The Deliverance From Death: The Deliverance From Death

His Declaration

Remember that Maratha brought up the resurrection as an event! She said, I know that He shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day! But Jesus wanted Martha to know and He wants you and I to know that the resurrection is not just an event but the resurrection is a person. Jesus declares His person! Jesus said:

I am the resurrection and the life! He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall He live! There is life after death in Christ! Jesus declares his power! And whosoever loveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Thank God for this declaration. Jesus is the resurrection and life! To be present in the body is to be absent from the Lord!

The Deliverance From Death

Jesus said, where have you laid

They did not have the modern technology to communicate with their family. They didn’t have text or I-Pods; they didn’t have e-mail or Facebook. They didn’t have access to Twitter! So they assumed their families were alright! But when they came back to Ziklag; the Amalekites, (the enemy) had invaded the city and burned it down with fire. All that is left are the smothery ashes of their city. The Amalekites have not only burned the city with fire but they have taken captive their wives, sons and daughters!

Reality of Loss (Verses 2–3)

Both scriptures describe the loss. They took the women captive and carried them away. They took the sons and daughters (the next generation) and carried them away. They burned the city down with fire, a generation attack. There is loss and loss is a reality. You will suffer lost.

The Loss was very painful

Their wives, sons and daughters. Their loss was painful!! Loss is painful when we loss that which precious! Our family is

He encouraged himself in the Lord! Second, David’s action was to get with somebody he could talk to! There is always somebody you can talk to with sense! Everybody does not have good sense. That is why you have to know who are your pallbearers and who are your armor bearers. Luke 7:1–6, Jesus was passing through the city of Nain. There was a young man who had died. As they got to the city gate, the pallbearers were carrying his casket to the graveyard! But while you are living there are some pallbearers who are trying to carry you to an early grave. Rappers with filthy language and words of death are pallbearers. Drug dealers selling you drugs are pallbearers. Gangsters are pallbearers. They are not armor bearers but pallbearers. In the text David had some pallbearer that wanted to stone him. But thank God David went to an armor bearer. He went to the priest Abiathar somebody with some spiritual sense! David said to him, “Bring me the ephod.” The ephod was a vest that the priest wore! David was saying it’s time to seek God! He chose worship over warfare! David believed if I can worship, I can hear from God. If I can get into God’s presence I can get revelation. “Just ‘information’ plus ‘inspiration’ is evaporation, but ‘revelation’ plus ‘inspiration’ is