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Excerpted from: Freedom and Unleavened Bread

We will finish on this scripture in Luke 4; because we have what I think in one sense is Jesus Christ's specific purpose statement for His ministry.

Every one of those things has to do with words. Everything that came out of Him came out of an absolutely pure heart. He said, "I'm going to preach the gospel to the poor." The poor are those deprived or powerless, and the reason for this was to give them vision, to give them hope. That's the first thing Moses told the Israelites—"We're going to go to our own land. We're going to be free."

Then Christ said, "We're going to heal the brokenhearted." He means those whose hearts are broken in terms of repentance. So He says, "I'm going to take care of all the past mistakes. I'm going to heal you. I'm going to give you comfort so you start out the journey in good condition, spiritually."

He said, "We're going to preach deliverance to the captives." He's going to inspire enthusiasm and give hope for a bright future. He's going to give recovery of the sight to the blind. He's going to give truth, and therefore direction, and clear thinking to people. He's going to set them at liberty. He's going to forgive them their sins and keep them free. He's going to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, so the time is now, and instill them with urgency—every one of them working on our mind.

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Cyrus: God's Anointed
Implications of the Gospel of the Kingdom
Leadership and Covenants (Part Eleven): Signs
The Beatitudes, Part One: The Sermon on the Mount
The Duality of Prophecy
The Fourth Commandment (Part Two): Christ's Attitude Toward the Sabbath

Bible Studies
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing a Man Born Blind (Part Two)

Essays
Consider Before You Speak

Sermons
God's Powerful Gospel
Preternatural, Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural (Part One)
Sight to the Blind
The Healing of a Man Born Blind (Part Two)
Jesus Christ's Trial (Part Two)
Imagining The Garden of Eden (Part 5)
Do You Recognize This Man? (Part 3)
Freedom, Liberty, and Bondage
A Son Is Given
Liberty Through Self-Control
Jesus on the Holy Spirit
Christian Service
Jehu: A Type for Today
Fall Feast Lessons
The Fourth Commandment (Part 2)
It IS All About Government
When is the Year of Release (Shemitah)?
The Temptations of Christ: Behold, the Lamb of God
Christ's Mission Statement
Liberty Under the Law
From Both Sides Now and the Feast of Tabernacles
From Both Sides Now and the Feast of Tabernacles

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