Our Future Deliverance

Deliverer #3

II Cor 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
I Cor 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
I Cor 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
I Cor 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

In addition to the past deliverance of our souls and the present, ongoing deliverance from the sinful world, He has promised us the final and complete deliverance which will come at the resurrection when He gives us our new and perfect bodies.

I. Because of this promise we are not moved by the utopian promises of men.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

These false christs are not confined to the religious world.
I John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

These anti-christs do not have to openly oppose Christ, but simply not give the credit He is due. I John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Compare the promises of the false christs with the Bible. Even if they could deliver their promises they fall far short of the great deliverance that is ours.

A. Communist propaganda promised a ‘classless society’.
Even if it could have fulfilled its promise, it could not compare with a ‘GLORIFIED SOCIETY.’

B. Great generals have delivered great victories, but there are always a few of the battlefield decorations handed out to grieving widows and mothers. Not one of the Lord's soldiers will be in a battlefield grave!

C. Nations have been led to great expectations. (War to end all war) Taps are still being sounded and flags are still draping the coffins of our military dead.

D. ‘Peace in our time’, even if achieved, sounds rather selfish and small when compared with eternal peace for the saints of ALL TIME.

E. Compare the promise of ‘a chicken in every pot’ with the promise of the marriage supper of the Lamb and the fruit of the Tree of Life!

F. We may have conquered some diseases but the death rate of every generation remains at 100%. "I’ll have a new body!"

G. The U.N was to give us lasting world peace, but has instead, been a source of division.
What is the answer to all this? "Even so Lord Jesus, come quickly"

II. The deliverance to come is great because of its completeness, not just a social, political or economic reconstruction.

A. It starts with our complete individual deliverance.
I Cor 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
CHANGED! More than a conquering of disease. A body that is not even subject to it.
I Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Caught up-- Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Delivered even from the time of judgment on this world.
Ever to be with the Lord-- no further deliverance needed!

B. The earth shall be delivered from the Adamic curse.
The curse - Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

The deliverance - Isa 35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isa 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

C. Society will be delivered from its burden of sin and crime.
Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (There is not one single problem in today’s society that could not be solved by applying Biblical teachings and principles.)

D. The final deliverance will be complete when the human race is at last delivered from death. I Cor 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
I Cor 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
I Cor 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

III. Method of attainment. All this means nothing to you if you don’t have Christ as your savior.
A. without Him- no glorified body. Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

B. Without Him you have no part in the first resurrection.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

C. Without the King of Peace there can be no peaceful reign.

D. When one receives Christ all these promises are his.