Jesus stood up to read the scripture as was his custom on the sabbath day in the synagogue in Nazareth. He read from the prophet Esaias (Isaiah) these words, (Luke 4:18-19)
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,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Then after closing the book and sitting down with the eyes of everyone in the synagogue on him,
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jesus had just announced to his hometown church the reason he had been sent to the people of Israel and to the people of the world...to proclaim good news. The word 'gospel' means good news. The good news he brings to the world is healing from sickness and diseases of the body, deliverance of the soul from Satan's bondage and salvation through forgiveness of sin.
That day this scripture began to be fulfilled! And from generation to generation God's saving grace through Jesus Christ has been offered to the people of the earth. And this salvation has now come to you and me in our generation. Will you now receive the good news that Jesus himself offers you?
If you are sick, ask Jesus Christ to heal you! He is still the Great Doctor! If your soul is depressed even to the point of of desiring suicide, ask him to deliver you! He is the Great Psychiatrist! If your life is messed up with the consequences of your own sins, ask him to forgive you and save you! For He is the Great and Only Savior of mankind!
Jesus continues to proclaim the good news that through him, "...the kingdom of heaven is (still) at hand." Matthew 3:2 (Parenthesis is mine).
Don't let time run out on you. Do it now. Ask Him to forgive you for your sinful life, and from now on to take charge of it for you. He will. Do it now!
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