Jesus ~ Deliverer

Deliverer

“…and so all Israel will be saved.

Even as it is written,

"There will come out of Zion

the Deliverer,

and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

~Romans 11:26

To Deliver is…

to set free… (deliver from evil)

to take and hand over… (deliver a package)

to hand over… (deliver a prisoner to the sheriff)

to assist in giving birth… (deliver a baby)

to speak or sing… (deliver a presentation)

to aim to an intended target… (deliver nuclear warheads)

to produce results… (deliver the best gas mileage)

intransitive verb

to produce the promised, desired, or expected results

In every instance,

there are three factors:
1) something to be delivered,

2) a destination or intended result, and

3) a deliverer.

Until the deliverer

takes action

to transfer the item to its recipient,

there is separation, isolation, independence.

Once the item has been

liberated, emancipated, released,

the promised, desired, or expected results

are possible

via delivery.

I have experienced Jesus as my deliverer;

I was delivered from hopelessness and death

to be received into God’s kingdom for all eternity,

…but there is more to deliverance than just me.

Jesus is

the One Delivered

“…although He existed in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

but emptied Himself,

taking the form of a bond servant,

and being made in the likeness of men. 

Jesus is

the Deliverer

“Being found in appearance as a man,

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

even death on a cross. 

Jesus is

the Destination

“For this reason also,

God highly exalted Him,

and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus

every knee will bow…

and that every tongue will confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.” 

~Philippians 2:6-11

The Son of God,

in humble obedience,

became all three!