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Ärende: Whom, When, How to Deliver
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>


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      Whom, When, How to Deliver
      Robert Prodoehl
      Jul 11, 2005


July 12

Whom, When, How to Deliver

"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).

The godly are tempted and tried. That is not true faith which is never put to
the test. But the godly are delivered out of their trials, and that not by
chance, nor by secondary agencies, but by the LORD Himself. He personally
undertakes the office of delivering those who trust Him. God loves the godly or
godlike, and He makes a point of knowing where they are and how they fare.

Sometimes their way seems to be a labyrinth, and they cannot imagine how they
are to escape from threatening danger. What they do not know, their LORD knows.
He knows whom to deliver, and when to deliver, and how to deliver. He delivers
in the way which is most beneficial to the godly, most crushing to the tempter,
and most glorifying to Himself. We may leave the "how" with the LORD and be
content to rejoice in the fact that He will, in some way or other, bring His
own people through all the dangers, trials, and temptations for this mortal
life to His own right hand in glory.

This day it is not for me to pry into my LORD's secrets but patiently to wait
His time, knowing this, that though I know nothing, my heavenly Father knows.

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675 C.M. D. HERBERT
Freedom of Access to a Throne of Grace. Heb. 4. 16

1 Come boldly to a throne of grace, Ye wretched sinners, come;
And lay your load at Jesus' feet,
And plead what he has done.

2 "How can I come?" some soul may say, "I'm lame, and cannot walk;
My guilt and sin have stopped my mouth; I sigh, but dare not talk."

3 Come boldly to the throne of grace, Though lost, and blind, and lame;
Jehovah is the sinner's Friend,
And ever was the same.

4 He makes the dead to hear his voice; He makes the blind to see;
The sinner lost he came to save,
And set the prisoner free.

5 Come boldly to the throne of grace, For Jesus fills the throne;
And those he kills he makes alive;
He hears the sigh or groan.

6 Poor bankrupt souls, who feel and know The hell of sin within,
Come boldly to the throne of grace; The Lord will take you in.

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