Luke 4: 14-21 Jesus Mission or Ministry
1. Jesus’s Ministry
• Jesus starts his ministry on the Sabbath in his hometown of Nazareth
• He goes to the synagogue, picks up the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, and reads,
• Jesus shares His Mission “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:16-19). These are the very words of Isaiah
• He rolls up the scroll, gives it back to the attendant and sits down. Then he says to the people of the synagogue, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (v. 21).
2. If the spirit of the Lord is upon us we will have a ministry similar to Jesus’s
• If We will do like Jesus we will have God’s favor
• Our ministry will have concern for people on the margins of society, including the sick and the poor.
• Luke is the writer who speaks of God bringing down the powerful and lifting up the lowly, filling “the hungry with good things” and sending “the rich away empty” (Luke 1:52-53).
• There is those who have a large great voice like politicians, CEO”S, but our mission is that all people have a voice.
• Our mission is to feed the hungry not just with food, but with nourishment of the Word of God
• Our mission is to help the poor
3. Our ministry is to have Our church filled with the spirit of the Lord on it, in it, around it, under it.
• If we have the Spirit of the lord on us we are directed toward vulnerable people.
• It seem the needy is our mission We do mission work every month
• The mission of our church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly…
4. Our ministry is to have the Spirit of the Lord in us like it was on Jesus
• Jesus comes home to Galilee “in the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14).
• He has been baptized by John, and the Holy Spirit has descended on him.
• He has been led by the Spirit in the wilderness and has been tempted by the devil.
• His ministry is just beginning, but he is clearly filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Are we by clearly filled with The Holy Spirit.
5. Our ministry should become his ministry
• Jesus brings good news to the poor, release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind.
• His mission is to free the oppressed and proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
• His mission is to help those who are usually overlooked: Women, the poor, captives, the blind and the oppressed. Such missions clearly help the less fortunate.
6. Our Ministry for our Church, is to get the “goes” Jesus goes
• Jesus is a great healer. He goes directly from the synagogue in Nazareth to the town of Capernaum, where he cleanses a man with an unclean spirit,
• Then he goes and heals the mother-in-law of Simon Peter,
• He goes and cleanses a leper and heals a paralytic.
• Jesus goes and helps the needy enjoy the fullness of life.
• Jesus goes in The spirit of the lord The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
• I go because he has anointed me
• I go to bring good news to the poor.
• I go because He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
I go to set free those who are oppressed,
