Galatians 1:3-4
The Deliverance You Can Have
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Notice \\#Gal 1:4\\. In that verse, God promises the believer two
types of deliverance through Jesus and the gift that He gave to us.
Let’s understand what God has promised.
I. God promised deliverance for our sins.
A. That phrase is a reference to salvation and to the deliverance
that God gives us from the WAGES of our sins.
B. Someone might say, "Preacher you talk about that a lot."
1. To that I would say, "Thank you."
2. It is always my purpose to tell people that Jesus died to
save them from their sins and if I don’t do it, it is
either because I am backslide or forgot.
C. Every human being ever conceived is condemned by sin on two
counts.
1. We are conceived sinners.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
into the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
a. The fact that we are born sinners is proved in two
ways.
(1) Babies die. Babies could not die if they were sin
because death is the wage of sin.
(2) That is why I say that we are not just born in
sin, we are conceived in sin.
(3) If not, babies could not be aborted or miscarry or
die in the womb.
b. No one has to teach a child to do wrong. They are
either born knowing how or they figure it out very
quickly, even before they can talk or walk.
c. This means that even if a child could be born in bubble
and somehow kept from every doing, saying, or thinking
anything wrong, as adults they would still die lost
because they are born with sin.
d. Someone says, "That’s not fair."
(1) You are correct.
(2) Life is not fair. Death is not fair.
(3) Even heaven and hell is not fair. (Good people
go to hell and people who have done bad things
can go to heaven.)
(4) However, God has given us something better than
fair. God gave us mercy.
a. Mercy means that anyone and everyone can go to
heaven, whether it is fair or not.
b. The thief dying beside Jesus went to heaven.
That wasn’t fair to those he robbed and hurt.
c. Paul, former Saul of Tarsus, went to heaven.
That wasn’t fair to those he arrested,
persecuted, and perhaps killed.
d. I am going to heaven and I’m sure that I have
done wrong to enough people in this world
that someone would say, "That’s not fair."
2. The second reason why we are all condemned is because we
have to chosen to sin.
a. None of us were born in a bubble and all of us have
sinned.
b. Whether your sin was lying, stealing, blasphemy,
disobeying your parents, being vile, corrupt, lazy, or
whatever, you have sinned.
D. The good news is that Jesus came to die for all.
1. Anyone can be saved if they have three things.
a. Knowledge-No one can be saved unless they have the
truths.
Romans 10:14 …and how shall they believe in him
of whom they have not heard?
b. The answer to that question is that they cannot.
c. If you are saved, someone gave you the knowledge and
it now becomes your duty to give that knowledge to
everyone else.
d. Preach to crowds or talk to individuals, but share the
Word or people will die lost.
2. Faith-You must believe on Jesus Christ. That means four
things:
a. You must believe that Jesus is God.
b. You must believe that Jesus died for your sins.
c. You must believe that Jesus rose on the third day.
d. You must believe that if you ask Him, Jesus will save
you.
3. Repentance-You must surrender control of your life to
Jesus.
a. You have had control of your life so far and you’ve
made a pretty big mess of it.
b. You say, "No, I have not." Friend, you have sinned
against God and He is going to cast you into hell.
That’s a pretty big mess.
c. If you are going to be saved, you must surrender
control of your life to Jesus.
E. I pray that you have deliverance from your sins!
II. God promised deliverance from this present evil world.
A. This promise, just like the first, is made by God to
Christians, to all Christians—including you in whatever
battle you are fighting.
B. Let’s be sure we understand what this promise does NOT means.
1. It does not mean that you are exempt from suffering, from
sickness, from poverty, or from persecutions.
a. Jesus promised His own disciples that they would go
through such things \\#Matt 5:10-12\\.
b. Paul told Timothy that "all that will live godly in
Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" \\#2Tim 3:12\\.
c. Paul described himself and the others of Jesus’
disciples as suffering hunger, nakedness,
imprisonment, beatings, and death \\#1Cor 4:11\\.
2. No, we are not granted deliverance from such things as
these. Rather, these are our opportunities to serve and
suffer for Jesus.
C. So from what present evils do we have deliverance? Let me list
some for you.
1. Jesus died to give us deliverance from the bondage of sin.
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life.
a. Let me put this is terms everyone can understand by
giving you several statements that all say the same
thing.
(1) Jesus died so that nothing can force you to sin.
(2) Jesus has delivered you from every sin.
(3) The only sin you have to commit are the ones you
want to commit.
(4) If you are a Christian, you are sinning because
you want to not because you have to.
b. If you are drinking, it is because you want to drink.
c. If you are viewing porn, committing adultery, lying,
stealing, cussing, being lazy, doing drugs—whatever
sin you are committing, you are doing because you want
to.,
d. There is power in the name of Jesus to overcome every
sin.
e. Listen to what the Bible says.
Heb 12:1 …let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us
Ro 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil
the lusts thereof.
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which
are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry:
1Co 10:13 There hath no temptation 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.
1Pe 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil speakings,
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.
f. Someone is going to say, "Preacher, I have tried and I
can’t do it."
(1) Try again and try harder.
(2) I don’t say it will be easy. I just say it can be
done.
g. I will help you. Others in this church will help you,
but you will have to do two things first.
(1) You are going to have to love Jesus more than
yourself.
(2) You are going to have to believe that the power of
Jesus is greater than the power of sin.
2. Jesus died to give us deliverance from the condemnation of
guilt.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
a. One of the problems some face today is guilt. The
problem is twofold.
(1) Some who are forgiven still feel the guilt of
their past sins.
i. Being free from committing a sin does not
remove the guilt for sins already
committed, does it?
ii. If I shoot someone, I may rid myself of all
firearms so that I will never shoot anyone
again; however, not shooting someone else
does not remove the guilt I feel for the
person I already shot.
(2) Some who are not forgiven do not feel the guilt of
their sins.
i. The conscience is programmable.
ii. God should be the Programmer and His Word
should be the code.
Ro 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written
in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean while
accusing or else excusing one another;)
iii. Sadly, many people today have learned how to
reprogram their conscience so that they do
not seem to be bothered by wrong.
iv. That is actually a Bible sign of the last
days.
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron;
b. This verse tells us who should not feel guilty. It is
one very small group.
(1) Those who are "in Christ." That means, those that
are saved.
(2) Those who "walk after the spirit, not after the
flesh." Those who are seeking the Holy Ghost’s
leadership in their life and not trying to please
themselves.
(3) Everyone else needs to feel guilty—so guilty that
they will come to Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of sins.
(4) That is why God gave us a conscience!
c. But what about those who are saved and trying to live
righteous lives and they still feel guilty?
(1) The devil is messing with you.
(2) The only thing that makes any behavior wrong is
that God says it is wrong.
(a) If you have been watching our court and legal
systems, you should have figured out by now
that just because they say something is
right (abortion, homosexual marriages), that
doesn’t make a thing right.
(b) Neither because they say a thing is wrong
(prayer, witnessing, speaking out for right),
is a thing made wrong.
(c) God defines right and wrong-stealing,
adultery, false worship, no worship, murder,
drunkenness, drugs, etc.
(3) So when we do wrong, although we may hurt someone
else, the sin is always against God.
(4) If only God can define the sin, then only God can
define the cure.
(5) What is the cure for sin? Actually twofold.
(a) We seek forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
i. Lost person, you need to be saved.
ii. Saved person, you need to repent of that
sin and confess it to God
\\1John 1:9\\.
(b) If that sin hurt someone else, we need to
seek forgiveness from them and make
restitution to them.
Mt 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to
the altar, and there rememberest that thy
brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and
go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother,
and then come and offer thy gift.
d. If you do these two things, then God turns off the
guilt. If you are still feeling it, it is the devil
messing with you.
e. Suppose the person I wronged will not forgive me?
(1) Don’t waste your time feeling guilt. That is not
productive because there is nothing else you can
do.
(2) Rather, feel compassion for them. Feel love,
sympathy, make them someone you pray for every
time you remember them. Ask God to help them.
If it is possible, you help them but never let
them know it is you.
3. Jesus died to give us deliverance from the confusion of
darkness.
Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide
our feet into the way of peace.
a. There are many Bible verses about darkness.
(1) Darkness in the Bible is a picture of being in
sin? Why?
(2) Several reasons:
(a) You can’t go the right way in the darkness.
(b) You can’t protect yourself in the darkness.
(c) You get confused in the darkness.
b. Jesus came to take us out of the darkness into the
light.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.
c. Sadly, our world has rejected Jesus so soundly that
they have been cast into utter darkness. Our culture
is so confused that they do not even know what
bathroom to go into!
d. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
(1) It is going to get so bad that God Himself will
send confusion and delusion on this world.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should believe
a lie:
(2) Jesus is the only way to keep from being sweep
up in the delusion.
(3) He is Light and by being in the Light, we will be
delivered from the darkness and delusions that
are going to take through this world even deeper
into darkness.
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