Title: Bringing God's Healing to the Oppressed
Author: Palitha Jayasooriya
Text: Luke 4:18-19
(The transcript of a sermon preached at the People's Church (Assembly of God) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.)
Our main theme over the recent past has been "Completing the Commission". We are called to fulfill the Great Commission. On this topic, we've been dealing with Luke 4:18-19, focusing on the model that Jesus proclaimed over His own ministry. Let's look at those verses:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord's favor has come."
In these two verses, we find five statements that the Lord shared that day. Last week, I mentioned how Jesus walked into the synagogue in the town of Nazareth, which was a small village with probably a few thousand people. As Jesus entered, it appears that the person in charge of the proceedings gave Him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. It seems clear that Jesus looked for the specific passage which He read that day. He then sat down and said, "The scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day!"
Let's break these verses down. On the first Sunday of this series, we preached on the topic of "Preaching the Good News to the Poor". Last week, we talked about "Releasing the broken and the bound". I hope that as you went out last week, you reached out to somebody who was bound in some addiction or situation, and you ministered to them. Next week, we'll be declaring "The Favor of God" over people's lives. Today, we will talk about bringing God's healing to people and about freeing the oppressed. That's what I would like to share with you-the third and fourth parts of the mandate that Jesus proclaimed upon His own ministry, as prophesied by Isaiah hundreds of years earlier.
We are called to go out and minister God's heal ...
Author: Palitha Jayasooriya
Text: Luke 4:18-19
(The transcript of a sermon preached at the People's Church (Assembly of God) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.)
Our main theme over the recent past has been "Completing the Commission". We are called to fulfill the Great Commission. On this topic, we've been dealing with Luke 4:18-19, focusing on the model that Jesus proclaimed over His own ministry. Let's look at those verses:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord's favor has come."
In these two verses, we find five statements that the Lord shared that day. Last week, I mentioned how Jesus walked into the synagogue in the town of Nazareth, which was a small village with probably a few thousand people. As Jesus entered, it appears that the person in charge of the proceedings gave Him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. It seems clear that Jesus looked for the specific passage which He read that day. He then sat down and said, "The scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day!"
Let's break these verses down. On the first Sunday of this series, we preached on the topic of "Preaching the Good News to the Poor". Last week, we talked about "Releasing the broken and the bound". I hope that as you went out last week, you reached out to somebody who was bound in some addiction or situation, and you ministered to them. Next week, we'll be declaring "The Favor of God" over people's lives. Today, we will talk about bringing God's healing to people and about freeing the oppressed. That's what I would like to share with you-the third and fourth parts of the mandate that Jesus proclaimed upon His own ministry, as prophesied by Isaiah hundreds of years earlier.
We are called to go out and minister God's heal ...
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