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Sermon Notes

Date of Sermon:    March 23, 2025

Main Idea:   Jesus came to proclaim the arrival of God’s unmerited favor for those who would receive it.
  
Key Verses:   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me...to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”  Luke  4:18-19

Bible Reading:    14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30But passing through their midst, he went away.
 
Outline:

Primary Passage: Luke 4:14-30

             Leviticus 25:1-22

• Jesus announced His objective in His hometown of Nazareth

             Luke 4:14-16

• He is God’s Messiah

             Luke 4:17-18b

• Sent to proclaim the Good News to the poor

             Luke 4:18c

• • ​To declare that God has granted forgiveness to those imprisoned

                       Luke 4:19d
 

• • ​To declare that God has granted wholistic healing 

                       Luke 4:18e

• Sent to send the broken in their forgiveness

             Luke 4:18f

• Sent to declare restoration back to our rightful inheritance of life

             Luke 4:19

• Though not to those who refuse to accept it.

             Luke 4:20-30

For next week’s message: Read and reflect on Matthew 5:17-6:1.

Things to Consider:

1. What insight does the understanding of the Year of Jubilee shed on your understanding of Jesus’ mission?
2. How did the Nazarenes’ familiarity with Jesus prevent them from accepting Him for who He was; the Messiah?
3. To what degree does your familiarity with Jesus hinder you from seeing something new in Him or receiving something new from Him?
4. How might you go about “removing those scales from your own eyes?”
5. Does the Good News move you? If not, why not? If so, in what way does it move you to respond?
6. Spend some time seeking God, to determine how He might want you to respond to this message.

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