Billy Joe Daugherty - Delivered from Evil

DELIVERED FROM EVIL

By

Billy Joe Daugherty

Contents

The Will of God

It is the will of God for you to be delivered from evil. To know and believe in the goodness of God is half the battle to be delivered from evil.

The scripture says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..." (Hosea 4:6). If you don't know it is God's will to deliver you from evil, you will not release your faith for it. Since faith is based on God's Word, you must have knowledge of the Word regarding evil to stand strong against it. Otherwise, the devilthe author of all evilwill run over you in every area of your life.

James 1:17 (KJV) says:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

John 10:10 clearly identifies the nature of the devil as opposed to the nature of God.

The thief [Satan] does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I [Jesus Christ] have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

The evil you have experienced in your life has come from the devil. God's will for you is good. It is His will that you be delivered from all evil.

JESUS REVEALED IT

Jesus' prayer for His disciples is His prayer for you. "I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one" (John 17:15, AMP). Although you live in a world with evil in it, Jesus prayed you would be delivered from the evil.

Believe it! God has not changed His will. The prayer of Jesus is still effective today for all disciples. He specifically stated He was not talking about heaven, but rather about our presence in the earth now. It is His desire for you to be protected from Satan.

In what we call the Lord's Prayer, Jesus taught His disciples to pray that they would be delivered from evil. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Matthew 6:13, KJV). Why would He tell them to pray to be protected from evil if it was not His will? Obviously, it is Jesus' express will that your life be filled with Kingdom blessings rather than the enemy's attacks.

WHAT KIND OF EVIL?

God wants you delivered from all evil. Sin, sickness, accidents, criminals, fear and bondage each represents various forms of evil. If it is evil, God wants you free from it.

One of the errors people have believed is that a little evil can sometimes teach you about life. Remember, everything in the garden was good. God did not want Adam and Eve to even know about evil. They were instructed not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). To eat it meant death.

If God wanted various forms of evil to perfect your Christian character, He would have put them in the garden and told Adam to experience them. Instead, everything was good. The tree that bore fruit giving the knowledge of both good and evil was forbidden. Until their sin, Adam and Eve knew only good . That is God's will for you.

In the very beginning there was no evil; Jesus brought no evil when He came into the earth; it is God's will that you live without evil in your life whether it's evil in your body, mind, spirit, family, finances, or any other area; and there will be no evil in heaven.

God's will for man always has been and always will be good. Evil has never been a part of His plan for your past, present, or future!

Psalm 23 is a wonderful revelation of God's love for you.

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.

He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.

He refreshes and restores my life ( my self ); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Himnot for my earning it, but] for His names sake.

Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.

Psalm 23, AMP.

Why Does Evil Come to Christians?

The devil's plan is to steal, kill and destroy. As a Christian, you are in direct opposition to the desire of Satan.

From John 10:10, you can readily see that God is on one side (the side of good), and the devil is on the other (the side of evil). When you don't believe and act on God's Word, Satan will continue to barrage you with attempts to bring evil in many forms into your life.

The great misconception about evil is that it produces good . For each person who says something good has come out of an evil thing, you can find many others who say something more evil has come out of it. One person turns to the Lord as the result of an evil situation, while others turn away from God, become hardened and turn to drugs, alcohol and immorality. If evil things automatically produced good , then we would see good all over the world and there would not be any more evil.

The good that comes out of an evil situation does not come from the evil. It comes from God through repentance, faith and prayer.

First Thessalonians 5:18 says, "In everything give thanks.... " It doesn't say to give thanks for everything. But in everything you can give thanks because God hasn't changed. What He has done for others, He will do for you.

The Word of God is your Handbook of "how to" overcome evil. Your faithbelieving and speaking God's Wordcan only go as far as your knowledge of the Word.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:21, KJV

Redeemed From the Curse

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us....

Galatians 3:13

Deuteronomy 28 describes the curse of the law, which includes the evil things that happen when people disobey God.

Jesus Christ, through His shed blood at Calvary, paid for our failures and sins. When we trust in Him, we can receive forgiveness and the removal of the curse from our lives.

If you have done evil in your past, that doesn't mean you have to reap all the bad seed that you have sown. When the resurrection takes place inside of youwhen Jesus Christ comes alive in you and you are born againbad seed you have planted in the past can be rooted up. You become brand new, and old things pass away (2 Corinthians 5:17). Thank God for His mercy!

There is power in God to be set free from the things that have happened to you in the past. In Christ, you are redeemed from the curse, which includes poverty, sickness and spiritual death.

No Evil Shall Befall You

There is a place of divine protection in God where no evil can touch you. The psalmist said it was for those who would dwell in the secret place of the Most High God. You can declare:

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust"

Psalm 91:1 ,2

The devil can't reach you when you are in the secret placeabiding in the Word, spending time in prayer and in fellowship with the Lord, building a relationship with Him and declaring your position of protection in Christ.

Being under the shadow of the Almighty is like an eagle covering an eaglet with its wings. No one is going to come close to that little eagle, because he is under the shadow of his almighty parent! So are we!