Samples
of Deliverance, Part 5
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Title:
Samples of Deliverance, Part
5
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Date: 7/12/2002
Keywords:
"deliverance" "promises"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
The
current studies look at biblical samples of
deliverance from temptation and other problems. Thanks
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getting the most from each day's set of passages
containing these samples are available in the first
study of this series (click
here).
Passages*:
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil
one.
Luke 4:18-19
18. "The Spirit of the
Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach
good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for
the blind, to release the oppressed,
19. to proclaim the year of
the Lord's favor."
Acts 2:21
And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
Acts 7:34
I have indeed seen the
oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard
their groaning and have come down to set them free.
Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.'
Romans 7:24-25,
8:1
7:24. What a wretched
man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of
death?
7:25. Thanks be to God --
through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in
my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful
nature a slave to the law of sin.
8:1. Therefore, there is now
no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Jesus....
Question
What is the amazing
promise of Romans 8:1 above?
Practical
help
Why is it easier to feel
condemned than pardoned after giving in to
smut?
Hard to answer. Probably has to
do with guilt, shame, remorse and other complicated
factors.
But while there's a place for
contrition, there's no place for condemnation for
folks who've been pardoned by Christ. (If you're not
sure you've been pardoned, click
here.)
There's a big difference between
the two. Contrition is at once hopeful and assured
(e.g., of forgiveness), condemnation is hopeless.
So don't confuse the two. Go
ahead and feel contrite about sin. Then sing a few
stanzas of Amazing Grace.
Because you've been pardoned
and not condemned!
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