We looked at Isaiah 61:1-2 today at The Spoken Word Church in our Worship Service:
61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Then we looked at Luke 4:18-21:
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. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Do YOU catch the meaning? Jesus was saying that HE was the ONE Who was the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy! The Anointing (the Holy Spirit) was upon Him! That is how He was able to do the mighty works that He did, as 100% man! Remember, He left His glory behind to come to this earth! He never stopped being God, but He never operated as God during His earthly ministry! Notice also that Jesus never read the last part of Isaiah 61:2! Why? Because the fulfillment of THAT is for a later time! Jesus did not come to bring God's vengeance, but His mercy! WE are to do the same! We should be saying, with Jesus, the Spirit of the Lord is upon ME! Now go about setting the captives free by the Anointing upon YOU! Amen! With that, we HAVE to use this song again: Hillsong United with "The Lost Are Found":
Shalom in Him!
