Acts 12:11

God delivers us from our enemy. We fight against the forces of darkness knowing that  Jesus has already won that battle.

Rejoice and be glad!

The way we are to be made right with God is found in Christ. Paul sums it up in Romans 5:19: "For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous." We don't need someone to just cover our sins - we need a complete cleansing. So although they are parallel, Adam and Christ are not equal. Adam's sin condemned all humankind; but for those who trust in Christ, "the free gift is not like the trespass" (Romans 5:15). Christ's sacrifice doesn't just justify us before God - His blood cleanses our sins, redeems our lives, satisfies God's wrath, gives us peace today and allows us to live forever in heaven. 

The contrast is compelling and comforting as we read Paul's words: "Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more" (Romans 5:20). We live in a world abundant with sin, but our Savior has come to provide a more abundant salvation. As we become more and more aware of the abundance of sin, may we rest and rejoice in the more abundant salvation available in our Savior. First5 

Acts 12:11

11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.” The New King James Version

Why was Peter’s life spared while James’s life was taken? The answer is the sovereign will of God. If we believe that God is good and wise, we can trust that what He allowed to happen was part of His wise plan for the good of all of His people. When we place our complete trust in the goodness of God, we can find true peace. God is in control despite any appearance to the contrary. The NKJV Study Bible

This deliverance of Peter represents our redemption by Christ, which not only proclaims liberty to the captives, but brings them out of the prison-house. Peter, when he recollected himself, perceived what great things God had done for him. Thus souls delivered out of spiritual bondage, are not at first aware what God has wrought in them; many have the truth of grace, that want evidence of it. But when the Comforter comes, whom the Father will send, sooner or later, he will let them know what a blessed change is wrought.  Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Psalm 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy,

Psalm 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.

Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

Daniel 6:22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”