Obadiah 1:17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
This verse indicates that for Jacob there’s a possession but two things must happen for that , one – he must go to Mount Zion and two – deliverance must happen.
“Deliver” occurs 594 times in the entire Bible, Genesis to Revelation and the word “deliverance” occurs, in KJV version – 41 times in entire Bible. This means this must be an important subject.
In Luke 4:18 Jesus says , “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.” So Jesus was telling that He has come to deliver those who are captive. In other words man can be held captive and not live the abundant life that God promised in John 10:10, in all facets of his life.
Just getting saved and going every Sunday to church won’t help. We know a lady who diligently went to church and yet she was bound, Luke 13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. Until Jesus arrived on the scene and said,” Woman thou art loose” ( Luke 13:12) .
We may be saved and committed to church and its activities, yet we find patterns and cycles and barely any progress or maybe we got deliverance, few results and then we took it for granted all is well. The Bible says Matthew 12:46 This verse says the devil gets spirits more wicked than the former one.
(Luke 4:1-3) Jesus Himself was tempted, (Luke 1:3) So, will Satan spare us?
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Apostle Paul tells that we should be transformed, which is done by renewing the mind. Transformation takes place as we read and study the word, as it sinks into our mind. Our mind is the battle field and it is in the mind that the enemy attacks. We may have negative thought patterns due to our past experiences, culture, etc. We have to bring down every negative thought pattern with the word of God as mentioned in 2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. This verse means that “truth” and “deliverance’ are related. The truth for your every matter is in the Bible. So, we need to study the word and replace every negative thought with the word of God and what God as to say on the matter. This will lead to our victorious living in Jesus.
This is why the Lord commanded in Joshua 1:8 ,”This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” So the word has to be in our mouth, in our mind and we must also “do “it, then we shall prosper!!
Sol.Lalitha Menon