May 12, 2023  

 
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

 Delivering Thee

The definition of the word deliver is to give or to set free.

The words that come from delivering are to deliver (leave for another), deliverer (one who is delivering), delivered (to carry and turn over) and delivering (implies the release, usually of a person from confinement, temptation, slavery or suffering).

Delivereth

"The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate." (Psalm 34:17-22)

"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." (Acts 26:18)

Being Delivered

I.   Delivering thee will open our eyes.

      A. Open our eyes to the person of Christ.  (Philippians 4:10)

      B. Open our eyes to the need of mankind.  (Ephesians 2:12-13)

      C. Open our eyes to life's choices and the right direction.  (St. John 12:35-36)

II.  Delivering thee will turn our thinking.

      A. Thinking from wrong to right, bad to good, and sin to righteousness.  (Psalm 119:59, Proverbs 16:2)

      B. Thinking about Satan and Jesus.  (St. John 10:10)

      C. Thinking about Hell and Heaven.  (St. Luke 16:19-31)

           
III. Delivering thee will change our life.

      A. Change from slavery to sin to service for Christ.  (Romans 6:19-23)  

      B. Change from walking in darkness to living in the light.  (St. John 1:7, 3:17-21)

      C. Change from going to the Devil's Hell to God's Heaven; where Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us.  (St. John 14:1-5, Ephesians 2:1-7)

The Great Question

1.  Have you been delivered?

2.  Are you trusting Jesus Christ and His shed blood on the cross for forgiveness of sin and to take you to Heaven?

3.  If not, why not?  It is a free gift. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Pastor Birch

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Galatians 6:9)