Deliverance Through the Cross surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence (Ps. 91:3). Moses wrote the Ninetieth Psalm and it is believed that He very well may have written the Ninety-first Psalm also. The Psalm comforts and encourages the most timid Believer, for it assures him that what God was to His dearly beloved Son in His journey through the wilderness of this world, He will be to the weakest of His Children. We can prove Him to be what Christ proved Him to be. In the earthly sojourn of Christ, for this is what this Psalm is all about, we find that the Messiah’s path through the desert of this world was one of dependence upon God. Satan’s effort in the temptation was to move Him to the place of independence; but he failed. Jesus walked a path of perfect submission, obedience, and dependence, all as a perfect example for us. As the Evil One, however, repeatedly came against Christ, he will do the same to the Believer. Satan means to “steal, kill, and destroy” (Jn. 10:10). As Peter said, he goes about “seeking whom he may devour” (I Pet. 5:8). And yet, we have this great Promise, illustrated in this Chapter, that whatever type of “snare” that Satan, here called the “fowler,” may lay for us, the Lord has stated, “Surely He shall deliver us.” It is not merely, “He shall deliver,” but rather “Surely He shall deliver.” This also refers to the “noisome pestilence,” which refers to “extreme wickedness.” All deliverance, without exception, is effected through the Cross. There Jesus defeated Satan and all his minions of darkness, doing so by atoning for all sin (Col. 2:14–15). To effect victory and to maintain victory, therefore, the Saint must ever make the Cross of Christ, where the victory was accomplished, ever the Object of his Faith. That being done, the Holy Spirit, Who is God, will work mightily in one’s life. To be sure, Satan can easily stand up to us, but in no way can he stand up to the Holy Spirit. Remember: When faith is properly placed, the Lord has said, “Surely”! Not “Maybe,” but “Surely”! (I Cor. 1:17–18, 23, 2:2; Gal. 6:14). ~J. Swaggart
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