The Deliverance Ministry of Jesus Christ

March 1, 2020 - On this last Sunday before we enter into Lent, our Lord puts front and center before us the remembrance that He is our deliverer. But is the deliverance ministry of Christ our God? In our Gospel reading from St. Luke and chapter 18 we see Christ deliver the blind man on the road near Jericho from his infirmity as the blind man cried out desperately for mercy. When we reflect Christ's deliverance of this man as well as other examples, we find that His ministry of deliverance is one that takes His beloved people from a lesser state of existence (one of frailty, weakness, and oppression) to the other extreme; into an abundant life of joy, contentment, and all of the blessings of His Kingdom.