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[221.54 --> 222.56] were fastened on him. |
[223.18 --> 224.60] He began by saying to them, |
[225.30 --> 228.72] Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. |
[230.02 --> 230.38] Amen. |
[230.38 --> 230.50] Amen. |
[232.44 --> 233.94] And so, if you've been with us |
[233.94 --> 235.12] for the last number of weeks, |
[235.44 --> 237.14] during what we call in our church, |
[237.36 --> 238.10] or in the church, |
[238.24 --> 239.48] in Christian tradition, |
[239.64 --> 241.02] we call it the Advent season, |
[241.32 --> 242.24] a season of waiting. |
[242.74 --> 243.68] And in that season, |
[243.80 --> 245.84] we reflected on the birth of our Savior |
[245.84 --> 247.22] through the songs that we looked at |
[247.22 --> 248.30] in the Gospel of Luke. |
[248.74 --> 250.02] So the birth narrative |
[250.02 --> 251.32] in the Gospel of Luke |
[251.32 --> 252.56] portrays for us |
[252.56 --> 254.52] what we might expect |
[254.52 --> 256.18] of God's gracious visitation. |
[256.44 --> 257.06] So the what, |
[257.14 --> 258.06] the content of it, |
[258.06 --> 259.36] why did Jesus come? |
[259.88 --> 261.90] The what of it is the good news |
[261.90 --> 264.82] of the fulfillment of God's redemptive plans |
[264.82 --> 265.48] for the world. |
[266.34 --> 268.56] The coming of the long-awaited Messiah, |
[268.98 --> 270.26] the anointed one of God, |
[270.42 --> 272.64] to defeat the curse of sin once and for all. |
[273.28 --> 275.94] That is the what of Jesus |
[275.94 --> 278.90] and what Christmas is really about. |
[279.36 --> 281.48] So that's the what that we got to witness to |
[281.48 --> 283.00] in the birth narratives. |
[283.62 --> 285.20] And now, as we see Jesus |
[285.20 --> 286.68] beginning his adult ministry |
[286.68 --> 288.20] in today's Luke text, |
[288.58 --> 291.06] we get to see how God's plan |
[291.06 --> 292.44] of redemption would be achieved. |
[293.40 --> 295.76] And this is how Jesus starts his ministry, |
[296.50 --> 298.56] which I want to suggest for us this morning. |
[298.62 --> 300.88] As we hear God's word for us, |
[301.58 --> 303.90] it's the same calling that we have, |
[303.98 --> 305.30] just as Jesus was called, |
[305.60 --> 307.94] as he was anointed by God's Holy Spirit |
[307.94 --> 311.52] to bring the Lord's, |
[312.00 --> 314.34] the ear of the Lord's favor to us |
[314.34 --> 315.04] here on earth. |
[316.22 --> 317.34] And so simply put, |
[317.42 --> 318.52] the text that we read, |
[318.96 --> 321.20] the proclamation that Jesus makes in Luke 4, |
[321.58 --> 323.06] gives us a picture of Jesus |
[323.06 --> 324.48] through the power and guidance |
[324.48 --> 325.22] of the Holy Spirit, |
[325.54 --> 327.38] bringing God's kingdom on earth |
[327.38 --> 330.04] through his life, word, and deed. |
[330.58 --> 331.82] Through his life, |
[332.24 --> 333.64] his words, and his deeds. |
[334.46 --> 335.86] And this is God initiating |
[335.86 --> 336.96] the fullness of his plan, |
[337.06 --> 338.10] the grand narrative |
[338.10 --> 339.80] of the whole biblical story. |
[340.18 --> 341.04] That's our faith. |
[341.36 --> 342.62] That's the whole story |
[342.62 --> 345.64] of how God comes to save the world |
[345.64 --> 347.40] from its brokenness and sin. |
[348.60 --> 351.86] And this plan includes us as well. |
[353.48 --> 354.86] Isn't that good news for us? |
[355.70 --> 357.32] God's redemptive plans |
[357.32 --> 358.54] for the whole world |
[358.54 --> 360.34] includes you and me. |
[360.34 --> 362.90] And so, |
[363.68 --> 364.70] beyond that, |
[364.78 --> 365.74] the good news for us |
[365.74 --> 367.56] as God invites us into his family, |
[368.26 --> 370.12] even through our life, |
[370.34 --> 371.10] word, and deed, |
[372.16 --> 373.82] even in all its shortcomings |
[373.82 --> 374.66] and brokenness, |
[374.68 --> 375.98] and there is plenty of that, |
[376.44 --> 378.16] God still invites us |
[378.16 --> 379.36] and uses us |
[379.36 --> 380.88] to bring about his kingdom, |
[381.32 --> 382.78] the year of the Lord's favor. |
[383.02 --> 384.80] And we get to proclaim that with him. |
[384.80 --> 388.24] We too, |
[388.52 --> 389.22] by the empowering |
[389.22 --> 390.46] of God's Holy Spirit, |
[390.96 --> 392.70] are freed from depravity, |
[393.00 --> 393.42] oppression, |
[393.78 --> 394.38] and blindness |
[394.38 --> 395.60] through Jesus our Savior. |
[396.60 --> 396.92] And so, |
[396.98 --> 397.76] that's the proclamation |
[397.76 --> 398.82] that Jesus makes |
[398.82 --> 400.26] about the year of the Lord's favor |
[400.26 --> 401.96] that we get to make with him. |
[402.18 --> 403.76] And as we enter this new year, |
[403.96 --> 404.84] that's the encouragement |
[404.84 --> 406.12] that I want to leave us with. |
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