DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTIONS

SERIES: EXODUS- SAVED TO SERVE

TEXT: EXODUS 3:7-10.

There are many sources of affliction as well as causes and reasons for afflictions. God is willing to give freedom to everyone who believes and to everyone that call upon Him for liberty. From the above scriptures we can see four things God said about afflictions:

• I have seen the affliction of my people.
• God can see every affliction of His people even when it is hidden from man.
• God can see the source of the people and the power behind the affliction.
• Because God can see, He will not forsake His people in their afflictions unless they are not willing to be set free.
• I have heard the cry of my people.
• God can hear every cry of His people due to pain and suffering.
• God is aware of the reasons they cry and the people or power making them cry.
• Because God can hear, He will not forsake His people in their crying.
• I know the sorrow of my people.
• All the sorrow we bear due to whatever reason, situation or condition are well known unto God.
• The causes of our sorrow are well known to God, He will not forsake His people unless they are not willing to be free.
• I will come down to deliver.
• God promises a 4 way deliverance for HIS people, whatever the bondage, He has solution to each of them.
• God will take away all afflictions.
• God will destroy all their oppressors.
• God will wipe away their tears.
• God will take away their sorrows.

After deliverance is achieved, God promises relocation and blessings.

THE CLASSES OF AFFLICTION:

• All afflictions have a mission.
• Afflictions of a killing mission.
• These are afflictions sent by the enemy to either kill or make a person very close to death.
• Some people have a spirit of death chasing them.
• Attacks by terminal sickness and diseases that come upon a man stay for a long time and later kill the person.
• Afflictions on an avenging mission.
• This kind of affliction is sent to take vengeance against the evil seed sown by someone or his/her parents-Gen. 4:9-13.
• Affliction sent against somebody’s peace or well-being.
• This is the kind of affliction to make someone to be troubled continually and solution to problem like that is usually very difficult-Luke 8:43:-48.
• Affliction that comes due to curses or negative pronouncement.
• Some people operate under curses or some negative pronouncements and as a result their lives are being resisted or limited in one area of the other and no appreciable progress can be seen in their lives-1^st Chronicles 4:9-10.
• Afflictions that come to monitor satanic covenants, oaths or vows.
• Some people are under satanic covenants either entered into personally or someone else entered into it on their behalf consciously or unconsciously.
• This affliction could manifest itself evil dreams that generate fear, torment and oppressions and all kinds of demonic oppression.
• Afflictions sent to attack somebody’s faith in God.
• Job was afflicted in such away-Job 1:8-12.
• Afflictions sent to attack somebody’s harvest, labors or salary-Judges 6:2-6.

CAUSES OF AFFLICTIONS:

• There are many causes of afflictions caused by various reasons.
• Unconfessed and unrepented sin.
• Sin brings afflictions and makes one to remain in it for a long time- Isa. 1:4-8.
• Spiritual maturity-Isa. 48:10-11.
• Spiritual maturity comes through afflictions.
• Opposition against righteous living and upholding the standard of God-Psalm 34:19-22.
• Affliction can come to the righteous.
• Affliction does not necessarily mean that God is far away or He has forsaken or forgotten someone-Psalm 34:19-22.
• The spiritual battle against the kingdom of darkness-Eph. 6:12-13
• We are consistently in battle against the powers of darkness and so attacks of various kinds can come, no wonder the Bible says we should be battle-ready at all times-Eph. 6:10-13.
• Unbroken curses and covenants.
• Afflictions can come upon a man as a result of curses pronounced against him or his generation.
• Afflictions can come because of a man walking in the path of curses-Deut. 28:15-30.

THE CRY FOR FREEDOM AND DELIVERANCE.

• God will give freedom from all kinds of affliction, but we must be willing to be free and call upon Him for our liberty-Joel 2:32.
• To receive deliverance we must:-
• Repent from sin and be saved.
• We must confess every known sins and truly repent of them.
• Renounce all satanic covenants both known and unknown and releasing all satanic properties that may still remain in your possession.
• Cry for deliverance with a heart of faith, trusting in God and His power as the only way of deliverance-James 1:6-9.
• Release yourself to the Holy Spirit anointing- James 5:13-15.

CONCLUSION

• Friends, what afflictions are you facing today? You can be delivered from them all.
• God is ready and willing to give you freedom, but you must be ready to surrender all to Him and believe Him as the only solution to all your problems.
• God cares and loves you, to deliver you from afflictions.