The theology of deliverance and understanding of deliverance is a critical area of truth.

And it becomes critical at the point of understanding who is a true Christian.

And that is absolutely essential to the health and well-being and effectiveness of the church.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

According to some people today, a person can receive salvation without understanding

or even believing the gospel.

The consequences of that view, people are confused about what it means to be a Christian.

It's a serious issue.

It's one that gripped John MacArthur enough to address it head on.

In the result, John's current series of lessons here on Grace To You titled, Delivered by God.

And now follow along with John as he begins today's message by explaining why this topic

of deliverance is so crucial for you and every Christian to understand.

One of the great words in the Bible is the word deliverance, though it is not commonly

used in the Christian vocabulary.

I had to say rarely do you hear theologians talk about, rarely do you read theologians

right about the truth of deliverance.

And yet it is nonetheless a profoundly important term for understanding God's redemptive work.

God is in the business of deliverance.

And deliverance may be the best, it may be the most clarifying, and it may actually be

the most comprehensive word to explain God's gracious and powerful work in our lives.

We were prompted to this discussion by the fact that Jesus came with a ministry of deliverance.

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