Are You Free?
(Luke 4:18-19) “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
Our Lord Jesus began His public teaching ministry by proclaiming to a synagogue full of Jewish men in His hometown of Nazareth that these words, spoken by Isaiah the prophet 700 years before, were fulfilled in Him. In doing so, He was not only declaring that He was the promised Messiah of Israel; He was setting forth the mission of the Messiah.
His purpose was not political or military. He had not come to overthrow the Roman occupation and set up a new earthly governmental system. Jesus came to reach out to the hurting and broken. Good news had arrived that there was forgiveness available to those who experienced poverty of spirit and brokenness of heart. Light was being brought to the spiritually blind; freedom to those bound in sin and trampled by the forces of darkness. Salvation had come and was walking among them! Remember…He still walks among us today, performing the same mission in and through His people!
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
Our Lord Jesus began His public teaching ministry by proclaiming to a synagogue full of Jewish men in His hometown of Nazareth that these words, spoken by Isaiah the prophet 700 years before, were fulfilled in Him. In doing so, He was not only declaring that He was the promised Messiah of Israel; He was setting forth the mission of the Messiah.
His purpose was not political or military. He had not come to overthrow the Roman occupation and set up a new earthly governmental system. Jesus came to reach out to the hurting and broken. Good news had arrived that there was forgiveness available to those who experienced poverty of spirit and brokenness of heart. Light was being brought to the spiritually blind; freedom to those bound in sin and trampled by the forces of darkness. Salvation had come and was walking among them! Remember…He still walks among us today, performing the same mission in and through His people!
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