A lot of Christians are untrained Christians. They were never exposed to a progressive spiritual growth process. Just like a child is exposed to grades in school, you need Jesus to progressively take you through studies and prayers. You need Him to help you start out on a certain spiritual level and teach and empower you to develop. If you start too low, you will be exposed to things you already know. If you start out too high, you will get confused and frustrated with the training.

A lot of what we do is use study to learn things; and, that is important. But, stopping at getting information just so we can know and repeat it isn’t Jesus’ plan for your life. He wants you to learn all about what is available to you and then for you to learn how to use it to empower your life. Jesus helped design this study to assist you in living the power life.

Getting the power life isn’t the same as using it; just because we have Jesus’ power doesn’t mean we know how to put it into practice. We can even do what it takes to keep the power and still not use it. What would cause us to get and keep the power of being born again through salvation and not use it? One reason would be that we lack the knowledge of how to use it. It is like buying an item that requires a lot of instruction for how to set it up for use. If we don’t read the instructions, we have to use trial-and-error methods to see if we can get it to work. Jesus teaches us, through this study, to start using and living the power life without the stress and disappointment of trying and failing.

One of the main tricks of the world and the devil is to bait or lure us into coming back into its control. They use types of pleasure that have hooks in them that dishonor our God-given free will. They offer such extreme pleasure that we find ourselves feeling compelled to experience them as much as is possible; before we know it, we are dominated by them. They start to do damage to us and those around us. They erode our attitudes and character, our relationships, our emotions, our finances, our physical condition, and our spiritual relationship with Jesus.

Jesus doesn’t offer anything that drives you, lures you, baits you, addicts you, or dishonors your God-given free will. He explains what His relationship with us would be like, helps us understand what He is offering and providing, and then lets us try it out. If at any time we want to discontinue the relationship, there is no contract, no restraints, no overwhelming pleasures, and no power exerted on us that keeps us from going back to the world; there is extreme freedom in Jesus. In this study, Jesus helps you live a life of complete freedom.