Second point is this. The doctrine of deliverance means we have been delivered by the Spirit of Truth,

listen from error to truth. We have also been delivered from sin to righteousness by the Spirit of Holies.

It's an aspect of salvation every Christian needs to understand. What is it that God

delivers you from when He saves you? Well, John MacArthur's current study on grace to you is

clarifying that issue. John is showing you all the things Christ delivers you from when he

grants you salvation. And today's focus is especially practical. You're going to see how believing in

Christ should affect your day-to-day decisions. And in turn, you'll see how that affects your future.

This series on the life-changing power of salvation is titled, Delivered by God.

And now with today's lesson, here is John MacArthur.

I must continue to deliver what I feel is pressing on my heart. I don't ever remember hearing a

sermon on deliverance. I don't ever remember reading a theology about deliverance. And so I began

to look in some of the indexes in the back of theology books to see if there was any discussion

on the subject of deliverance. I couldn't find anything. I began to view salvation from the

perspective of deliverance and realized that this great truth is largely neglected in the church.

And so we're in the midst of this series on deliverance than neglected doctrine.

And why is it important? It's important because I am saying to you in this series that I am

continually saddened and I am continually disappointed by the widespread lack of discernment in the

quote, unquote evangelical church. And while its lack of discernment is obvious to any discerning person,

and while we could make a long list of things that they don't seem to discern very well,

at the very top of that list is one most critical matter where there is a serious lack of discernment.

And that is the issue of who is a true Christian. And it's astonishing to me how confused people are.

And the way to understand who a Christian is is to understand deliverance, the theology of deliverance.

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