Thursday, December 12, 2024

Luke 4:18

 

Luke 4:18

A Mission to Save the World

 

Luk 4:18  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 

 

             1.     Why Did Jesus Come to the World?

a.     The Spirit of the Lord is upon me

                                               i.     Matthew 3:16-17 

             2.     To Preach the Gospel to the Poor

a.     Jesus is not come merely to help the financially poor. He came to help the spiritually destitute.

                                               i.     To fully appreciate the Christmas season, you must know your need for a Savior

1.     Luke 5:30-32 

             3.     To Heal the Brokenhearted

a.     We are brokenhearted because of the devastation that is caused by our sin

                                               i.     Isaiah 61:1-4 

1.     There are three illustrations here:

a.     An old rotting tree

b.     A desert wasteland

c.     An abandoned, decaying city

            4.     To Preach Deliverance to the Captives

a.     Continued failure in sin can bring us to the prison of despair, it is for those kinds of people that Jesus came

                                               i.     Psalm 51:14-17; Isaiah 57:14-15; Romans 7:14-16; Romans 7:24; Philippians 1:21 

           5.     To Recover the Sight of the Blind

a.     Luke 19:1-10 

           6.     To Set Free Those that are Crushed

a.     Jesus does not come to this world to condemn

                                               i.     Isaiah 42:3; Luke 7:36-42; John 8:3-11; Matthew 11:28-30 

 

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