“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished” (2 Peter 2:9 KJV).
God can and will deliver you from temptation. You just need to know what you must do to get free from a bad situation. Notice in 2 Peter 2:9 that deliverance is linked with temptation.
Note the word deliver in this verse means to rush or to draw. The literal Hebrew says it is the idea of water with a rushing current. In other words, to draw you right past it or to move you right by it.
For example, the Bible says to flee fornication. What does the word flee mean? Flee is not hanging around trying to prove how strong you are. Flee means flee, leave quickly, right?
When you obey the Word of God, God said He is going to draw you, He is going to move you away from this situation. He is going to rush you past this.
You are not supposed to sit down and contemplate any kind of temptation. If you do, I’m telling you now, the temptation will win. The reason why it is temptation is because it’s tempting. And the more you stand there and look at temptation, the more your body will talk you out of moving away from it.
It will rationalize; it will lie to you. Your body will tell you to just stay there for two more minutes and then you can go. But your deliverance is in the Word of God, which says, “Flee fornication.”
Now you can be delivered from all kinds of things. You can be delivered from him, from her, you can be delivered from them, you can be delivered from danger, you can be delivered from drugs. You can be delivered from temptation. You can be delivered from financial bondage. Deliverance can cover a whole gamete of things. And God will respond with deliverance based on the situation and the person, and their willingness to hear.
I am just giving you some information because often times people can miss their deliverance by not listening to the Holy Ghost. They hear the word taught and they understand God will deliver and then they miss the fine print.
As a result they choke their deliverance. It is established that God does deliver you. You need to then ask yourself, how is He going to deliver you from the particular situation you are facing. Don’t always look for a quick fix. Look for the prompting of the Holy Ghost. And look in the Word of God.
Scripture References: Mark 14:38; Luke 22:46; 1 Corinthians 10:13
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).