GOD - MY SAVIOR
PSALM 22. 2,3 THE LORD IS MY ROCK, AND MY FORTRESS,
AND MY DELIVERER; THE GOD OF MY ROCK; IN HIM WILL
I TRUST: HE IS MY SHIELD, AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION,
MY HIGH TOWER, AND MY REFUGE, MY SAVIOUR; THOU
SAVEST ME FROM VIOLENCE.
Psalm 22 was written by King David after he had
"the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all
his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul." Psalm 22.1
Let us consider how God is the same to us today.
In the Hebrew language - the way it is written, is
rendered very concisely:
MY ROCK - "The rock of me"
MY FORTRESS - "The fortress of me"
MY DELIVERER - "The deliverer of me."
MY SHIELD - "The shield of me."
MY SALVATION - "The salvation of me"
MY HIGH TOWER - "The high tower of me"
MY REFUGE - "The refuge of me"
a time keeping out of the hands of Saul and those
who would try to catch him unawares.
When we are living each day, it is sometimes
a puzzle to us, because we have "enemies" of the
soul, which would hound us, harass us, and keep
after us, because they do not understand that
God is the Only One to whom we can go, and it
our God the LORD who delivers us in the day of
evil.
Here I give you my husband's list of facts about
what it is that God has saved us from and delivered
us into Light, and Life, and Hope and Promise and
Help.
John 14.6 I am the way, the truth, and the
life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
When winter comes,
Trees continue to grow their roots deep
down into the ground...
While snow covers their branches,
they are protected.
In our lives, God has provided
His Way, His Truth, His Life
for us.
The question is "Will you believe on Him
that He came from Heaven, to
show us The Father, and to
become our PASSOVER LAMB
our blood sacrifice
to take
your place
my place
everyone
who will believe on Him
will have
LIFE.
Colossians 1.12 - 14 declares it this way:
Colossians 1.12 Giving thanks unto the Father
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light 1.13 who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
1.14 In whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of sins"
The darkness and lack of light comes from
not knowing the LORD God through our
dear Savior. So let us look at the contrast
of those who are NOT BELIEVERS, and
of those who are BELIEVERS.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO SAVE LIVES ON THE STORMY SEA
IF THE LIGHT
IS NOT
LIT.
ARE YOU A BELIEVER?
THANK GOD FOR HIS DEAR SON
WHO IS THE LIGHT
AND
WANTS YOU
TO BE A LIGHTHOUSE
LIT UP
TO SHOW OTHERS
THE WAY.
1. THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IS IN DARKNESS
AND IN CAPTIVITY -
THAT PERSON IS A SLAVE
TO SATAN, TO SELF, AND TO SIN.
To Satan: 2 TIMOTHY 2.26 "AND THAT THEY MAY RECOVER THEMSELVES
OUT OF THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL, WHO ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE
BY HIM AT HIS WILL."
To self:
EPHESIANS 2.3 AMONG WHOM ALSO WE ALL HAD OUR
CONVERSATION IN TIMES PAST IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH,
FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH, AND OF THE MIND;
AND WERE BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF WRATH, EVEN AS
OTHERS.
To sin:
JOHN 8.34 JESUS ANSWERED THEM SAYING, WHOSOEVER
COMMITTETH SIN IS THE SERVANT OF SIN.
2. THE PERSON WHO DOES BELIEVE IN CHRIST IS FREE
BECAUSE HE HAS THE POSITION OF ANOTHER,
EVEN CHRIST, WHO HATH MADE HIM FREE.
HE HAS BEEN FREED
Jesus, his own words saying:
John 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life, and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
John 8.35 " If the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed."
Galatians 5.1 "Stand fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free
and be not entangled again with
the yoke of
bondage."
2 Corinthians 5.21 "He hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might
made the righteousness of God in him."
FROM CONDEMNATION.
JOHN 3.18 HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED;
BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY,
BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
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.
4. THE PERSON WHO HAS BELIEVED ON CHRIST IS FREE
FROM THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT:
JOHN 5.24 "VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT
HEARETH MY WORD, AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT
ME, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO
CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE."
1 THESSALONIANS 1.10 "AND TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM
HEAVEN, WHOM HE RAISED FROM THE DEAD, EVEN JESUS,
WHICH DELIVERED US FROM THE WRATH TO COME.
ROMANS 5.8,9 BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US. MUCH MORE THEN, BEING
NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED
FROM THE WRATH TO COME.
5. THE ONE WHO BELIEVES ON CHRIST IS NOW
FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN. THAT
ONE IS NOW FREED FROM THE SLAVERY
OF SIN.
ROMANS 6.18 BEING THEN MADE FREE FROM SIN,YE BECAME THE SERVANTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
ROMANS 6.22 NOW BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN, AND
BECOME SERVANTS TO GOD, YE HAVE YOUR FRUIT
UNTO HOLINESS, AND THE END EVERLASTING LIFE.
ROMANS 8.2 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
IN CHRIST JESUS HATH MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW
OF SIN AND DEATH. 6. THE BELIEVER IS FREE FROM THE LAW,
AND IS UNDER GRACE.
Galatians 3.13 Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law, being made
a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed
is every one that hangeth on a tree."
Galatians 3.25,26 But after that faith is
come, ye are no longer under a school-
master, For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 10.4 For Christ is the end
of the law for righteousness to
everyone that believeth.
Hebrews 10.14 For by one offering he
hath perfected for ever them that are
sanctified.
Romans 6.4 Therefore we are buried
with him by baptism unto death; that
like as Christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we should walk in newness of life.
1 Peter 3.20,21 when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days
of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight souls were
saved by water. The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us (not
the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience
toward God) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2.1 "And you hath he quickened,
who were dead in trespasses and sins."
7. THE BELIEVER IS FREE FROM THE WORRIES AND CARES
I PETER 5.7 CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM,
FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU
LUKE 12.22 - 32 AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,
THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, TAKE NO THOUGHT
FOR YOUR LIFE, WHAT YE SHALL EAT; NEITHER
FOR THE BODY, WHAT YE SHALL PUT ON, THE LIFE
IS MORE THAN MEAT, AND THE BODY IS MORE
THAN RAIMENT. 25 CONSIDER THE RAVENS: FOR
THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP; WHICH NEITHER
STOREHOUSE NOR BARN, AND GOD FEEDETH THEM;
HOW MUCH MORE ARE YE BETTER THAN THE FOWLS?
26. IF YE THEN BE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT THING WHICH
IS THE LEAST, WHY TAKE YE THOUGHT FOR THE REST?
27. CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW: THEY
TOIL NOT , THEY SPIN NOT; AND YET I SAY UNTO YOU,
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE
ON E OF THESE. 28 IF THEN GOD SO CLOTHE THE GRASS,
WHICH TO DAY IN THE FIELD, AND TO MORROW IS
CAST INTO THE OVEN: HOW MUCH MORE WILL HE
CLOTHE YOU, O YE OF LITTLE FAITH? 29. AND SEEK
NOT YE WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL
DRINK, NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND.
30. FOR ALL THESE THINGS DO THE NATIONS OF THE
WORLD SEEK AFTER: AND YOUR FATHER KNOWETH
THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS. 31. BUT SEEK
YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD: AND ALL THESE THINGS
SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.
MATTHEW 6.33 BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF
GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS
SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.
MATTHEW 7.7 - 8 ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU;
SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE
OPENED UNTO YOU.
PHILIPPIANS 4.6, 7 BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING: BUT IN
EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH
THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN
UNTO GOD, AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH PASSETH
ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS
AND YOUR MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
8. THE BELIEVER IS NO LONGER UNDER FEAR, BUT
FREE FROM FEAR.
ROMANS 8.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba Father.
II TIMOTHY 1.7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
HEBREWS 2.14,15 Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, also himself likewise took
part of the same; that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 and deliver them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
JUST TRUST HIM
YOU ARE MORE IMPORTANT
TO GOD
THAN MANY SPARROWS
