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Isaiah chapter 61 verses 1 through 3

the spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those

who are bound, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to grant to those who

mourn in Zion, to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil

of gladness instead of mourning the garment of praise instead of a faint

spirit that they may be called oaks of righteousness the planting of the Lord that he

may be glorified.

When you get to the New Testament and you see Luke's introduction to Jesus, we see his

birth in chapter two, but then in chapter 4, Jesus walks into the temple.

He pulls out the Old Testament scroll of Isaiah.

He reads these words about the spirit of God being upon me

the Lord annoying me to bring good news to the poor bind up the broken-hearted and

Jesus reads this passage he sits down and he says today

this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing in other words I am him the spirit of God's on me Jesus says the Lord has anointed me and I've

come to bring good news to the poor, reclaim liberty to the captives, the

opening of the prison of those who are bound the whole

picture is this is where we see and this all over Isaiah all over the Old

Testament but these promises of grace that we see all throughout Isaiah in the Old Testament are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus.

So we look to Jesus for all these things in our lives. We are the ones who need salvation. We need the Lord's favor. We need

comfort in our mourning. We want the oil of gladness instead of mourning the garret of praise instead of a faint spirit Jesus is the only one who can bring all these things to us so in a fresh way today. I just want to encourage you look to Jesus.

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