of sinners can be made clean and new. Our past doesn't have to be a hindrance. By God's grace, our past can actually become stepping-stones to greater victory and fruitfulness.

11. God's Word is sufficient to lead me, teach me, and heal me

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:105 

The Word of God is alive and medicine for our troubled hearts. Whatever our needs and whatever our circumstances, the Word is sufficient to meet that need. 

12. Through the power of His Holy Spirit, God will enable me to do anything He commands me to do 

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. – 1 Thessalonians 5:24

The issue isn't that we can't obey God. The real issue is that we are unwilling to love, we won't forgive, and we refuse to give thanks and be content with what God has provided. Obedience is a choice. We must enable the power of the Holy Spirit so we can choose to forgive, choose to let Him love others through us, choose to give thanks in every circumstance, and choose to be content. 

I encourage your to write these Truths and verses down and keep them in a safe place. Whenever you encounter the Enemy, refer to these Truths. Take one verse per week and memorize it. That what you can speak Truth in light of any situation!