SUMMING UP SOUND DOCTRINE ON GOD'S DELIVERANCE

SUMMING UP SOUND DOCTRINE ON GOD’S DELIVERANCE

Monday, September 26, 2016

2Chronicles 7:14-15 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

1Corinthians 10:12-15 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no

temptation [G3986 πειρασμός; peirasmos; pi-ras-mos' From G3985; a putting to proof (by

experiment [of good], experience [of evil], solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication

adversity: - temptation, X try. ]taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will

not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way

to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak

as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

James 4:1-12 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. [Jam.1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.]Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth [to condemn] his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

  As absolute Omnipotent Sovereign Jehovah, God can deliver individuals, families, community, or nation from dire situation whether circumstance self-made or otherwise. But will He? Is His deliverance a matter of “Name it and claim it!”—our simply asking and escape falls in our lap sans any compliant effort(s) on the part of the petitioner? Please take note that:

a.       The Master’s plans (will) are His overarching priority. Jesus above all others exemplified this. (Lk.22:42; Jn.4:34; 5:30; 6:38; Mt.26:36; Mk.14:32)

b.      We have individual and/or corporate option to trust Him and participate (the word is not “support”) in His plans. (Josh.24:15; Lk.11:2; search “follow me” in the Gospels)

c.       In almost every Biblical record of God’s deliverance He presented the conditions of how-to involving trust and active compliance. (Teach me: Please feel free to show me otherwise examples from God’s Word.)

d.      Sans trust and compliance we remain and additionally suffer God’s resistance and/or being devoured. (Jam.4:6-8; 1Pet.5:6-10)

e.      Our need for deliverance may come as a surprise to us. (Did Noah foresee his need?)

  Can God deliver? Yes!  Will He deliver in every case? What does the Word tell us?

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