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Welcome To The Learner I
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12 Chapters The Learner I (12 Week Course)
Chapter One Becoming A Disciple
Chapter Two What is Man?
Chapter Three Man: From Fall Unto Faith!
Chapter Four These Three Are One!
Chapter Five Light Vs. Darkness!
Chapter Six Who Is Man With Christ?
Chapter Seven Prayer And Confession
Chapter Eight Forgiveness
Chapter Nine How To Handle Hard Times
Chapter Ten God And Deliverance
Chapter Eleven Faith In Action
Chapter Twelve Workers Needed
Plus Memory Verses at the end of each Chapter!
Sample Of Chapter
God and Deliverance
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Primary Message: God will make a way where there seems to be no way. Deliverance belongs to
the Lord! “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him.” Psalm 91:14
Worldview: Deliverance belongs to the wealthy and strong. God is only a crutch for the weak of
mind.
Evangelistic Emphasis: “The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised.
Isaiah 61:1
As Disciples of Christ we walk with God seeking to do his will. Sometimes as we travel we
are put to extreme tests of our faith and often we feel as though we have been left alone.
We pray and wait for God to answer, we are stretched to the limit and pressed on every side
only to hear God sometimes say wait or sometimes say nothing at all! Jesus felt this also.
He was put under extremely stressful situations; many people left his side and chose not to
follow Him anymore. This week we will be looking at God and what he teaches us about
deliverance. Deliverance belongs to the Lord and we will focus on why it is important to
understand this.
Psalm 34:1-22
1 “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6. This poor man cried and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want
any good thing.
11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13. Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile.
14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them
from the earth.
17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.
19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall
be desolate.”
Let’s talk a bit about this: I sought the Lord and he heard me and he delivered me from
all my fears is what verse 4 says. A common misunderstanding today is to have fear is sin.
Fear can be good or fear can be bad, it’s what we do with our fears that determine if it is
good or bad. In this case David shows us what we should do when we fear, and that is to
seek the Lord. If your fear causes you to call out to Jesus this is a great fear! Call on the
name of Jesus and he will hear thee and show thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not!
Often, we are in troubled times and we begin to fear. Are we calling out to Jesus? Wouldn’t
it be a sad thing that Jesus just wants to help us but we never ask? Listen to what the word
tells us: “For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore
have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” Isaiah 50:7
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
2Timothy 1:7 To seek the Lord is to surrender to him, to give him all your troubles and to
believe that he is able to help you. The sin of fear, is not having fear, but rather having
unbelief.
When we react to our fears by not calling out to Jesus and by doing things ourselves then
we have unbelief, we fail to trust Jesus to deliver us. This is the sin of fear. Trust God,
blessed is the man that trusts in him. “Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it!”
1Thessalonians 5:24
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance.” 2Peter 3:9
You see, God will not fail you, just don’t fail to call out to Him. He promises and His
promises are sure! After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Answer the following questions:
What was David delivered from?
Did the Lord use an Angel to deliver him?
Who does David say the Lord delivers in verse 17?
What does deliverance mean?
Psalm 40:1-11
1”I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a
rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it,
and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor
such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts
which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and
speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering
and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and
thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great
congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving kindness and
thy truth continually preserve me.” About 10 years ago I was working the night shift as a
Corrections Officer when the Lord gave me a vision. I saw in this vision a man standing
in a field. He was dressed like a farmer and had his farmer’s hat on with what appeared to
be rubber boots, and he was standing in the field holding a kite string in his hand as the
attached kite flew high above his head. On the kite string was tied three metal washers
(in the real test Benjamin Franklin used a key) and he was just standing there as it flew.
After seeing this God began to speak to me about what it must have been like for
Benjamin Franklin when he was standing outside waiting for lighting to strike.
How many attempts did he have to make before his tests
prevailed?
Here’s how it was:
Ben suspected that lightning was an electrical current in nature, and he wanted to see
if he was right. One way to test his idea would be to see if the lightning would pass
through metal. He decided to use a metal key and looked around for a way to get the key
up near the lightning. As you probably already know, he used a child's toy, a kite, to
prove that lightning is really a stream of electrified air, known today as plasma. His
famous stormy kite flight in June of 1752 led him to develop many of the terms that
we still use today when we talk about electricity: battery, conductor, condenser, charge,
discharge, uncharged, negative, minus, plus, electric shock, and electrician.
Ben understood that lightning was very powerful, and he also knew that it was dangerous.
That's why he also figured out a way to protect people, buildings, and ships from it, called
the lightning rod. Ben waited a finally it happened, it is now what we know as:
Electricity! You see, this is all about waiting, hoping, and believing in what God has told
us despite those who ridicule us, despite our emotions through it all, and despite the
many failed attempts. When we expect something from the Lord, often we must wait
patiently for the Lord. Wait upon the Lord and he will deliver you and he will establish you,
just as he did Benjamin Franklin and His discovery of electricity! Deliverance happens
much like this also, we often have to wait.
After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Answer the following questions:
Why is this Psalm titled “A Song of Deliverance?”
Why is it important to express our gratefulness for God’s deliverance?
Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61:1
4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised”
61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
I desire mercy above sacrifice. To see the heart of God and to understand that God is good,
he is merciful, and full of love. This is what we see when we read this passage of
scripture. He came unto the poor, the brokenhearted, and to the captive that cries for
freedom. Jesus is selfless beyond all measure. Should we ever doubt the heart of God when
we can clearly see his love?There are so many times in the bible that we are encouraged
to remember the miracles of Jesus, we often receive good from him and so easily forget
what he has done as did the disciples time and time again. This flaw would make us wonder
why God suffers us so much, but the truth is he is longsuffering towards us and knows
our frame and is very patient because he loves us. True love loves like this. He is always
forgiving, and always full of mercy.
After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Answer the following questions:
Who did Jesus preach deliverance to?
Do the words of Jesus have the power to deliver us?
Mathew 6:9-13
9 “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
God not only desires to bless you with love, forgiveness, and grace, but he desires that you are
free. He will not allow his children to suffer more than they can handle and will deliver them
from all evil. It is not God’s will that any should perish. Contrary to the world view that
questions why would a loving God allow so much devastation if he were truly real and
truly loving, we can know that our confidence and faith in Christ needs no questions of
Christ’s love because his love is certain and proven at the cross. How many near misses,
how many failed attacks by our enemy, and how many devastations have been already
avoided in our life and have not been attributed to the real and loving God that we serve?
Why isn’t this the focus of doubters?
The point is simple, God is real, God is loving, and God wants to deliver us from
devastation. All that Satan would cause in our lives, all that we have to do is call on Jesus
and trust in him.
After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Answer the following questions:
Why did the Disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray? And what did He ask them to pray?
In verse 6:13, What are we to pray concerning deliverance? Do we have the power to deliver
ourselves?
Can you think of a tough time in your life and how you got out of it? Explain.
Have you ever delivered yourself from something that was tough that maybe God wanted
you to be more patient and wait for him to do it?
Exodus 14:8-31
8 “And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh King of Egypt, and he pursued after
the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his
horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth,
before Baalzephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold,
the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel
cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us
away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth
out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying,
Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the
Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the
LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day,
ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the
children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the
children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow
them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went
behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a
cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not
near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go
back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even
all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them
heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of
Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may
come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host
of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people
feared the LORD, and believed
the LORD, and his servant Moses.”
In closing we can conclude that God has established deliverance as one of his benefits that
is promised to all who put their trust in him. Although it may seem that it is taking forever,
God having his perfect plan, which includes his perfect timing, will deliver all who wait
upon him.
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the
people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Never think that deliverance is only to serve you, deliverance serves a much greater
purpose than delivering you from your troubles. While God desires to see you free, he also
desires to have his glory revealed to all. And the people feared the Lord and believed the
Lord. In delivering you God is actually multitasking or accomplishing many other miracles
as well, thereby making believers along the way! And this is why Deliverance belongs to
the Lord. If we were able to deliver ourselves, who would believe?
After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Answer the following questions:
What happened to the Israelites after they left Egypt?
What did Moses tell the people in verse 13 & 14?
What were the instructions that God gave to Moses to tell the Israelite?
What should we do when we are stuck in a hard time with no way out?
“My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: I have spoken it, I will also bring it
to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it!”
Isaiah 46:10
“Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it!” 1Thessalonians 5:24
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.” 2Peter 3:9
Jesus is not a liar! If he says it he will do it! He will do it! He has said he will restore you
to sanity! He has said he will take away your shame! He has said he is God and has a
power greater than yours!
Jesus can! We see the history here as we witness the deliverance of the Israelites from
Egypt. God has been in the deliverance business since the beginning of time and His sole
purpose has been to save.
Luke 19:10
“For the son of man is come to seek and to save the lost!”
It’s simple, Jesus wants to save you! Call to Him in your time of need! Suppose for a
moment, right next to you, in the flesh, was sitting the son of God, the son of God! What
would you ask him? What would you tell him? Would you believe that he cared? Would
you believe that he could do what you would ask? Now let's suppose that you could no
longer see him, he became the spirit that now is ever Present, but you can't see him as you
did when he was in the flesh. Would you still talk to him? Would you still ask him for
things? Would you still believe? You can know that he will because he loves you!
This is all about trusting God, just because you might not be able to see God with your
fleshly eyes walking around as in the fleshly image of man doesn’t mean that God isn’t
near. God is spirit not flesh, so we must worship Him in spirit and in truth. The message
all throughout the Bible to us is to trust and believe. The following message puts a little l
ight on this act of trust that God calls us to.
TRUSTING GOD
Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that
shall rise against thee in judgment thou will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants
of the Lord, and--*their righteousness is of me*, says the Lord." Are you under the gun?
Does it seem that the world is against you because of your stance with Christ? Nothing
that comes against a child of God will prevail! Nothing opposed to God's will in your life
shall prosper!! Isaiah 55:11 "so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Jesus says, "My word shall accomplish that which
I please." His word shall not come back void!!! Suppose that Jesus selected you to receive
his word in your life, he has sent his word into you, now based upon what we just read,
how likely is it that his word will not succeed in it's purpose that he desires to be
accomplished???
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man that he
should repent. Hath he said, and shall ht not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not
make it good?"
Revelation 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burns with fire..." God shall have no part in the lake of fire, save to cast all
listed above into it! To say that God cannot or will not perform what he sent his word
to do, is to say he is a liar and that he will be cast into the lake of fire with all those that
offend! Either he will do it and is righteous or he won't and is a liar! which one is he???
Does God lie or not? He will do what he has promised!!!
Genesis 22:1-19In these verses we see that God tested Abraham and he trusted God during
the test and because he trusted God, God provided all that Abraham needed!
Hebrews 11:17-19 "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac: and he that had
received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, that in Isaac
shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;
from whence also he received him in a figure." He will do what he has promised!!!
Genesis 21:1-3 “And the lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the lord did unto Sarah as
he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, and at the
set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that
was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac." You see Isaac was a promise from the
Lord, yet it came to Abraham & Sarah in their old age and it was a miracle that many
would not believe, but Abraham and Sarah trusted God's promise, and received it.
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of life, which the lord has promised to them that love him."
If you endure the test, the trial, the waiting, and continue in the lord, you shall receive
the promises of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:2 "For all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him are amen unto
the glory of God by us." God keeps His word. God is not man That He should lie. Has he
said it? And will he not do it?
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from
the father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
If God has said it, he will do it, he will not turn away, nor will he fail.
Trust God. Now comes the time of decision. You must turn from your ways of sin and
completely trust Jesus Christ to save you. "Let the wicked forsake his way and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the lord, and he will have mercy
on them.” Will you accept Jesus? Then if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
and will believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved!
Romans 10:9
Memory Verses:
Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against thee shall prosper…”
Numbers 23:19 “God is not man that He should lie…”
Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, the unbelieving, the abominable…”
James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that endures temptations…”
Chapter Eleven Faith In Action
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