Deliverance | Psalms of Lent Week 3 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell
March 23, 2025 / Andrew Cromwell / Koinonia ChurchLuke 24:44 NIV: He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Psalm 46 ESV: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
The God Who Delivers
1. Deliverance is in the God who is near.(MULTILINE)
Psalm 46 ESV: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Deuteronomy 4:7 ESV: For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Matthew 1:23 ESV: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
2. Deliverance from the River of God.(MULTILINE)
Psalm 46 ESV: There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
3. Deliverance is when we stop and behold Him.(MULTILINE)
Psalm 46 ESV: Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Isaiah 30:15 NLT: This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Jesus, Our Deliverer
Luke 4:18-19 NIV: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
The Nature of Our Deliverance
1. From (MULTILINE)
Romans 6:14: “For sin will have no dominion over you…”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV: Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had[a] the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
2. From (MULTILINE)
Romans 8:1-2: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
3. From (MULTILINE)
2 Corinthians 4:6: “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts…”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Psalm 46 ESV: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)