What Jesus Has, Will, And Will Continue To Do

"He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many." 2 Corinthians 1:10-11

I want to share three very important lessons addressed by this passage of scripture that Paul uses to build his spiritual connection and relationship with the believers in Corinth.

Lesson #1. God has delivered, is delivering and will deliver us from peril. We know from past experiences that God has delivered us many times before. This has always been part of both our corporate oral and written testimonial history. We tell and retell the accounts of how God has done wonderful, miraculous deliverances of us our fathers and our forefathers and of generations past. Our faith tells us that He will also do this for our children, grandchildren and generations to come. We must keep telling the story of what He does in the past tense, the present tense and the future tense. That story is our story and HISstory. Don't forget it or forget to tell it to the generations to come.

Lesson #2 The hope we have in the power, truth and relevancy of that story can only be based in Christ and what He accomplished on the cross. Not on another person, or a church or a teaching or a verse or any experience of any individual or group of individuals. Jesus is the only Way, the only Truth and the only Life. Nothing else. He is our Hope and is our Deliverer, delivering us from the very consequences of our sin. Wow, gives me fresh hope just writing it down.

Lesson. #3. Prayer is fundamental to faith development. We pray because we believe the gospel story and we believe our history. We believe that God is the same God yesterday, today and tomorrow. We pray because God's people know He hears us and responds. We do believe that God has granted, is granting and will continue to grant us favor in answering our prayers. We pray as individuals and also as one and God hears us and keeps delivering us and giving us hope and we are thankful for His blessing and favor. Three lessons to remember, live by, and to pass on.

Just doing my part, now do yours.
Pastor Fred

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