Luk 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, Luk 4:19 “to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
There are times when we become captives of our own decisions, desires, choices, careers , businesses , marriages etc. No matter how devoted we are or how much we try, we sometimes fall short of our own standards. We end up becoming prisoners stuck in our own jails.
The scroll of prophet Isaiah was handed to Jesus to read. He read from Isaiah 61:1-2. These scriptures were speaking about him and the purpose of his coming. That he came to preach the good news to the poor, to proclaim freedom to the prisoners, to bring sight to the blind, to release the oppressed and to proclaim the year of God’s favor.
The 21st century prisoners are not the actual prisoners in our jails only. Today we have prisoners in/ of social media, various forms of addictions, crazy cravings, insatiable appetites, fashions, false teachings, retrogressive cultures, cults and occults etc. The good news is that the season of God’s grace is here; He came to set the captives free. He is more than willing to break every chain and set us free from every form of captivity.
Further readings:
Psa 79:11
Acts 16:16-34
2Co 3:17
🙏Blessed Day🙏