JESUS CHRIST OUR DELIVER

Before Jesus Christ ever physically walked on this earth the Bible has some things to say about the Son of God on how He delivers us in our daily routine of life. "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah 61:1.

 

Can we break this verse down? If Jesus tells us a biblical truth who would He most prefer to talk to? This passage is saying ... "To preach good tidings unto the meek." They are open in their heart to learn. When I talk to a meek person there are no barriers in their spirit that have to be plowed through to get to the Person of Jesus Christ. This should give us a clue as to what spirit we are to have when our Lord the great teacher of all time is trying to impart a message to us.

 

Jesus Christ has always desired to bind up the brokenhearted. The Bible says that God is close to this type of person. He even reiterates this principle in Luke 4:18. If a person's soul is in pieces there is almost no greater miracle than God coming in and mending everything together. If an individual gets cremated does God know where every molecule is from that person? The answer is yes. In like manner Jesus Christ desires to bind up the brokenhearted. We have to be open to allow God to do this but through our willingness the Holy Spirit absorbs our pain in His righteousness.

 

The last part of this verse says ... "To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." We live in a world that is held captive by Satan. According to 2 Corinthians 4:4 he is the god (With a small g) of this world. When most people walk through life they feel some kind of binding spirit.

 

I am thinking of what Jesus said in John chapter eight. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32. We should seek Jesus Christ everyday because He is the truth. What is our reward if we apply this biblical principle? "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." John 8:36.

 

Some Christians say there is no law in heaven because we were saved by grace. I believe there are laws in this perfect place but I don't feel we will have any problem following this in Paradise. The Apostle Paul talks about this when he said, "For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:2. Which law do you want to be under because it is either one or the other? I like the way that sounds. "For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus" is what is going to set me free with whatever is binding me in a bad way. This law takes captive the law of sin and death. Two laws but only one will set us free. Why? Because "Now the Lord is that spirit: and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty." 2 Corinthians 3:17.

 

"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life." Romans 6:22. Look at the incredible order of this verse. First we were freed from our sins through Jesus Christ then we became servants of God. We got busy for Jesus Christ but at the same time we sowed the fruit of holiness in our life. We started thinking right, we started living clean because a righteous life in service to Jesus Christ became very special to us as Christians. The last part of this verse says ... "And the end everlasting life." We got saved, we became disciples of Jesus Christ, we live holy and we go to heaven in the proper timing of God.

 

Jesus Christ is our deliverer. We may have a heavy yoke on our soul or a burden that is just so heavy. I have felt very oppressed in my life over many things but I realized that Jesus Christ is the answer. Matthew chapter 11 talks about the Son of God being our deliverer with our heavy yoke but the Old Testament talks about this principle also in Isaiah. "For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian." Isaiah 9:4. This comforts me because in this world we are bound to have a heavy yoke in our souls but not without the promise of God that He will deliver us through His Son Jesus Christ.

 

I am going to quote a verse but there will be temptation to think of the faith healer that has the gift of the effecting of miracles in the name and power of Jesus Christ. Some are sincere and some are charlatans. "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19. If a demon or demons are attacking us all we have to do is cast them out in the name of Jesus Christ. They have to come up to get us unless we gave them enough that they have spiritual legal ground against our lives. Then we need to cry out to God for deliverance in the power of Jesus Christ. We have authority in the Son of God when we got saved through Him. 

 

Everything I just wrote about in this article only applies if we are faithful to Jesus Christ in obedience to Him. To be delivered by God is one thing but to be an overcomer in Jesus Christ is an elevated step in our growth and journey through our life. I don't want to settle for deliverance because I desire to be victorious in my Savior and Lord through my testimony for Him. I like when the martyrs in the book of Revelation stood strong in their faith for Jesus Christ." And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." Revelation 12:11. They were delivered by Jesus Christ and were victorious in Him because of their faithfulness and obedience to the Lamb of God.

 

When the Apostle John poured his heart out to fellow believers in Christ to try the spirits whether they are of God he finally says, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."1 John 4:4. 

 

Dear unbeliever in Jesus Christ would you like to have the Son of the living God living inside you who is much stronger than the devil? The Bible says ... "Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." Wherever you are today/tonight accept Jesus Christ into your heart as your very own Savior and Lord by repenting of all your sins based on what He did for you on the cross. 

 

If you just made that decision you have been delivered from your sins and can be victorious in Him because He rose from the dead on the third day. "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory." 1 Corinthians 15:55.  

Love

Bob D.

SUNDAY iNSPRITATION

Sunday’s Inspiration

God's Greatness

God is beauty and splendour,
Awesome and magnificent
He's full of awesome wonder
And is wholly omnipotent

But despite God's greatness,
He always has time for us,
Nothing is too great or small
That He won't want to touch

So praise Him for His greatness
And everything He is,
But also for the little things
That we so often miss.
© By M.S.Lowndes

Colossians 1:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

2 Corinthians 4:15 King James Version (KJV)
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

Isaiah 41:10 King James Version (KJV)
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

1 Chronicles 29:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

HOW TO WAIT ON GOD

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How to wait on God

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" Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield.

" Psalm 33:20. Our reward for waiting on the Lord is help and

 assistance for our life with protection. 

 

Do we need help from God in our life? I would hope so or we 

are living our lives on our own which is prohibited in the Word

 of God. If we did that as a lifestyle then Jesus Christ is not in

 our path and we could not call ourselves true Christians.

 

Jesus Christ loves giving us help and assistance as long as we

 are waiting on Him. He also desires to be our shield. Jesus 

Christ wants to be our protection. This comforts me because 

He knows exactly how to do it and when but it is always through

 our faith in Him.

 

Waiting on the Lord takes courage but with this characteristic

 comes strength. You may say, " Well I have a hard time with 

courage." Join the club because we can only acquire true 

character through Jesus Christ. The end result of a brave 

spirit is peace.

 

The order to this process is (1) Wait on the Lord (2) Be of 

good courage (3) God will put strength in our heart. " Wait 

on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strength

 thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14.

 

We need to understand that waiting on the Lord is devotion

 to Him. It is a very special moment between me and God.

 I can't be thinking about the meal in the oven or some kind

 of distraction.

 

It is me waiting upon God and God alone because that is the

 respect that Jesus Christ desires from His Children." My soul, 

wait thou upon God; for my expectation is from Him." It is pure

 devotion to God and our expectation could range from receiving 

His love or a simple answer to a question.

 

If we want to have fellowship with Jesus Christ we have to have

 faith in Him everyday. If I believed in God two weeks ago for

 something that was yesterday but what about today?

 

This is why I believe the Bible says," For we are made partakers 

of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto 

the end." Hebrews 3:14. There is something so special about 

believing in God daily that causes our growth in Jesus Christ

 to skyrocket right up to heaven.

 

The verse I just quoted is good but for a more complete version

 of this subject Psalm 145:15-16 is really comprehensive regarding

 having faith in Jesus Christ all the time."(15) The eyes of all wait 

upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 

(16) Thou openest thine hand, and satisfies the desire of 

every living thing."

 

We do get our needs and desires meant but it is in the timing of

 God. Notice our Lord is generous because He is opening up His

 hand to satisfy our needs and desires of our heart. Who knows

 us better than God? Nobody. This should convict us to draw

 closer to God because He is a friend that wants to draw close to us.

 

The previous verse talks about due season because we usually

 want it now. Part of true faith in God is waiting for His timing 

because Jesus knows best. This is not an option in our Christian 

life. If we don't follow this principle in Scripture we will have fear.

" For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall 

speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely

 come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 2:3.

 

Even though we have to wait for the promise it will come in our

ves with the honesty of God. Jesus Christ is good to us because 

He is our God. He wants to meet our needs and desires of our heart.

 

Faith is a profession to God but doubt is wavering. Our faith in God

 through His Son Jesus Christ in the strength of the Holy Spirit is 

so precious to the Triune Godhead. God encourages us to have 

strong faith in Him. "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith 

without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised)." Hebrews 10:23.

 

Fast means we should be quick to do it but most Christians are 

slow to apply this principle of Scripture. We will be rewarded in 

one way or another from heaven but we have to be patient in our 

faith to Jesus Christ.

 

There is something special about waiting on the Lord through His 

Word. If we open up the Bible and read it with the purpose of waiting 

on God He will honor this simple response of faith. When we do 

this it is like we are saying, "Lord I want to be obedient to you

." This is why the Bible says, "I wait for the Lord, my soul doth 

wait, and in His word do I hope." Psalm 130:5. If we read the

 Bible and wait on the Lord He answers in His timing.

 

We serve a mighty God and He gives salvation through His Son

 Jesus Christ. If you do not know Him will you come today/tonigh

t and accept Jesus Christ into your heart as your very own Savior 

and Lord? I hope the answer is yes. 

 

" And it shall be said in the day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited

 for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for

 Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isaiah 25;9.

 

They are acknowledging God in adoration and worship and staying

 obedient by waiting on the Lord. They are even anticipating that

 they will be glad. If Jesus Christ is saving us in His timing how can

 we not rejoice? Today/tonight is the day of salvation but tomorrow

 may be when God will meet our needs and desires.

 

God Bless,

Bob D 

TRUST IN THE lORD

LOVE

God not only loved us beyond comprehension by sending His Son to die for

 our sins but He loves us at present and will continue to love us for all eternity.

 

We could never go up to anyone else and say," On a scale of one to ten

God loves me a nine." The other person could never respond back to us 

and say, "Well in my case God loves me an eight.

 

There are different mercy levels God has for us depending on how

 bad we are hurting mentally, emotionally or physically as opposed 

to another person that is just coasting through life without any problems 

but the level of love God has for us can never be measured.

 

This love is not limited to His children but also to unbelievers. 

This is not even including love He has for all of His created beings.

 

I hear this every once in a while but some people believe God does not 

love a reprobate sinner that goes straight to hell for all eternity.

 

This is not true. Nothing can change the fact that God will always love 

even the very worst sinner that is eternally separated from Him.

 

On the one hand His children will be learning about the love of God 

for all eternity but on the other hand God will never stop loving even 

the worst sinner in the other place. Their punishment will be measured

 exactly but sad to say he or she will not be learning about the love of 

God. Only hatred and fear will be present in this horrible place.

 

People have a choice. They will either accept the love of God through

 His Son Jesus Christ or reject it but this theology that God will force 

certain people to love Him is false.

 

We have a will and God will honor that because this is the best way to 

make a connection with God. The Bible says, "Let him who does not

 love God be anathema." 1st Corinthians 16:22. This is why our focus 

in our relationship with Jesus Christ should be love.

 

Most people are infants in regards to what true love for God and people 

are but this is part of our learning process on earth." And now abideth 

faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity." 

1st Corinthians 13:13.

 

One person once suggested that one of the reasons for this is because 

in heaven we won't need faith and hope but love will still be active

 everywhere we go in one form or another.

 

There is a warmth about love that stands out so different in life that other

 people can not help but notice because it is so rare in this world.

 

Our society has defined political correctness as love but that falls so

 short that it turns into fear which is just the opposite of love. We need

 to let God define love as opposed to the world because they always 

have a hidden agenda that is selfish.

 

We need to start with the origin of love to understand and practice this

 powerful emotion in expression back to Jesus Christ and other people.

 

"(10) Herein is love, not that we love God, but that He loved us, and sent 

His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (11) Beloved, if God so loved us, 

we ought also to love one another. (12) No man hath seen God at any time.

 If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us

." 1 John 4:10-12. The number one act of love God did for us was to send 

His Son to die for our sins.

 

The Lord showed me something regarding love. As we look at the cross 

we see the vertical going up and we see the horizontal going across.

 The vertical represents our love for God and the horizontal represents 

our love for people.

 

There has to be a balance or there is not a cross in our life when it come

to proper love. One without the other is not well rounded but together they 

sing a beautiful song to God and people.

 

Is it any mystery that verse 11 says, "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought

lso to love one another" ? There is incentive to love one another in a

 Godly way because that is proof that God dwells in us and then His love

 will be perfected in us.

 

Let me ask the internet viewers one question, "How imperfect are we?"

 In and of myself I am never satisfied but with the love of God perfected 

in me I am always full of warm closure in Jesus Christ.

 

There are so many times that Jesus instructs us to obey Him but it is 

always connected with His love." He that hath my commandments,

 and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me 

shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 

myself to him." John 14:21.

 

If we want to experience the love of God in our lives the number one

 thing we can do is obey God. Jesus Christ will never fail us in life.

 He will show us His love by experience as we walk through our 

journey of problems, trials and hardships.

 

God is very to the point when it comes to the subject of love because 

Jesus Christ is love. The triune Godhead is the very embodiment of

 love." (7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God: and 

every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God, (8) He that 

loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."1 John 4:7- 8.

 

This world and society have so many renditions of what love is and 

as a result people are walking around confused in life. Love is a

decision that we are going to put God first and people before our

selfish needs.

 

We will get our needs and desires met but that is a whole other article.

 Waiting on God the biblical way is the path to go into but we need to

 train ourselves that the timing of Jesus Christ is perfect.

 

Putting God and others first takes courage because we say, 

"What about me?" God knows and He will never forget us. 

The result of us getting our needs and desires met can be

 manifested in numerous ways but we need to give God more

 credit than we do because this takes faith in Jesus Christ.

 

In John 15:14 Jesus explains, "Ye are my friends, if ye do 

whatsoever I command you." Once again the obedience comes

 first then the friendship. Obedience is not always easy because

 it requires faith in Jesus Christ. Then in verse 17 Jesus gets really

 specific by saying, "These things I command you, that ye love one

 another." John 15:17.

 

When John the writer of many books in the New Testament was old

 two Christians came up to him and asked who was right on a 

theological issue and John responded, "Little children please love one

 another." Did you ever notice that in the jumble of all the issues love

 seems to get stuffed somewhere in the middle of the crowd.

 

I don't know if many of the people on internet land understand

this but we are actually told to dwell in love because our Creator

 is love and as Christians we are supposed to mirror Jesus Christ 

in everything we do in this life. "And we have known and believed

 the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in 

love dwelleth in God, and God in him." 1 John 4:16.

 

If we love God we are going to love our brothers and sisters but it 

does not hurt to pray specifically to God about this issue because 

we could forget especially in the hassle of life. "And this commandment

 have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 John 4:21.

 

Once again notice the order. First we are to love God then we can

 love other people in the way that mirrors the Person of Jesus Christ.

 

We are to specifically love Jesus Christ because the Bible says,

 "For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, 

and have believed that I come out from God." John 16:27. This 

whole idea that we can love God apart from Jesus Christ is not 

in the Bible.

 

Our Lord Jesus Christ even refers to loving one another as a

 new commandment. This is a different way to phrase a truth

 but Jesus is driving home a point that He never wants us to 

forget because it is pivotal for the world to come to Him through 

this principle in the Bible.

 

"(34) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;

 as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (35) By this shall 

all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

" John 13:34-35. Jesus says three times in two verses to love one 

another. Do you think our Lord is trying to make a point?

 

If you have not accepted Jesus Christ into your heart as your Savior

 and Lord then I want you to think about how unsure this world really 

is and then I want you to read these verses."(38) For I am persuaded,

 that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,

 nor things present, nor things to come, (39) Nor height, nor depth,

 nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of

 God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39.

 

The world can not promise you anything in life. In fact you are not

 even guaranteed tomorrow. God through His Son Jesus Christ can

 give you eternal life so consider coming to Him today/tonight and 

invite Him into your heart. God loves you and is waiting for you to 

come to His Son Jesus Christ. There may not be much time left in

 this world or your life so consider the open arms God has for you

 to come to Him.

 

Tuesday Inspiration

Beneath The Shadow Of Thy Wings

15 hrs · 

Tuesday’s Inspiration

What Is It We're Looking For

So often we try to fill the void
With what the world provides,
In hope that we will find contentment
For our dreary, empty lives
But listen my friend it's only temporary
And is like chasing the wind,
The things of the world simply won't fulfil
The unhappiness we have within

We mustn't look for our fulfilment
In pleasures that won't satisfy,
For we can never fulfil what's lacking
Unless Christ comes inside
For God has created us to need Him
And fills us with His love,
So we won't need more worldly things,
Nor crave for ungodly stuff

We need to stop and ask ourselves,
What is it we're looking for?
And can we truly be fulfilled
If we don't allow the Lord
To come inside and bring the change
That's needed in our lives?
So we will find that true happiness
Is only found in Christ.
© By M.S.Lowndes

Philippians 4:11King James Version (KJV)
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Proverbs 19:23King James Version (KJV)
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Psalm 90:14King James Version (KJV)
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Hebrews 13:5King James Version (KJV)
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Have a Blessed week. May you walk in the Grace and Peace of God