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Isaiah chapter 61 verses one through three

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 bring 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,

the day may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that he may be glorified.

Yes, this is Jesus.

In Luke Chapter 4, when he goes to Synagogue and he opens the scroll and it just so happens

to be Isaiah 61 that he reads and he says the spirit of the Lord God is upon me,

because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor,

everything I just read,

and then he says, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

This is Jesus, the spirit of God

upon Jesus anointing Jesus to bring good news to the poor, to bind up the

broken-hearted. Have you ever been broken-hearted? Jesus came to bind up broken hearts to

proclaim liberty to the captives, specifically those who are captive to sin and slavery to sin and the fear of death,

opening a prison to those who are bound to proclaim the year of the

Lord's favor. There's so much Old Testament imagery here and the day of

vengeance of our God to comfort those who are mourning to change their mourning into gladness

their faint spirits into garments of praise to plant them all Jesus does all of these things. Is this who he is? So I just want to

lead us to praise Jesus right now. I'm not even to pray for things in our lives, but to praise Jesus

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