Encouraging Life Seminar Summary

Welcome to Scripture Advocate Wiki where: The Bible Is the Accurate and Authoritative Description of Both the Physical and Spiritual Aspects of Life

The following outline of units, chapters, and articles are taken from the Encouraging Life Seminar as presented by Todd Elder and will lead to a majority of pages on this website.

Risk of Destruction Unit

If Scripture is true, then there is a purpose to life, things that are beneficial and good which help life as well as wicked and evil things that harm life, and our soul is at risk.

• Search for Meaning to Life Chapter If scripture is true, then we an seek the answers to the great questions of life and there can be meaning to our actions.

• Battle for Life and Death Chapter If Scripture is true, then there is a war raging all around us and within us. Perhaps the greatest battle is between truth and falsehood as one leads to peace and life and the other to death and destruction.

• Gambling with Eternity Chapter If Scripture is true, then we are gambling and losing life when we follow any other religion, philosophy, or worldview.

If you believe this, you will have both the fear of death from sin ... and the peace from the promises of His merciful forgiveness that overcomes death.

Reaching for Higher Ground Unit

If Scripture is true, then

• Kingdom of Heaven Chapter

• Two Trees Chapter

If you believe this,

Role of Defending Life Unit

If Scripture is true, then

• Understanding The War Chapter

• Knight Academy Chapter

• Path of the Righteous Warrior Chapter

If you believe this,

Relationship With the King Unit

If Scripture is true, then we can have an active and growing relationship with the Eternal rather than just a set of religious traditions. This comes by learning His Word, understanding what He has done, respecting His position, and honoring Him.

• Scripture Strategy Chapter If Scripture is true, then the Bible, as the word of Elohim, is the accurate and authoritative description of both the physical and spiritual aspects of life. We should make the effort to know and understand it in order to obey and worship properly rather than be deceived by the enemy through inaccurate doctrine, twisting of Scripture, or false prophets.

• Honoring the Eternal Chapter If Scripture is true, then there is nothing more powerful than an active relationship with the Eternal for it is He who is Creator, Lawgiver, and Redeemer and it is He who is worthy of our worship while the adversary is a pride driven fraud who promotes idolatry and fear to steal and take what does not belong to him.

• Helmet of Salvation Chapter If Scripture is true, then perhaps the most important and foundational truth is that of salvation; the availability of forgiveness of sin and the opportunity to be a child of Elohim in the Kingdom of Heaven throughout eternity which can motivate us to withstand anything the enemy can throw at us from this world.

If you believe this, then you can have the peace and security that comes with being loved and protected by the Eternal. It is a choice we make by humbling ourselves and submitting to Elohim's caring authority.

Reality of the Kingdom of Heaven Unit

If Scripture is true, then the complex interaction of both the physical and spiritual aspects of life become foundational to understanding life, living life, and finding meaning to life; however, to truly live life to the fullest, we must avoid what is false and cling to what is true, shun the works of darkness and pursue the works of light, and enjoy the benefits of love while hating the evil that comes with selfishness and competition.

• Base Camp of Original Creation Chapter If Scripture is true, then there was a Creation Week and the 6,000 year history of this world and of man kind show the destruction due to sin as well as the necessity for a Savior; therefore, it is little wonder the enemy would falsely attack these concepts (in both religion and science) to cause believers to stumble or doubt the truth of the Bible.

• Daily Duties in the Physical Chapter If Scripture is true, then our physical health depends heavily on our environment, food, and activity which were designed for our benefit; therefore, it should not surprise us that virtual reality, artificial environments, fake food, and laziness will lead to an unhealthy life nor should it surprise us that greed and the desire for power will cause carelessness in regards to destroying the natural and created order of things.

• Spiritual Special Forces Chapter If Scripture is true, then understanding how the spiritual impacts the physical is one of the most profound and far reaching concepts within the Kingdom of Heaven expressed in angels and demons, blessings and cursings, and miracles and magic; therefore, false concepts of spirituality and the absolute denial of it's existence are major battle tactics of the enemy.

• Belt of Truth Chapter If Scripture is true, then truth by itself does not give you eternal life, but it will lead you to the Savior by discerning good and evil and by exposing sin and righteousness while falsehood will lead you away from His caring protection towards death, disease, misery, and fear.

This means that within that battle of good and evil, one of the main battlegrounds is truth and falsehood and that we should make the effort to take care of His creation rather than try to change it, improve it, or redefine it and thus risk destroying ourselves in the process.

Responsibility In the Covenant Unit

If Scripture is true, then man kind has lost the close relationship that originally existed with Elohim and now faces death; however, through the covenants and priesthood, He lovingly offers a path back to life and close relationship which would be impossible for man to do on his own.

• Man Kind's Marching Orders Chapter If Scripture is true, then our Creator instructed man kind to serve Him be by caring for the Earth and to love each other; however, after the fall into darkness, man struggles with being disobedient, selfish, destructive, and acting as our own authority.

• Covenant Command and Control Chapter If Scripture is true, then the Eternal has offered a series of covenants to restore relationship with man kind; yet each person must choose to enter and follow these covenants to enjoy the promises and blessings that come within them.

• Overcoming Defeat at Judgment Chapter If Scripture is true, when man kind breaks the covenant law through sinful actions, there is a Heavenly High Priest and an atoning sacrifice that returns him to righteousness; but we must repent and seek that forgiveness through the Savior if we are to make it through judgment.

• Shield of Faith Chapter If Scripture is true, then our trust in the Almighty and His ways will not only provide us with peace, hope, joy, and love, but it will also protect us from the negative influences and harsh effects of a greedy world constantly pursuing pride, control, and the lusts of the flesh.

This means we have a choice to help or harm our relationship with our loving Heavenly Father, to receive blessing or cursing in this lifetime, and to obtain salvation or destruction for eternity.

Righteousness in the Savior Unit

If Scripture is true, then forgiveness of sins and eternal life through the Savior is one of the greatest offerings available to all of mankind. This is needed because righteousness is the standard by which all things are measured in the Kingdom of heaven. This righteousness can only be attained through the forgiveness of sin offered through yashuah, the Savior.

• Messiah the Ultimate Righteous Warrior Chapter If Scripture is true, then the only way to defeat death and return to purity and eternal life is through humbling oneself, admitting one's sin, and accepting the substitutionary sacrifice and atonement offered through the Messiah.

• Top Secret Prophecy Chapter If Scripture is true, then then many prophecies, pictures, and foreshadow the eventual return of man kind unto a close and loving relationship with the Eternal as it was meant to be and free from the evil of this current age through a final judgment and the creation of the new Heavens and Earth.

• Breastplate of Righteousness Chapter If Scripture is true, then the logic and philosophies of this world, and any sense of morality or right and wrong they can produce, are far inferior and inadequate in their abilities to protect life compared to the righteousness, justice, and mercy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

This means if you ignore the spiritual aspects of life and the fallen nature of man kind, then you will not see the need for a Savior and all the work, effort, and struggles of your life will be wasted and come to nothing.

Resisting Evil in the World Unit

If Scripture is true, then we have not only our own pride and lusts of the flesh to contend with, but we havean enemy who actively wants to deceive us regarding the truth of Scripture and the value of life, mislead us into doing evil, and cause every form of abomination, hate, and destruction of life possible.

• Adversary and Accuser Chapter If Scripture is true, then the Deceiver is not merely our enemy, but the leader of the demonic rebellion who, for purposes of his own self-indulgent shemes, tries to either make man kind follow himself or neglect the spiritual aspects of life altogether.

• Occult Realm Chapter If Scripture is true, then most of the people in the world are unknowingly pursuing their own selfish desires through the methods and rituals of the Kingdom of Darkness while a smaller number knowingly worship evil.

• Religious Traditions Chapter If Scripture is true, then one of the greatest battlegrounds is between true biblical worship and the many manmade traditions that try to replace the Eternal's ways, cause the Savior to appear weak, or lead a person away from the Kingdom of Light altogether.

• Personal Battlegrounds Chapter If Scripture is true, then our own personal temptations and weaknesses caused by selfishness, pride, and the flesh must be overcome, both in the physical and spiritual, through humility and an understanding of one's genuine place in life and in the Savior's kingdom.

• Sword of the Spirit Chapter If Scripture is true, then the words and wisdom of the Kingdom of Heaven will bring peace and healing to the soul while the pursuit of pleasure will bring an unsatisfying and harmful result to their life.

This means that life, on a personal level, must be vigilantly defended with discernment between righteousness and wickedness, between truth and falsehood, and resisting personal temptations while, on a global scale, all the fantasies and pride offered by the secular world should be ignored or silenced.

Remembering Testimony Unit

If Scripture is true, then

• Shoes of Peace Chapter

• Logic and Faith Chapter

• Desire for Truth Chapter

• Ancestry and Family Tree Chapter

• Friends and Coworkers Chapter

If you believe this,

Ready for Service Unit

If Scripture is true, then we are called not only to build up our own relationship with the Eternal, but to also help others start / build a relationship with Him.

• Sharing Salvation Chapter If Scripture is true, then sharing the Good News is one of the best ways to help people live life to the fullest. Surprisingly, it will also reveal the amount of corruption in the world and how much people fear the truth of consequences for their sin.

• Helping the Poor Chapter If Scripture is true, we are not only called to love our neighbor as ourselves, but specifically called to help the poor, the widow, and the orphan ... those who have significantly greater hurdles in taking care of life than most.

• Persevering through Persecution Chapter If Scripture is true, then we can expect to be in the minority when we support righteousness and fight wickedness. This can bring persecution in many forms including the loss of friends, slander, restrictions, oppression, and (at the extreme) death.

• Mantle of Zeal Chapter If Scripture is true, then ignoring and surrendering to evil is not an option because accepting evil will bring the consequences of evil just as fighting for truth will help bring the consequences of truth.

If you believe this, you will seek out where the Almighty wants you to help in this world and follow in that direction.

Reviving the Soul Unit

If Scripture is true, then

• Natanael Chapter

• Repent for the Kingdom Is Here Chapter

• Restoration of Innocence Chapter

If you believe this,

Reward of Life Unit

If Scripture is true, then

• Created Beings Chapter

• Life is Precious Chapter

If you believe this,

Resources and Downloads

• Encouraging Life Children's Mission Chapter My personal calling is to help children (and their family) who are impoverished. This is not limited to feeding them because the genuine help comes in healing the problem(s) that are causing the poverty individually, locally, and nationally.

• Publishing Projects One of the more prominent causes of poverty is the lack of education. Therefore, the Mission is working to produce it's own series of books and materials in hopes of keeping production costs low and to enable freely giving away as many books as possible.

• Quizzes and Questionnaires

• Downloads

• Glossary

We all want to live life to the fullest. What does that mean? Learning the value and preciousness of life means not only gaining eternal life, but building a close and loving relationship with our Creator, learning to love and care for man kind, and to work for the Kingdom of Heaven. The best way to do these things is to understand the Eternal's word to man kind in Scripture because there we find the answers to what helps life, what harms life, and what builds close relationship. Living life to the fullest takes diligence because we already live in a post-truth world (that is quickly running towards becoming a virtual world) whose philosophies are very destructive.

• What Is Scripture Advocacy?

Risk of Destruction

Popular Downloads Chronological Bible Notebook Observing His Rest Created Kinds, Baraminology, and the Creation Orchard Elder's Model of Created Kinds

• Battle for Life and Death Summary
• Search for Meaning to Life Summary
• Gambling with Eternity Summary

Reaching for Higher Ground

A few basic truths will answer a thousand other questions regarding life, morality, forgiveness, eternity, and honor while falsehood will produce a set of philosophies, beliefs, and worldviews on a physical base lacking any depth. Truth is a pre-requisite for purity and righteousness while falsehood wastes our resources, relationships, and respect. The truth of the Kingdom of Heaven will bring salvation, wisdom, hope, blessing, and miracles while lies will destroy our faith, promote foolishness, and move us in the wrong direction. Truth will reveal how corrupt, sinful, wicked, and post-truth the world really is and expose what we genuinely treasure for this life and the next as well as what we are willing to work for. There are many battlefields, but sharing how to discern truth and falsehood will shield believers from harm and restore justice to their lives.

• Kingdom of Heaven Summary
• Two Trees Summary

Role of Defending Life

When life is attacked either physically or spiritually, it must be defended from the enemy that would destroy, corrupt, or enslave. Within the war, facts and evidence will reveal the truth and the resulting benefits to life while the enemy will hide how falsehood harms life through deception, conspiracy, consensus, suppression of truth, and other dishonorable tactics and weapons that appeal to pride and the lusts of the flesh. The training is not merely learning how to recognize and fight the endless individual enemies and problems; it is becoming part of the long-term resistance to false mainstream ideas and concepts that are a core part of the enemies tactics. Wearing the armor of light is not just an academic exercise, but instead requires a high standard of living out what each piece of armor represents, knowing that your example will be hated by those who love, favor, and enjoy falsehood.

• Understanding The War Summary
• Knight Academy Summary
• Path of the Righteous Warrior Summary

Relationship With the King

We must humble ourselves and submit to Elohim's authority. The Bible, as the word of Elohim, is the accurate and authoritative description of both the physical and spiritual aspects of life and we must greatly know and understand it so we can act rightly and not be deceived by the enemy through inaccurate doctrine, twisting of Scripture, or false prophets. There is nothing more powerful than an active relationship with the Eternal for it is He who is Creator, Lawgiver, and Redeemer and it is He who is worthy of our worship while the enemy is a pride driven fraud who promotes idolatry and fear to steal and take what does not belong to him. Perhaps the most important and foundational truth is that of salvation; the availability of forgiveness of sin and the opportunity to be a child of Elohim in the Kingdom of Heaven throughout eternity which can motivate us to withstand anything the enemy can throw at us from this world.

• Helmet of Salvation Summary
• Scripture Strategy Summary
• Honoring the Eternal Summary

Reality of the Kingdom of Heaven

We learn from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that what is true brings goodness, benefit, love, and closeness to Elohim while false brings separation, cursing, darkness, and destruction. The opening concepts of Genesis are foundational to the relationship of the physical to the spiritual and gives meaning to both life and death - so it is little wonder that the enemy would attack this topic with great deceptions and unfair tactics in both theology and science. Our physical health depends heavily on our environment, food, and activity which were designed for our benefit; therefore, it should not surprise us that artificially made environments, food, and laziness will lead to an unhealthy life. It should not surprise us that greed and the desire for power will be careless about destroying the natural and created order of things. Understanding how the spiritual impacts the physical is one of the most profound and far reaching concepts within the Kingdom of Heaven allowing for genuine blessing and cursing as well as miracles; therefore, false concepts of spirituality and the absolute denial of it's existence are major battle tactics of the enemy. While truth does not give you eternal life, it will lead you to the Savior by exposing sin and righteousness or discerning good and evil while falsehood will lead you away from His protection towards death, disease, sin, misery, and fear.

• Belt of Truth Summary
• Base Camp of Original Creation Summary
• Daily Duties in the Physical Summary
• Spiritual Special Forces Summary

Responsibility In the Covenant

When man kind was created, he started in purity and was told there is a path to life and a path to death; once transgressed, he lost that purity and getting back to life would be impossible on his own. Man kind had it perfect until the fall; after that, he knew that no matter what was true, honorable, and righteous he could choose to do something different and go the way of pride, selfishness, and evil. The Eternal has offered a series of covenants to restore relationship with man kind and offer new life, but the person must choose to leave the false, sinful, and abominable ways of the secular world and move towards obedience in His kingdom of truth, mercy, and forgiveness. Both during this life and after, we will be given judgement including blessing and cursing now and eternal life or death; therefore, discerning and deciding on truth and righteousness is in our own best interest rather than acting blind, using fuzzy vision, or guessing at these realities. Our trust in His kingdom, commandments, and effects of the spiritual will not only protect us with peace, hope, joy and love but will shield us from the negative effects and influences from a world full of ulterior motives, slavery, greed, and the lusts of the flesh.

• Shield of Faith Summary
• Man Kind's Marching Orders Summary
• Covenant Command and Control Summary
• Overcoming Defeat at Judgment Summary

Righteousness in the Savior

If you ignore the spiritual aspects of life and the fallen nature of man kind, then you will not see the need for a Savior and all the work, effort, and struggles of your life will be wasted and come to nothing. Ultimately, the only way to defeat death and return to purity and eternal life is through humbling oneself, admitting one's sin, and accepting the substitutionary sacrifice and atonement offered through the Messiah. From the beginning, the accounts of Scripture picture and foreshadow the eventual return of man kind unto a close and loving relationship with the Eternal as it was meant to be and free from the evil of this current age. The logic and philosophies of this world, and any sense of morality or right and wrong they can produce, are far inferior and inadequate in their abilities to protect life compared to the righteousness, justice, and mercy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

• Breastplate of Righteousness Summary
• Messiah the Ultimate Righteous Warrior Summary
• Top Secret Prophecy Summary

Resisting Evil in the World

Discerning truth from fiction and right from wrong are necessary tools when the enemy will mask and misrepresent things to lead one astray, bring hate, destruction, death, and cause any abomination possible. The Deceiver is more than our enemy, he is the leader of the demonic rebellion and his schemes to desensitize us to evil and the value of life work through darkness, mysticism, and falsehood. Man Made religious traditions, that often masquerade as commandments, place a person under the authority and the potential cult-like leadership of the one's making the traditions and essentially state that the Eternal's ways are not accurate or good enough with the end result of people being led astray and often a water-downed, weak, or insufficient version of the Messiah as Savior. Truth, humility, and understanding one's genuine place in life are the ways to resist the temptations, weaknesses, and fantasies caused by the flesh and pride and offered by the secular world. The words and wisdom of the Kingdom of Heaven bring peace to the soul while the world seeks the pleasures and happiness of the body even to their own harm.

• Sword of the Spirit Summary
• Adversary and Accuser Summary
• Occult Realm Summary
• Religious Traditions Summary
• Personal Battlegrounds Summary

Remembering My Testimony

After being suicidal from growing up in a secular and fiction loving society giving little or no meaning to life, I began seeking meaning to life which has led me to explore reality, understand truth, and ultimately find the Kingdom of Heaven. Logic, and all of the philosophical ideas about life, pleasure, morality, and beauty, is based on incomplete / physical concepts and can only produce a lifestyle whereas faith builds upon a more complete / spiritual understanding and brings true life. Sharing the proper answers to the great questions of life, including the concepts of righteousness, truth, and purity, can help people understand the value of life, have peace, and grow in His kingdom as well as fight the wickedness found in a post-truth world.

• Shoes of Peace Summary
• Logic and Faith Summary
• Desire for Truth Summary
• Ancestry and Family Tree Summary
• Friends and Coworkers Summary

Ready for Action

Watching the effects of personal choices makes it obvious that one of the most important battles in life is to make a conscious effort to fight for and to defend righteousness, truth, and purity while living in a world full of sin, falsehood, and evil which is defended by enemies and pseudo-enemies. It is not until one pursues purity that one recognizes the amount of corruption in the world and how much the world, and even believers, do not want to hear or are scared of truth but would prefer a fictional world. When we oppose evil by standing for truth, honesty, and correction, persecution can follow in many possible forms including the loss of friends, slander, restrictions, oppression, and, at the extreme, death. It can be a test of courage and endurance, but to surrender and even ignore falsehood and evil is not an option, because accepting a lie will bring the consequences of a lie just as fighting for truth will bring the consequences of truth.

• Mantle of Zeal Summary
• Training Summary
• Helping the Poor Summary

Reviving the Soul

As we repent of past sinful ways and grow in sanctification, we should become shining examples of truth and honesty in a world filled with deception. As created beings, making the choice for truth is a choice for something better and it is powerful because it effects every decision a person makes and can improve life by showing the way of eternal life, peace, and a relationship with the Eternal. We should make Scripture our friend for it is beautiful, has hope, can bring honor, answer the great questions of life, and lead us to the Savior while fiction is shallow, causes problems, and indulges in both pride and the lusts of the flesh.

• Natanael Summary
• Repent for the Kingdom Is Here Summary
• Restoration of Innocence Summary

Reward of Life

• Created Beings Summary
• Life is Precious Summary

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