Pastor's Corner

for Sunday 11th July
Through judgment we are delivered.
Then I will rescue…my people, the Israelites—from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. (Exodus 7:4 NLT) In order for God to deliver Israel He has to bring judgment upon the nation holding them captive. Deliverance for Israel meant judgment against Egypt for their oppression. Let’s put that alongside this statement of Jesus’, “For who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like Satan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.” (Matthew 12:29 NLT) To set you free Jesus must judge the one who holds you captive. Is Satan holding you captive through some addiction? Does he hold you captive through pride, jealousy, anger, stealing, cheating? Before God delivers you He will judge what holds you captive first. I’m not talking about the final judgment, only Jesus can save us from that judgment. These judgments are when God very clearly puts His finger on something in our life and says, “This must go!” What do these judgments look like? When your addiction is exposed, that’s His judgment upon it. When a person stands in your path and confronts you concerning the sin in your life that’s His judgment upon it. These judgments are painful but are necessary for there can be no deliverance without acts of judgment. For example, you won’t be free until you see that your behavior is sin; you cannot be free until realize that you are in fact in bondage. And we do not see these truths unless God brings the pain of judgment into our lives. If you are experiencing such a struggle don’t be discouraged but rejoice for your deliverance is near! In fact, judgment is the pathway of deliverance.
Pastor Don.