Deliverance From Sin Part 1 Series

You can have people as friends all over the place. You can have abilities that make you feel like you are better than the next person or on top of the world. But without Jesus Christ in your hour of need, in your hour of deepest temptation and trial, on your death bed; nothing is going to help you. No one can save you. No one can minister to your heart. No one can give that love that God alone can give to you. But what God does is, He allows circumstances to come to us, you and me, in different ways to get us to stop looking at ourselves and focus on the three most important people. Do you know who the three most important people are for most people? It’s me, myself, and I. That’s the trinity that the world worships. That’s all they think about. You meet a friend. “How are you doing? How’s everything?” But in the back of the mind is, “What can I get from this guy?” Right? He is thinking the same thing. But it’s, “I got your back. We are like this, we are tight, much love.”

But you know what God says, there is a selfishness in a human being that really is a disease where it can’t really go and crucify that self and do away with it except through the cross of Jesus Christ.

When Jesus came down to earth, He never said, “I want all of you to first of all bow down to me. Come on! Make it snappy! I am the Son of God. The first thing, I want is R-E-S-P-E-C-T. I want that.” Did He say that? No! The Lord is full of love. And I want to tell you today before I read the chapter, the God of the universe has 3 characteristics that set Him apart from everyone else. No other god, no other religion, no other person can ever match the living God, Jesus Christ. He is first of all holy. Secondly, He is full of power. Third, He is full of love. Now, you tell me who can match that; Excellent in Holiness, Excellent in Power, Excellent in Love.

How do we know He is holy? When He manifested himself on the earth, the devil tried his best to take him down through his humanness even though He is the Son of God, but he couldn’t. So the Lord defeated Satan. You know what that says to you and me. When you and I are being tempted by the devil, when we go through something that we say, “I wish I could get rid of this thing.” I don’t know what to do. Who can help me? Who can help me?” Is it possible if I am an addict to something that I can be set free? The Lord says, “Yes.” The devil says, “No.” The question is who are you going to listen to? Who speaks the truth and who speaks the lie? The Lord Jesus said, “The devil always speaks a lie.”

If you have a need tonight, all of us have some type of need, of us. The Lord says this, “I am God Almighty and I can meet your need. I can meet your need.” How many of you here believe that Jesus Christ can meet your need? Can you raise your hand? No matter what it is. It may be drug addiction and you may have gone through rehab and you go back again and then you go back and forth. And you think, “You know what? It’s no use. I might as well stop trying this game. I am going to go on with my life!” But it’s really death, right? If we are not living for the Lord, we are actually in a state of death. How many of you know that? The Lord says, “I can permanently deliver you from drug addiction. I can deliver you from homosexuality. I can deliver you from sexual immorality.” To the point where when you commit your life to Jesus Christ and you are stepping out and saying, “Lord hold my hand for dear life. All I know is, You died on the cross for me. That’s all I need to know.” And you say, “Lord, You lead the way and I am following. You’re my life.”

And the devil says, “But, have you forgotten? You used to do this thing like it was nothing, day and night for 20 years. The Lord says, “My child.” That is talking to you if you know the Lord and I hope some of you come to know the Lord tonight. I believe that you will. When the devil comes to touch you and you got Jesus, and you are holding His Hand. He is holding your hand. The Lord says to you, “I want you to rebuke the devil in My name.” Because the Lord Jesus has that kind of power. He was tempted, it says, in every single temptation that you and I can go through. And yet without sin, no sin at all. When He died on the cross, He went to the grave, rose from the dead on the third day, rose from the grave, and became alive again. He had the wounds to show and He still has the wounds. Do you know what the wounds show? His holiness, His power, and His love. He is holy.