Even the Lawful Captive

From Our Pastor's Desk

Isaiah 49:24-26 – “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD  am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 

Who is a Lawful Captive? A person becomes a lawful captive when the choices or decisions they made have taken them into situations and consequences that have made them bound. 

For instance, Romans 6:23 states that “For the wages of sin is death…” So, if & when a person sins, they become a lawful captive of spiritual death, because according to the law in Romans 6:23, the sentence is justified and deserved, that man is a LAWFUL captive. 

And sometimes, the lawful captives are oblivious of the dangers they are in and cannot even be seeking their freedom. So, whenever we talk about deliverance we need to know that there is warfare in-volved. It means there is somebody who has been captured (captive). 

There is somebody who captured them (captor) and there is somebody who is coming to deliver the one who has been captured (deliverer). So there’s bound to be warfare, because the captor would never allow the captive to go free, especially the lawful captive.  

Thank you Jesus, God is able, willing and ready to deliver us.  Psalms 34:17-19  The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Deliverer, please be our refuge and strength at all times and deliver us whenever we are in danger, in Jesus mighty Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2022. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.