What does the Bible say about deliverance?

 

Deliverance is defined as "a rescue from bondage or danger." In Scripture, deliverance represents God's intervention to save His people from harm. In the Old Testament, we see God delivering His people from their enemies

(1 Samuel 17:37; 2 Kings 20:6).

 

In the New Testament, the theme of deliverance continues, with God as the deliverer and His people as the recipients. The physical deliverances of the Old Testament foreshadow the ultimate spiritual deliverance from sin, made possible only through Christ. Jesus offers freedom from humanity's greatest threats—sin, evil, death, and judgment.

 

Through His power, believers are rescued from the corruption of this present age (Galatians 1:4) and from the dominion of Satan (Colossians 1:13). All deliverance is found solely in the person and work of Jesus Christ. He was given over for our sins (Romans 4:25) so that we might be saved from eternal separation from God. It is Jesus alone who delivers us from the "wrath to come"

(1 Thessalonians 1:10).

 

 

Mark 16:17 ESV 

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

 

Psalm 40:2 ESV

He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

 

Colossians 1:13 ESV 

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,