Jesus

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Jesus Manifesto
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Thats what Jesus ministry was aimed at! This is
his manifesto! This is the programme for his life
and death.
And so this is what the church should be about
today
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What we are about to study took place in Galilee
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the baptism
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the eighteenth
Shema
sung some psalms
reading from the Torah
Haphtara
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
he was filled, he was anointed, he depended upon
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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So what was that ministry as Jesus saw it?
he will preach good news to the poor.
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The gospel is always related to human need. It is
never truth in a vacuum
The gospel is God's truth, God's action, aimed at
a particular human need.
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So when we proclaim the gospel in the same power
of the same Spirit that gospel needs to be
targeted in the first place at the need of people
in need.
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aphesis.
forgiveness is more than just saying "your sins
are forgiven". It includes releasing or freeing
people from whatever has captured them, or
whatever has oppressed them.
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it would also include those in bondage to
addictions, or those oppressed by abusive
situations.
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sin and guilt
slavery or captivity to the law
fear
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And those should be words that we take outside to
the captives in our streets, in our schools, in
our work places.
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recovery of sight to the blind.
Satan blinds by keeping their eyes fixed on the
things of this world.
others are blinded by false religions.
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Satan blinding people by seducing them to an
outward form of Christianity.
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But thats our call. That is what Jesus did and
it what he wants us to be doing in 2010.