Psalm 107:20 ‘He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.’

DAILY READING; • Mark 7:1-13; 2 Samuel 17; Daniel 11:1-19

The Africans who were brought to America as slaves had mostly come from a background of African religious traditions.
When they were first introduced to Christianity, many of them rejected it because it was the religion of their oppressors.
For a long time these black slaves wanted nothing to do with the religion of the slave masters who had harshly maltreated them.
This was not helped by the fact that the slave masters had used the teachings of the Bible to justify the brutal trans-Atlantic slave trade. Some of them had twisted the Scriptures to claim that Africans were the descendants of Ham, cursed in the book of Genesis, and thus their enslavement was fitting. They also used Bible passages that commanded servants to obey their masters as further justification for slavery.
Also the fact that Jesus was a ‘white man’, made the black slaves to believe that He was on the side of the white oppressors.

As long as the slaves remained ignorant of the truth, they rejected Christianity. However, as they eventually began to learn to read and write, the Bible was often the only book available to them. As they learned to read the Bible, they began to find out the truth and realized that they had believed lies.
From the Scriptures they saw that God was indeed a deliverer who had brought His people out of slavery. They also saw in Jesus, a suffering Savior whose life and struggles paralleled their own struggles.
This new knowledge brought a revolution to the black community. As they fully embraced Christianity and pursued faith in Christ, they found the grace and strength to fight for their freedom and eventually break free from the yokes of slavery.

Indeed Jesus came to set the captives free. But anyone who lacks this knowledge would continue to suffer unnecessarily in captivity and oppression.
Knowledge is your ticket to freedom. When you know the truth, you will rebel against the attempts of the enemy to keep you in oppression.

As a blood-bought covenant child of the living God, no force in hell is permitted to afflict you or oppress you. However, Knowledge is the key that unlocks the resurrection power within you.
This is why it is important that you study the Scriptures and know the truth for yourself.
Many people are dying unnecessarily because they lack a personal revelation of the truth of God’s Word.

Psalm 107:20 says God has sent His Word to heal and deliver us from every destruction, but then Hosea 4:6 also says that God’s people perish because of lack of knowledge.

An understanding of the power in the Blood will elevate you above every bondage and oppression. Jesus did not die in vain, He died to set you free.
Therefore, do not believe the lies of the enemy. There is no bondage or affliction that the Blood of Jesus cannot deliver you from. There is no sin or sickness His Blood cannot save you from.
Christ has paid the full price at Calvary, therefore affliction is not permitted to arise a second time in your life.
Through the power of knowledge, you can successfully wage war against the principalities, powers and spiritual wickedness fighting your destiny (Ephesians 6:12).
Indeed when we are armed for the battle with the Word of God, all the hosts of hell must flee before us. Sickness and disease must flee, poverty and disfavor will flee.
You are not born again to suffer again. You have been born again to live a glorious new life in Christ Jesus.
Surely, as the son of God has made you free, you are truly free indeed.

PRAYER:
Lord, I thank You for Your Blood that has given me total victory over death, hell and the grave. I thank You for the grace to passionately seek the knowledge of Your Word so that I will be totally free indeed from every affliction and bondage in Jesus Name.
QUOTE:
You will never need more than God to experience the impossible in life. – WORDBITE 222.