This Present Evil World
Deliver Us From This Present Evil World
Next Part To Know the Truth is Deliverance
This world is now ruled by Satan, The Prince of Disobedience. "2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 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" (Ephesians 2:2-3). And, it has been Satan's goal from The Beginning, "which deceiveth the whole world" (Revelation 12:9), to try to undermine everything that God has said. "Yea, hath God said...?" (Genesis 3:1). But, we are not to be deceived by him, "lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices" (2Corinthians 2:11). The LORD "layeth up Sound Wisdom for the righteous: He is a Buckler to them that walk uprightly" (Proverbs 2:7). Therefore, we are to take "the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God" (Ephesians 6:17), "lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (2Corinthians 11:3). For, many have not taken seriously the Warnings from the LORD, and from His Word. "He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the Word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the Word, and he becometh unfruitful" (Matthew 13:22).
Our Saviour, Christ Jesus, "made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men" (Philippians 2:7), that He would suffer and die horribly to Deliver us from ourselves and from the Devil. "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the Light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ, Who is the Image of God, should shine unto them" (2Corinthians 4:4). Jesus spilled His Blood that we might believe Him. "34 A spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out Blood and Water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe" (John 19:34-35). Spilled Divine Blood! Why? "He was clothed with a vesture dipped in Blood: and His Name is called The Word of God" (Revelation 19:13). That we would believe He is the WORD of God Almighty! "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father,) full of Grace and Truth" (John 1:14). And what does "Truth" do? "And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you Free" (John 8:32). Oh, Blessed Deliverance! "If the Son therefore shall make you Free, ye shall be Free indeed" (John 8:36).
• (Psalm 119:114) "Thou art my Hiding Place and my Shield: I hope in Thy Word." • (Psalm 12:6) "The Words of the LORD are Pure Words: as silver tried in a furnace of Earth, purified seven times." • (Psalm 18:30) "As for God, His Way is Perfect: the Word of the LORD is Tried: He is a Buckler to all those that trust in Him." • (Proverb 30:5) "Every Word of God is Pure: He is a Shield unto them that put their trust in Him."