Notes of Faith August 22, 2025
Deliverance
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly.
2 Peter 2:9
When Jesus taught us to pray, “Deliver us from evil,” He was tapping into a glorious biblical theme. Our God is One who delivers. Moses told the Israelites, “The Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you” (Deuteronomy 23:14). David said, “He delivered me because He delighted in me” (2 Samuel 22:20). Job 5:19 says, “He shall deliver you in six troubles, yes, in seven.” The psalmist said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer” (Psalm 18:2). Paul said, “[He] delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us” (2 Corinthians 1:10).
Often, we need deliverance. Do you need to be delivered from something today? Fear? Poverty? Illness? Injustice? Depression? Addiction? We’re overwhelmed by evil, yet God knows how to deliver the godly from trouble. If we only ask for His deliverance, we’ll receive what He has promised. “For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:19).
It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them.
Charles Spurgeon
2 Tim 4:16-18
16 At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me…
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
There is a perfect peace that God gives to those who belong to Him and a sure comfort of deliverance from this world into His glorious kingdom to live eternally, walking with the One who made us and brought us to Himself. What joy we will experience when we see God in all His glory and receive His love in ways that we have yet to know! I pray for all who read this to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, to know the peace and joy of the Lord through this world’s trials and the secure and true hope that He promises for our future together.
2 Peter 2:9
the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation,
1 Sam 2:9
9 He will guard the feet of his saints,
Ps 4:3
3 Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself…
John 9:31-32
We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will.
2 Peter 3:10-13
the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! 13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:17-18
be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Matt 6:10
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
KJV
Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Pastor Dale