“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He hath sent me
to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” –
Luke 4:18
LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Nothing delivers a man like the gospel.
Deliverance is a message and not a practice.
It is not about breaking of bottles of anointing oil but it is about the
preaching of the gospel to the captives. A captive is an unsaved man or the
unbeliever. The ministration of the gospel brings deliverance to the unsaved
man. Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61:1-2 prophesied about Christ. Jesus Christ is
the good news that must be preached. This good news is the gospel which is the
birth, death, burial and resurrection of Christ. The word, ‘preach’ as used in
Luke 4 vs 18-19 is to publish or announce the good news. It also means to
explain or to communicate. In Romans 1:16, Apostle Paul declares, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the
Jews first and also to the Greek”. Thus,
the gospel is the power of God. The gospel is what Christ Jesus made available
to us (2Corinthians 2:15).
To be delivered is to be translated from
darkness into light. It is a movement from the kingdom of darkness into the
Kingdom of His dear Son (Colossians 1:13). The power of darkness referred to
here is sin and Satan. When you are under the authority of Satan, you are in
darkness. But when you receive Christ via the preaching of the gospel, you come
under the authority of God. To be delivered is to have your sins forgiven and
this can only come after you have heard the gospel preached. The greatest
deliverance is to have your sins forgiven. This is what the gospel brings - The
good news about the forgiveness of sins. Sin was the common identity of man.
Not every man is poor, sick or in lack. But all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God. The gospel when preached brings deliverance from the power of
sin and death. Praise the Lord!!!
INSTRUCTION: Go after the Gospel of
Christ
PRAYER: Father,
thank you for delivering me from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of
your dear Son, in Jesus Name, Amen
QUOTE: Deliverance is a message and not a practice.
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