Do Not Miss The Entire Message Of The Gospel-  it is Jesus delivering us from an unbeatable enemy.

And it isn’t always a miraculous healing that all can see.

In His day, it wasn’t just the lame man by the pool.

It was the woman who committed adultery who could only get water at noon.  (John 4)

It was the church leader who didn’t even know what God was truly doing.  (John 3)

It was the “true Israelite” Nathanael who cried out for God’s help under a fig tree and found out that God actually heard him.  (John 1)

2 Corinthians 1  10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

As a friend of mine spoke in church this last Sunday, she convicted me on many things:

Deliverance-  Removed from something that has ruined us.

Grace-  Rewrites your story.

Jesus is in the business of delivery.  And He isn’t someone who does half of the job.

A student once told me that he would never amount to anything, that he could never measure up, and that he would never, ever, meet his dad’s standard—so why should he even try?  Upon further conversation, I realized that his own father had scarred him.  When?  In third grade.  A junior in high school was scarred from something in third grade—and it was ruining him 8 years later even more than it did in 3rd grade.

Each of us contends with our past ruining our future.

All of us have scars and triggers and failures that absolutely obliterate everything that we are trying to do.

Each of us have a cross to bear.

But Jesus … is the great bearer of the cross.  And as 2 Corinthians 1 tells us, Jesus does it in our past our present and our future.

2 Corinthians 1  10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

Why did God write that He has delivered us, that He is delivering us, and that He will continue to deliver us.

I have to think that this is a 3 dimensional promise for EACH of our issues.

As I was praying about this, I thought of that student, and I thought of myself, and I thought of everyone on our planet.

And this is my word for you today:

  1.  We Remember Our Past And It Ruins Us … Much like the student that I described in this story.
  2.  We Forget Our Past But It Unconsciously Triggers Us … Much like my reactions in my own life when I respond to something in my life that is a scar from my past.
  3.  We Remember Our Past And Where God Has Brought Us … Much like Mary Magdalene as she cried and washed the feet of Jesus.

When Jesus said “it is paid in full” on the cross, I have to think it was about more than just sin.

It was about giving us a new life away from our scars.

The Bible says that He will wipe out every tear, that He has made a home for us, that no eye can see what God has prepared for those who love Him.

These are promises for us in this life.

I pray that you and I WILL receive them.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J