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What does the Bible say about deliverance?

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The Bible teaches that God hears his people in their trouble and delivers them by his sovereign grace, ultimately through the freedom Christ secures from sin, fear, and condemnation. Psalms 34:17 and 107:6 portray the Lord as near to those who cry out, while Psalm 50:15 calls believers to seek him in distress and give him glory. David confesses in 2 Samuel 22:2 that the Lord is his rock and deliverer. This deliverance is not merely escape from hardship, for Jesus says truth sets people free, and Romans 6:14-19 teaches that grace frees us from sin’s mastery for righteous service. Galatians 5:1 urges steadfastness in Christ’s freedom, expressed through prayer, confession, and abiding in his word.

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  • Psalms 34:17 6 votes

    The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.

  • Psalms 107:6 5 votes

    Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

  • Psalms 50:15 4 votes

    Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

  • Psalms 34:4 4 votes

    I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

  • 2 Samuel 22:2 4 votes

    and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

  • Galatians 5:1 3 votes

    Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

  • James 5:16 3 votes

    Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

  • John 8:32 2 votes

    You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

  • Romans 6:14-19 2 votes

    [14] For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. [15] What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! [16] Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? [17] But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered. [18] Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness. [19] I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

  • John 15:7 2 votes

    If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

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