SundaySermon - Prince - The Good News

 The Good News

Jesus read this verse in the synagogue and announced the good news.... to the poor .... bring comfort..... proclaiming freedom.

Verse: Isaiah 61:1

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

  • Jesus came to bind the broken hearted
  • Jesus came to proclaim liberty to the captives
  • Jesus came to proclaim the year of Lord's favor



Jesus came to bind the broken hearted

God's heart reaches out to the people who are broken.

Verse: Psalms 34:18

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

The brokenness root cause is sin. And sin began in the Garden of Eden. The brokenness affected the relationship with God. And God wanted to restore to what it was before.

And this restoration happens because of the tender voice of God

Verse: Isaiah 40:1‭-‬2

1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 

2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are pardoned. Yes, the Lord has punished her twice over for all her sins.”

And the ultimate healing is the pardoning of sins.... and the Cross of Calvary. The Cross represents the greatest wound imaginable. And Jesus took that upon himself.

Jesus weeps with us because he went through pain himself

Verse: Jeremiah 8:21

21 I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief.

Jesus came to proclaim liberty to the captives

Captivity symbolically speaking could be addiction, your identity, your self worth, your peace, or anything that stops you from doing the will of God. 

God fights for you to restore to you what you have lost. He wants to set you free and restores what you lost.

Jesus came to proclaim the year of Lord's favor

The year of Jubilee is the year of favor. This year brings freedom from slavery and restoration to lost property.

Verse: Leviticus 25:10

10 Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan.

Just like the freedom of slaves was unheard of during that time,  the news of spiritual freedom is unheard and it is good news. And guess what?  the year of favor is now because Jesus offers freedom from sin. All we need to do is to accept it.

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