ISAIAH 61:1-11 FREEDOM
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
WHEN WE LOOK THEOLOGICALLY AT THESE VERSES, ISAIAH CENTERED AROUND THE THEMES OF SALVATION AND MISSION
WHENEVER WE SPEAK OF SALVATION, WE NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE WE BEING SAVED FROM?
GOD’S PUNISHMENT? THE DEVIL?FROM OUR OWN SINS, FROM DEATH
IN SOME WAYS EACH OF THESE HAD TO BE A PART IN THEOLOGICAL TRADITIONS, BUT IN DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES, CERTAIN ONES WERE EMPHASIZED
FOR MANY CHRISTIANS TODAY SALVATION MEANS GETTING INTO HEAVEN, WHICH IS A WAY OF SAYING, HUMAN BEINGS ARE BEING SAVED FROM GOD’S PUNISHMENT, FROM DEATH, FROM SIN, AND THE LIFE OF THE SINNER
WHAT IS SALVATION ACCORDING TO ?
IS IT GOOD NEWS, HEALING, LIBERTY, RELEASE, AND COMFORT
IT IS THE YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOR WHICH, A REFERENCE FOR THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, IN WHICH DEBTS ARE WIPED AWAY, SLAVES ARE FREED, FIELDS ARE ALLOWED TO REST, AND LAND IS RETURNED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER
SALVATION IS BOTH IMAGED BOTH AS A RESTORED CITY, AND AS AN ABUNDANT GARDEN
THE NATIONS WILL SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS BLESSED
GOD’S DELIVERANCE IS REAL, AND TANGIBLE
IT CAN BE SEEN BY OTHERS.
CHRISTIANS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SALVIFIC LIVING, EVEN IN A WORLD WHO ARE NOT FULLY REDEEMED
IF ISAIAH REVEALS WHAT SALVATION IS ABOUT, THEN WHAT IS THE PROPER FORM OF MISSION THAT CORRESPONDS TO GOD’S SALVIFIC INTENTIONS?
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN GOD’S MISSION OF RESTORATION.
FIRST, CHRISTIANS TO THOSE WHO ARE NAMED BY AS RECIPIENTS OF THE GOOD NEWS: THE OPPRESSED, THE BROKEN HEARTED, THE CAPTIVE, THE PRISONERS, THE MOURNFUL, , THE FAINT OF SPIRIT.
THE TEXT REVEALS GOD’S PROPER CONCERN FOR THE LOWEST AND THE WEAKEST
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN GOD’S ORDER OF RESTORATION, THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE ARE SENT FIRST TO THOSE WHO MOST NEED TO HEAR THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR THEM AND REDEEM THEIR LOSSES
MISSION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT FROM GOD’S PEOPLE-BY SENDING MONEY OR SENDING MISSIONARIES- BUT SOMETHING THAT DEFINES GOD’S PEOPLE, AS EXISTING FOR THE SAKE OF THE OPPRESSED, BROKEN HEARTED, IMPRISONED, AND MOURNFUL
MISSIONS HAPPENS WHEN THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD NOTICE THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD LIVE DIFFERENTLY
A RESTORED PEOPLE OF GOD, LIVING AS A JUBILEE COMMUNITY, WILL STAND AT A SIGN OF GOD’S BLESSINGS TO THE NATIONS AROUND IT
TO BE MISSIONAL IS TO LIVE AS A PEOPLE OF GOOD NEWS-LIBERATION, JUSTICE, AND COMFORT IN A WAY THE WORLD WILL BE DRAWN TOWARDS IT
SO LONG CHRISTIANS HAVE LIVED AS DIVIDED PEOPLE IT WON’T WORK
BUT, TO THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD NEWS, HEALING AND RELEASE WILL TAKE PLACE
WE NEED TO REMEMBER NOT THAT JUST JESUS CAME BUT WHY JESUS CAME-TO USHER IN A JUBILEE CELEBRATION THAT WILL HAVE NO END.
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THESE ARE THE VERSES THAT JESUS SPOKE DURING A TIME IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND INCLUDED THAT THIS PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE WAS BEING FULFILLED THAT DAY IN THEIR MIDST
THIS WOULD MEAN THAT GOD HAS A NEW TIME AND A NEW SEASON THAT WILL SOON BE COMING TO PASS
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK, OR EVEN THIS MORNING
THERE IS A NEW TIME AND A NEW SITUATION COMING UPON YOU
IT IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER SEASONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH
THIS IS THE SEASON WHERE YOUR EXPECTATIONS WILL BE FULFILLED
CHRIST HAS BEEN SENT FROM GOD TO GIVE YOU GOOD NEWS
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU READ THE NEWS, ALL THAT YOU FIND BAD NEWS
BAD NEWS IS EVERYWHERE
BUT, WHEN YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, IT IS GOOD NEWS THAT YOU MAINLY HEAR
HE SAYS THAT IT IS A NEW TIME, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE TODAY WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY
THAT IS GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS FOR THE BLIND, BROKEN HEARTED, IMPRISONED, DISAPPOINTED, DISCOURAGED, AND FOR THE DESPAIRING
THE MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY IS LIKE THE MESSAGE FOR THOSE BACK THEN
THE MESSAGE IS ONE OF RELEASE AND LIBERTY, AND A YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOR
RELEASE FROM TORMENT, CONDEMNATION, UNBELIEF, SICKNESS, CONFUSION, NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, DISCOURAGEMENT
AND LIBERTY FROM BITTERNESS, LIBERTY FROM UNFORGIVENESS, LIBERTY FROM GOSSIP, LIBERTY TO BECOME ALL YOU CAN BE IN CHRIST .
IT CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY
SINCE CHRIST WAS A LAMB FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, HE WAS ALREADY DESTINED TO DIE
BUT BEFORE HE DIED, HE CAST OUT DEMONS, HEALED THE SICK, OPEN BLIND EYES, OPEN DEAF EARS, AND RAISE THE DEAD
IT WAS AN ACTIVE LIVING DEMONSTRATION OF HIS MISSION
BUT THE FIRST TIME THAT HE CAME, HE CAME TO DEFEAT MAN’S WORST ENEMY AND THAT IS SIN
THERE IS ONLY ONE CURE FOR SIN AND THAT IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
NO MAN WAS SPOTLESS, WITHOUT BLEMISH AND COMPLETELY PURE, EXCEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST
THEREFORE, HE DIED FOR A SIN THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE BENEFITS OF LIVING WITH HIM FOREVER IN A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT MANKIND COULD NOT MASTER
THESE VERSES ARE GOD’S INTENSIONS AND THEY ARE FULL OF PROMISE AND FULL OF ASSURANCE
FOR HIS WORD WILL NOT RETURN UNTO HIM VOID
BUT WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE
JUSTICE, HOPE, ANTICIPATION, AND DELIVERANCE ARE SPOKEN TO THE PEOPLE AS A REMINDER THAT GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN THEN, NEITHER HAS HE FORGOTTEN YOU
MANY, TODAY, ARE FEELING OPPRESSED, BROKENHEARTED, CAPTIVE, OR IMPRISONED BY SOMETHING IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER
HOWEVER, HE WHO CONQUERED THE GRAVE AND TOOK THE KEYS OF HELL AND DEATH
THUS, YOU HAVE A SURE PROMISE BY BELIEVING AND RECEIVING CHRIST TODAY
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT HOW IS CHRIST’S COMING TRYING TRYING TO COME INTO MY LIFE TODAY AND WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO ALLOW CHRIST’S COMING, HOW DO I NEED TO PREPARE FOR CHRIST COMING INTO MY LIFE TODAY
THIS IS WHERE MOST DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE A NEW SEASON AND A NEW SITUATION IS BY RECEIVING THE GOOD NEWS THAT CHRIST CAME TO BRING TO YOU-A TRANSACTION
COMFORT FOR MOURNING, BEAUTY FOR ASHES, THE OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING, THE GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS