Monday April 14th, 2025
« Then Jesus said to them, “So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News »
13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.
14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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 proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
In Luke 4:13-20, Jesus read from Scripture the reason He came to the earth as prophesied in Isaiah 61:1-3.
There is however, one surprising thing in that Scripture:
He started reading the prophesy of Isaiah about His ministry from the beginning,
but when He got to the part that says ‘to preach the acceptable year of the Lord’,
He stopped and closed the book.
That was not all that Isaiah said; there was more, but in announcing the assignment that He had come to do on earth, Jesus stopped halfway.
There must have been a reason for this. We see that reason in Acts 1:8CEV
« But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world” »
- Jesus came to the world, lived and died, then sent us the Holy Spirit so that we can continue from where He stopped.
The first part of His assignment was fulfilled while He was on earth; the rest, as prophesied by Prophet Isaiah, is to be fulfilled through us His children after we have received the Holy Ghost.
- Jesus saved you so that He can use you to save others.
The question is: are you a ready vessel or not ?
As you celebrate Easter, don’t forget the assignment the Lord gave to you after He rose from death Matthew 28:19-20.
Does Christ truly have you as a vessel to fulfil His will ?
Apostle Paul was a man who stopped at nothing to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.
Easter is not a time to just eat chicken and stay at home relaxing; it’s a time to go out there and let Jesus use you to save unbelievers.
It’s a time to proclaim the day of the vengeance of God and to comfort all those who mourn.
Let Jesus use you to win at least one soul this season.
Tell someone about the day of the vengeance of God and don’t let that fellow end up in hell.
Application – Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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