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[547.36 --> 547.82] picks out,
[547.86 --> 548.30] and he says,
[548.38 --> 548.84] it's here.
[549.66 --> 550.62] In other gospels,
[550.70 --> 551.58] obviously we hear it
[551.58 --> 552.42] here in different words.
[552.80 --> 553.68] When Jesus starts
[553.68 --> 554.20] his ministry
[554.20 --> 555.62] in the other gospels,
[555.62 --> 556.58] he just simply says,
[556.70 --> 557.02] repent,
[557.52 --> 558.84] for the kingdom of God
[558.84 --> 559.42] is here,
[559.70 --> 560.28] is near.
[561.18 --> 561.74] Here,
[561.98 --> 563.08] in the gospel of Luke,
[563.60 --> 564.52] Jesus points out
[564.52 --> 565.98] from the prophet Isaiah
[565.98 --> 566.84] and he says,
[566.94 --> 568.36] the year of the Lord's favor
[568.36 --> 569.20] is fulfilled
[569.20 --> 570.34] upon your hearing.
[570.98 --> 572.38] And it is the release,
[572.58 --> 573.02] the freedom
[573.02 --> 574.18] of captives,
[574.66 --> 575.04] prisoners,
[575.32 --> 576.24] the blind receive
[576.24 --> 576.84] their sight.
[577.84 --> 578.62] And the poor
[578.62 --> 579.98] are comforted
[579.98 --> 580.90] because they know
[580.90 --> 582.84] now God is here
[582.84 --> 585.24] in the flesh.
[585.76 --> 586.20] In Jesus,
[586.34 --> 587.66] he's dwelling with us.
[588.66 --> 589.36] And so what Jesus
[589.36 --> 590.12] is preaching,
[591.12 --> 592.40] this is what he's
[592.40 --> 593.24] going to live out.
[593.74 --> 595.22] The how of God's,
[595.22 --> 596.52] how God's kingdom
[596.52 --> 597.60] is established
[597.60 --> 598.34] on earth.
[599.10 --> 599.58] And so,
[599.92 --> 600.50] in a nutshell,
[601.14 --> 601.96] this is what Jesus'
[602.20 --> 603.06] ministry looks like
[603.06 --> 603.54] on earth.
[604.56 --> 604.88] Jesus,
[605.06 --> 606.14] anointed with God's
[606.14 --> 606.80] Holy Spirit,
[606.98 --> 607.92] invites the poor,
[608.20 --> 609.14] invites the prisoners,
[609.14 --> 610.22] invites the blind,
[610.54 --> 611.54] the outsiders,
[611.94 --> 612.46] the sinners,
[612.70 --> 614.48] into the family of God.
[615.26 --> 615.58] How?
[616.00 --> 616.32] Again,
[616.72 --> 617.62] through his life,
[617.76 --> 618.44] word, and deed,
[619.34 --> 620.64] rooted in the love of God,
[620.84 --> 621.98] he invites sinners,
[622.38 --> 622.88] outsiders,
[623.14 --> 624.38] into his family.
[625.74 --> 626.22] And so,
[626.30 --> 626.94] he's preaching,
[627.12 --> 627.36] again,
[627.48 --> 628.18] he's preaching
[628.18 --> 629.32] what he's going
[629.32 --> 630.20] to be living out.
[630.90 --> 632.08] And this is a key
[632.08 --> 633.00] takeaway for us
[633.00 --> 633.56] here today.
[634.08 --> 635.16] As Christians,
[635.72 --> 636.58] our faith,
[636.88 --> 637.94] and being a Christian,
[638.12 --> 638.94] being a follower
[638.94 --> 639.72] of Christ,
[639.90 --> 640.98] is not just about
[640.98 --> 641.70] head knowledge.
[642.70 --> 643.74] It's not just about
[643.74 --> 644.94] knowing and believing
[644.94 --> 645.72] in a collection
[645.72 --> 647.32] of religious information
[647.32 --> 648.02] and ideas
[648.02 --> 649.08] about some sort of deity.
[650.40 --> 651.30] Our identity
[651.30 --> 652.04] as Christians
[652.04 --> 653.52] is to follow him
[653.52 --> 655.00] with our whole lives,
[655.20 --> 657.14] not just with our minds.
[658.90 --> 660.10] And I don't know
[660.10 --> 660.72] if you've gotten,
[661.16 --> 662.24] if you got the chance
[662.24 --> 662.78] to listen to
[662.78 --> 663.58] Caden's testimony
[663.58 --> 664.46] that we recorded
[664.46 --> 665.02] on podcast,
[665.24 --> 666.36] so for his baptism.