TAKE COURAGE AS DELIVERANCE DRAWS NEAR - The Principal Deliverer

The Principal Deliverer

For God's servants to be delivered, Satan and his entire worldwide system of things need to be removed.  This requires a source of deliverance far more powerful than humans.  That source is Jehovah God, the Supreme Sovereign, the almighty Creator of the awesome universe.  He is the principal Deliverer:  "I-I am Jehovah, and besides me there is not savior." - Isaiah 43:11; Proverbs 18:10.

In Jehovah there is the ultimate degree of power, wisdom, justice and love.  (Psalm 147:5; Proverbs 2:6; Isaiah 61:8; 1 John 4:8) So when he executes his judgments, we can be certain that his actions will be righteous.  Abraham asked:  "Is the Judge of all the earth not going to do what is right?  (Genesis 18:24-33)  Paul exclaimed:  "Is there injustice with God? Never may that become so!"   (Romans 9:14) John wrote:  "Yes, Jehovah God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judicial decisions." -Revelation 16:7.

When Jehovah promises deliverance, he will without fail accomplish it.  Joshua said:  "Not a promise failed out of all the good promise that Jehovah has made." (Joshua 21:45)  Solomon stated:  "There has not failed one word of all his good  promised that he has promised. (1 Kings 8:56)  The apostle Paul noted that Abraham "did not waver in a lack of faith, . . .being fully convinced that what [God] had promised he was also able to do."  Sarah likewise "esteemed [God] faithful who had promised" -Romans 4:20, 21; Hebrews 11:11.

Unlike humans, Jehovah is completely trustworthy, true to his word,  "Jehovah of armies has sworn, saying:  "Surely just as I have figured, so it must occur; and just as I have counseled, that is what will come true.  (Isaiah 14:24) So when the Bible says that "Jehovah knows how to deliver people of godly devotion out of trial, but to reserve unrighteous  people for the day of judgment to be cut off,," we can have full confidence that this will happen.  (2 Peter 2:9) Even when threatened with destruction by powerful enemies, Jehovah's servants take courage because of his attitude, reflected in his promise  to one of his prophets: "They will be certain to fight against you, but they will not prevail against you,  for 'i am with you,' is the utterance of Jehovah,  'to deliver you.'' " - Jeremiah 1:19; Psalm 33:18, 19; Titus 1:2.

Next time: TAKE COURAGE AS THE DELIVERANCE DRAWS NEAR - Deliverances in the Past

The Watchtower, 1997