Greetings, this is day 4 out of 24 of reading the Bible with Darren!
Day four of twenty four, life’s been a blessing. Breath of Fresh Air as we’re nearing Hannukah.
If you’re in the GRP area, Pastor Greg Stone will be teaching on “From Hanukkah to Christmas.”
Worship. Family. Honoring the Sabbath.
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Healed;
Luke 4:14-30
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16 When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures. 17 The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written: 18 “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, 19 and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.” 20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. 21 Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!” 22 Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” 23 Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself’—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.’ 24 But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown. 25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.” 28 When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious. 29 Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff, 30 but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.
If you’re saved, then God has healed your spirit. He has made your spirit whole. But what about your soul and body? Does God want to make them whole too? According to the Bible, yes! He does!
- Physical Hearing
In Exodus 15:26, God not only says what He does (heals) but also who He is—Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. Over and over again in Scripture, God heals people who have physical sickness and diseases. For a few examples, see Exodus 23:35; Deuteronomy 7:15; Psalm 103:2-3; Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 4:23; and John 6:28. Hebrews 13:8 says God never changes, so since He healed in the Old and New Testaments, then He still heals today. Jesus never healed people to draw attention to Himself or to prove He was the Messiah. He healed people because He cared about them, and He cares about you too!
- Emotional Healing
We wouldn’t tell someone with a broken arm to “Get over it!” and we can’t say that to someone with a broken heart either. Many people have deep emotional wounds that have never healed. Their hearts have been broken through harsh words, disappointments, and tragedies. The most common and longest lasting wound is rejection. Every single person has experienced rejection at some point in their life, and this wound can hold us in terrible bondage. But here is the Good News: Jesus came to set you free! He doesn’t want you just to cope with your problems—He wants to heal you from them! Will you let Him make you whole in your body, soul, and spirit?
The Ministry Of Jesus;
Luke 4:16-19
In Luke 4, Jesus tells the people who He really is and what He came to do. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever,”. Let me be clear—Jesus can help you. That’s why God sent Him to earth!
Here are the five foundational ministries of Jesus:
- Salvation
Jesus came to breach the gospel—the Good News—which is this: All people are sinners and completely lost. We cannot do anything to change our situation, so God sent Jesus to die on the cross and redeem us from our sins.
Christianity is different from other religion because it doesn’t require you to work your way into heaven. Instead, salvation is by grace through faith. Salvation was the first and primary ministry of Jesus, and it must be ours as well.
- Healing
Jesus came so “the blind will see” (Luke 4:18).
This recovery of sight applies to both spiritual and physical healing. Yes, we want to see people healed physically, but we also want to see them no longer oppressed by the devil. Acts 10:38 says, “Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppresed b the devil, for God was with him.” Since Jesus doesn’t change, He still heals people today.
- Inner healing
Jesus came to heal broken-hearted people. How many times have your heart been hurt, bruised, or even shattered in a relationship? If your heart and emotions don’t get healed properly, they will affect how much you can do on this earth and how you relate to other people. Jesus doesn’t teach people how to cope; He set them free. He wants to heal our heart completely so we can love and trust again.
- Deliverance
Jesus came not only to save us from our sins but to also free us from our sins. Demons still exist today, and even believers can be in bondage to spirits of unforgiveness, anger, envy, pride, lying, lust, ect. Demons tried to talk to Jesus, and they will try to speak with you too. It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person; you just need deliverance. Jesus came to set us free from every evil spirit.
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Jesus did not begin His ministry untill He was baptized in the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:21-22). And the last instruction He gave His followers before returning to heaven was to stay in Jerusalem and “receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you” (Acts 1:8). If Jesus and His disciples needed the power of the Holy Spirit on earth, how much more we need that same power?
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Excerpt from Fresh Start Bible, copyright © Gateway Press;
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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