Your New Identity (Victory Series Book #2): A Transforming Union with God (14 page)

Session Five

T
he Victory Series is composed of eight studies that create a comprehensive discipleship course. Each study builds on the previous one and provides six sessions of material. These can be used by an individual or in a small group setting. There are leader’s tips at the back of each study for those leading a small group.

The following scope and sequence overview gives a brief summary of the content of each of the eight studies in the Victory Series. Some studies also include articles related to the content of that study.

Dr. Neil T. Anderson

Core Material

Victory Over the Darkness
with study guide, audiobook, and DVD. With over 1,300,000 copies in print, this core book explains who you are in Christ, how to walk by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit, how to be transformed by the renewing of your mind, how to experience emotional freedom, and how to relate to one another in Christ.

The Bondage Breaker
with study guide, audiobook, and DVD. With over 1,300,000 copies in print, this book explains spiritual warfare, what our protection is, ways that we are vulnerable, and how we can live a liberated life in Christ.

Breaking Through to Spiritual Maturity
.
This curriculum teaches the basic message of Freedom in Christ Ministries.

Discipleship Counseling
with DVD. This book combines the concepts of discipleship and counseling and teaches the practical integration of theology and psychology for helping Christians resolve their personal and spiritual conflicts through repentance and faith in God.

Steps to Freedom in Christ
and interactive video. This discipleship counseling tool helps Christians resolve their personal and spiritual conflicts through genuine repentance and faith in God.

Restored.
This book is an expansion of the
Steps to Freedom in Christ
, and offers more explanation and illustrations.

Walking in Freedom
. This book is a 21-day devotional that we use for follow-up after leading someone through the Steps to Freedom.

Freedom in Christ
is a discipleship course for Sunday school classes and small groups. The course comes with a teacher’s guide, a student guide, and a DVD covering 12 lessons and the Steps to Freedom in Christ. This course is designed to enable new and stagnant believers to resolve personal and spiritual conflicts and be established alive and free in Christ.

The Bondage Breaker DVD
Experience
is also a discipleship course for Sunday School classes and small groups. It is similar to the one above, but the lessons are 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes.

The Daily Discipler
. This practical systematic theology is a culmination of all of Dr. Anderson’s books covering the major doctrines of the Christian faith and the problems Christians face. It is a five-day-per-week, one-year study that will thoroughly ground believers in their faith.

Specialized Books

The Bondage Breaker,
the Next Step.
This book has several testimonies of people finding their freedom from all kinds of problems, with commentary by Dr. Anderson. It is an important learning tool for encouragers.

Overcoming Addictive Behavior
, with Mike Quarles. This book explores the path to addiction and how a Christian can overcome addictive behaviors.

Overcoming
Depression
, with Joanne Anderson. This book explores the nature of depression, which is a body, soul, and spirit problem and presents a wholistic answer for overcoming this “common cold” of mental illness.

Liberating Prayer
.
This book helps believers understand the confusion in their minds when it comes time to pray, and why listening in prayer may be more important than talking.

Daily in
Christ
, with Joanne Anderson. This popular daily devotional is also being used by thousands of Internet subscribers every day.

Who I Am in Christ
. In 36 short chapters, this book describes who you are in Christ and how He meets your deepest needs.

Freedom from Addiction
, with Mike and Julia Quarles. Using Mike’s testimony, this book explains the nature of chemical addictions and how to overcome them in Christ.

One Day at a Time
, with Mike and Julia Quarles. This devotional helps those who struggle with addictive behaviors and explains how to discover the grace of God on a daily basis.

Freedom from Fear
, with Rich Miller. This book explains anxiety disorders and how to overcome them.

Setting Your Church Free
, with Charles Mylander. This book offers guidelines and encouragement for resolving seemingly impossible corporate conflicts in the church and also provides leaders with a primary means for church growth—releasing the power of God in the church.

Setting
Your Marriage Free
, with Dr. Charles Mylander. This book explains God’s divine plan for marriage and the steps that couples can take to resolve their difficulties.

Christ-Centered Therapy
, with Dr. Terry and Julie Zuehlke. This is a textbook explaining the practical integration of theology and psychology for professional counselors.

Getting Anger
Under Control
, with Rich Miller. This book explains the basis for anger and how to control it.

Grace that Breaks the Chains
, with Rich Miller and Paul Travis. This book explains legalism and how to overcome it.

Winning the Battle Within
. This book shares God’s standards for sexual conduct, the path to sexual addiction, and how to overcome sexual strongholds.

The Path to Reconciliation
.
God has given the church the ministry of reconciliation. This book explains what that is and how it can be accomplished.

Rough Road to Freedom
. This is a book of Dr. Anderson’s memoirs.

For more information, contact Freedom In Christ Ministries at the following:

Canada:
[email protected]
or
www
.ficm.ca

India:
[email protected]

Switzerland:
[email protected]
or
www.freiheitinchristus.ch

United Kingdom:
[email protected]
or
www.ficm.org.uk

United States:
[email protected]
or
www.ficm.org

International:
www.ficminternational.org

Dr. Anderson:
www.discipleshipcounsel.com

Aaron,
38

Abba
,
88–89

Abraham,
19,
50,
65–66,
90,
104,
116

Adam,
5,
14,
22,
27,
42,
69–71,
92,
120

agape
,
38–39,
152–53

Amalekites,
42

Ambrose,
25

Ambrosiaster,
33,
90,
98,
138,
150

Apollinarianism,
60

Apollinaris of Laodicea,
60

Aramaic,
88

Arianism,
60

Arius,
60

ascension,
22,
106

Assyria,
92

Athanasian Creed,
62

atheism,
61

Atonement, Day of,
100

Awel-Marduk,
91

Babylon,
91,
115

Basil the Great,
142

Bede,
114

birthright,
88,
147–48

born again,
15,
16,
27,
78,
112,
119,
128–29,
144,
148

Chalcedonian Definition,
59

Chalmers, Thomas,
106

Chosen People,
14,
49,
51,
92,
111,
116,
140

Chrysostom, John,
16,
44,
48,
52,
102,
106,
122,
130,
146,
154

Church Age,
78,
104

Corinth,
19

Council of Chalcedon,
59

crucified,
5,
12,
22–27,
62,
121

crucifixion,
34,
105,
116

Cyril of Alexandria,
56,
76,
126

David,
33,
34,
42,
50

discipline(s), spiritual,
7,
9

doctrine,
59,
62,
70,
71,
128,
166

Early Church,
62,
78,
116,
144

Egypt,
50,
65–66,
115

Elijah,
106

Esau,
13

Eutyches,
60

Eve,
42,
69,
70

Ezekiel,
123

Fall,
69,
70,
92,
161

flesh, the,
8,
14,
16,
25,
31–32,
62,
94,
120,
128,
136

Gentile,
14,
90,
96,
106,
112,
114,
116–17

Gideon,
95–97

Godhead,
61–63

godly sorrow,
143–46

Good Friday,
145

grace,
15,
17,
19,
27,
45–48,
91–93,
98,
115,
117,
136,
138,
140–41,
162

grafted,
116,
119–21

Gregory of Nyssa,
21

hesed
,
38

high priest,
46,
100–101,
114

Holy of Holies,
100–102

holy ones,
30–31

huios
,
88

I
AM
,
60,
65–68

Immanuel,
70

Incarnation,
70–71,
73,
75,
88

inheritance (in Christ),
6,
16,
23,
118,
134,
147–51

intercessory prayer,
57,
107

Isaac,
13,
50,
65,
66

Isaiah,
53,
70,
92

Israel(ites),
14,
42,
50,
61,
62,
65–66,
70,
91–92,
95,
114–17,
130,
140

Jacob,
13–15,
65,
66

James,
57,
106

Jehoiachin,
91

Jeremiah,
6,
85,
91,
110,
115,
116,
123

Jerusalem,
78,
91,
92,
103,
105,
115

Joel,
6,
77,
85,
103–4

John (Gospel writer),
6,
16–17,
62,
65–66,
69–70,
78,
81,
110,
116,
127,
131,
147,
150,
152

Jonah,
130–31

Jordan River,
13

Joseph,
42

Judah,
91–92,
116,
140

Judas,
144

Jude,
62,
80

Judea,
78

justification,
92,
96

lambano
,
81

Last Adam,
5,
69–71.
See also
Adam.

Lord’s Prayer,
34,
57

manna,
66

Martha,
66

Martin Luther,
74

Mary (mother of Jesus),
70

Mary (sister of Martha),
66

mercy,
14,
29,
31,
38,
41–48,
84,
100,
104,
111,
140

Messianic line,
50

metamorphosis,
27

Micah,
6,
134,
139–40

modalism,
59

Monophysitism,
60

monotheism,
61

morphe
,
73–75

Mosaic Law,
88,
138,
140

Mosaic system,
88

Moses,
38,
50,
65–66,
95,
104,
114,
138

Nebuchadnezzar,
91

Nehemiah,
5,
36,
37–38

nepios
,
88

Nestorianism,
60

Nestorius,
60

New Covenant,
6,
104–5,
110,
115–18

Nicodemus,
127–29

Nineveh,
130

Old Covenant,
50,
104–5,
118

omniscient,
34,
46,
116

Origen,
29,
40,
94

orthodoxy,
70

pantheism,
61

Passover,
50,
116

Paul,
7,
14,
19–20,
22–23,
26–27,
30–31,
33,
44,
52,
56,
71,
73,
75,
80–81,
94,
107,
120–21,
130–31,
135–36,
138,
146,
151–53

Pentecost,
62–63,
77–79,
103–105,
116

Peter,
62,
103,
104,
114,
144

petition,
34–35,
56–57,
100,
107,
131

Pharisee,
127

phileo
,
38–39,
152–53

polytheism,
61

positional sanctification,
27,
31

progressive sanctification,
27

Promised Land,
50,
65–66,
92

reconciliation,
13,
17,
119,
141,
167

redemption,
19,
49,
69,
136,
140

regeneration,
128–29

resurrection,
14,
16,
22,
25,
34,
62,
66,
88,
105,
106

Robinson, H. Wheeler,
124

rootstock,
120

saints,
5,
12,
30–33,
57,
107,
149,
151,
152

salvation,
8,
18,
19,
23,
27,
31,
50,
54,
62,
66,
67,
92,
116,
128,
130,
131,
134,
143,
152,
161

Samaria,
78

Samuel,
106–7

sanctification,
27,
31,
62,
111,
112,
161

Sanhedrin,
127

Sarah,
50

scapegoat,
46,
50

Sabellianism,
59

Sabellius,
59

spiritual birth,
128–29

spiritual transformation,
27–28,
119

suckers,
120,
121

sunantilambano,
81

supplanter,
13

Temple,
99–101,
115

theophany,
95

Thirteenth Amendment,
87

Trinity,
5,
59–64,
78–79,
81,
112

type (foreshadowing),
91

Upper Room,
103,
116

worldly sorrow,
143–46