THE fruits of deliverance are God’s gift of freedom through Christ, for His children from the bondage of sin, demonic oppression and control. It is children’s bread!
When the woman in Mathew 15:26 approached Jesus for her daughter’s healing, He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
Jesus thus revealed that deliverance is the rightful inheritance of God’s children. Just as bread is a daily necessity for physical life, so is deliverance essential for victorious Christian living.
Deliverance is a covenant provision for every believer sealed by the blood of Jesus. It is part of the benefits of the Finished Work of Jesus on the Cross. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus broke the power of sin, sickness and Satan, giving His children authority to walk in freedom.
Colossians 2:14-15 says, “He cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”
Deliverance is, therefore, a sign of God’s love and care for His people. It affirms our identity in Christ and position in the family of God—we are no longer slaves to fear or demonic oppression but sons and daughters with access to the Father’s table (Romans 8:15–17).
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Just as children expect bread from their parents, believers can expect deliverance from their Heavenly Father. It is our daily portion, restoring us to joy, peace, and fruitfulness in Christ.
Deliverance is the beginning of a transformed life. Just as a tree is known by its fruits (Matthew 7:17–18), the true measure of deliverance is seen in the fruits that follow—a changed life, renewed mind and fruitful walk in the Spirit.
Every believer must not only seek deliverance but also guard it by walking in obedience, abiding in Christ and allowing the Spirit to produce lasting fruit. Then, our lives will truly begin to bear the fruits of deliverance.
What are some of the evidence or rather the fruits of deliverance that testify that someone has truly been set free?
- Freedom from bondage
The first fruits of deliverance is freedom. Deliverance breaks chains and restores liberty. Jesus declared: Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed -John 8:36.
Bondage may come through sin, generational curses, addictions, fear, trauma or lack of self control. When Christ delivers, those shackles are broken. The evidence is not only external change but also inner liberation giving you the power to resist the devil and say “no” to sin and temptations.
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Romans 6:14 states ,“for sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”
The fruits of deliverance produces true freedom- a lasting walk in liberty. Galatians 5:1- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- A renewed mind
One of the fruits of deliverance is that it renews the way one thinks, aligning it with God’s Word. Many bondages begin in the mind—fear, shame, condemnation, lies of the enemy. After deliverance, the mind is transformed.
Romans 12:2 tells us, “and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
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A delivered person no longer entertains the old mindset of defeat and despair. You are under new management! You begin to embrace the promises of God and your mind becomes a fertile ground for faith, hope and submission to God.
- Joy and peace
One of the sweetest fruits of deliverance is supernatural joy and peace. Oppression often robs people of peace and fills them with torment, but when deliverance comes, God restores His shalom. For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.-Romans 14:17.
David prayed after his deliverance: You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness – Psalm 30:11.
The presence of peace and joy is an unmistakable sign that the soul has been set free.
- Victory over sin
Deliverance produces the fruit of holiness. Far from being merely an emotional experience, it is a transformation that gives one power over sinful habits.
“But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life,” Romans 6:22 says.
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The Holy spirit enables the believer to walk in righteousness. What once bound them—whether anger, lust, addiction or fear—no longer controls them. This victory is not by human strength but by the indwelling Spirit of God
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh -Galatians 5:16.
- Restoration of purpose
Satan attacks destinies, but deliverance restores divine purpose. When Israel was delivered from Egypt, they not only got their freedom but they were also released into their inheritance, the Promised Land.
For He delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love- Colossians 1:13.
Deliverance is fruitless if one remains idle. God restores dreams, callings, and assignments that were once buried under oppression. A delivered believer begins to serve God with clarity and passion.
See in Mark 5:1–20, the man delivered from the legion of demons is a powerful example. Once bound, tormented and living isolated among the tombs, he had no identity, no community. To says he lacked peace is an understatement!
But when Jesus set him free, his life was instantly redirected toward divine assignment. Though he desired to follow Jesus physically, the Lord sent him back to his people with a mission: Go home to your friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you –Mark 5:19.
Restored in mind and dignity, he became a passionate preacher in the Decapolis, declaring the works of God among his people. His testimony is the evidence of the fruits of deliverance – proof that when God restores dreams, callings and assignments buried under demonic oppression, a believer rises to serve with clarity, boldness and impact.
- Fruit of the spirit
True deliverance opens the way for the Holy Spirit to bear fruit in the believer’s life. In Galatians 5:22-23 Paul lists them as: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Click on the link below to read a related post.
A person may experience temporary freedom without the Spirit’s fruit, but the lasting fruits of deliverance always produce character transformation. Love replaces hatred, patience replaces impulsiveness and self-control replaces compulsive addictions.
- Boldness in prayer and worship
Oppression often silences prayer, but deliverance rekindles boldness before God.
Oppression often silences your voice and paralyzes your prayer, leaving you bound in fear and confusion. Yet deliverance restores what the enemy tried to steal—your voice, your authority and your intimacy with God.
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The psalmist declares- I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And He has put a new song in my mouth- Psalm 40:1–3.
True deliverance not only sets you free from oppression but also rekindles prayer, worship, and boldness, empowering you to declare the goodness of the Lord with clarity and power.
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him- Ephesians 3:12.
The delivered soul prays fervently, worships freely, and enjoys communion with the Father. The veil of guilt and shame is lifted and intimacy with God is restored.
- Testimony and witness
Deliverance produces a testimony that glorifies God and encourages others. The man delivered from a legion of demons in Mark 5 was told:
“Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” (Mark 5:19)
Testimonies are fruits of deliverance because they confirm God’s power, inspire faith, and draw others to Christ. Revelation 12:11 declares that we overcome “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
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- Gratitude and thanksgiving
Deliverance creates a grateful heart. The delivered cannot help but give thanks,
“Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever,” the Psalmist says in Psalm 107:1. In the Bible, people delivered from distress gave thanks repeatedly. Gratitude becomes a lifestyle because they know what it means to be rescued.
- Productivity in life
Ultimately, the fruits of deliverance culminate into fruitfulness, productivity in life and ministry. Jesus said in John 15:8, “by this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”
When deliverance takes root, the believer becomes productive—spiritually, emotionally, and even materially. Their life becomes a witness that God restores what the enemy tried to steal , kill and destroy.
Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Where the enemy once brought fear, bondage, and silence, Christ’s deliverance brings abundant life, a restored voice in prayer, and renewed passion to serve God with freedom and joy.
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Deliverance is entrance into abundant life in Christ. Its fruits are the signs that a life has truly been set free.
From Jesus’ words in Luke 11:20: But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you, deliverance is the manifestation of God’s rule and authority breaking into a person’s life.
Every time a demon is cast out, it is a sign that the power of darkness has been displaced, and the government of Christ is being established in that area. It proves that Jesus is stronger than the strongman (Luke 11:21–22), and His Kingdom advances wherever deliverance takes place. Thus, deliverance is evidence that the reign of God is present and active.
