Summary Of The Bondage Breaker By Neil T. Anderson

The Bondage Breaker, written by Neil T. Anderson, speaks of the spiritual bondage and demonic forces that control the human mind.

How are we living in Christ? The kingdom of darkness is real in some persons’ life rather than the presence of God. Many Christians allow their minds to be filled with confusion in their daily walk with Christ that their lives become unfulfilling and unproductive. They cannot concentrate on spiritual things such as praying; reading the Bible or Christian books for long, as their minds begin to think of other things they can be doing. These Christians may be carnal or spiritually immature, when serving the Lord, they use their short comings as an excuse. “And I brethren, could not speak unto you as into spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

The powers and forces of Satan are still evident in the world today. From the beginning of time, Satan seduced Adam and Eve into believing that they would become as gods. Adam was instructed by God not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,

and that if he did, he would surely die. Not physically but spiritually. Every person that is born after Adam is not physically dead but spiritually dead. We were never designed to occupy the role as “god”.
We are short of the attributes to decide on our destiny. We have to break the chain of bondage from the world, our flesh and the devil. Paul in Ephesians 6:12 wrote: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” This enemy that we fight against is not flesh and blood, but is spiritual, and the warfare is spiritual. Therefore, the Christian needs to be spiritual to fight.
In this book Neil Anderson wrote about Christians who are diagnosed with mental illnesses. In the early church, mental illness was known as having a demonic spirit. Today, Doctors would diagnosis the illness based on the person’s symptoms. But most often, no explanation for the illness is found. “Much of what is being passed off today as mental illness is nothing more than a battle for our minds.”
Satan, as the Bible declares, is capable of putting thoughts into our minds. Thoughts of deception, lies, hatred and blasphemy towards God. He even puts thoughts in our minds to make us doubt whether there is a God or not. This battle in the mind is real.
Many people believe that after becoming a Christian, they have more trouble in their lives than before they received salvation.

What they do not realize is, that they are fighting a spiritual bondage, having to resist the power and authority of Satan to serve God with their whole heart. Satan’s aim is to keep you away from living a life for Christ. Paul said in Ephesians 6:10-11: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” We have to take an active role when we clothe ourselves in the armour of God and then He will give us

protection.
This spiritual battle requires us to protect ourselves with this ‘imagery armor’:-
Loins girt about with truth
The breastplate of righteousness
Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace
The shield of faith
Helmet of Salvation
The sword of the Spirit
And last but not least: “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints”;
There are two sources of spiritual power: God and Satan. Satan only has the power the God gave him and he uses his power to rage war on Christians. Our greatest weapon in this warfare is prayer. Before we pray, God knows our needs and wants to help us in this battle against the powers of Satan. We have to depend solely on Him. This is why He sent the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us in all truth.
God created Adam to take dominion and authority over everything on earth, but Adam lost that authority when he sinned. Since then, Satan effort was to distract our minds and hearts away from God. Satan held on to that authority “as ruler of this world” until Jesus came and died on the cross. “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in the earth.” Matthew 28:18. As long as we live, Satan will still try to control our lives.
We see Satan control in the lives of our young people who are being lured into the occult. They are inquisitive and are seeking knowledge of the unknown. Even adults are seeking this power to gain wealth and worldly riches. In 1990, 1725 teenagers who professed to being Christians were involved in the occult. More people are showing up at conferences held by psychics, palm readers and mediums. A growing number of people are not interested in God any more.