Questions
Why did Jesus come to earth?
How would you answer that question?
In Luke 4, at the beginning of Jesus ministry there are a couple different statements that are given in a way to define his ministry or lay out a purpose for Him.
Vs.18-19, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Reread those verses slowly paying attention to every word.
(OK, when did it shift that the gospel was for those in power, rather than those who were poor, prisoned, blind, oppressed?)
The second verse in that chapter that presents purpose, is vs. 43, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."
So were you right? Was your answer to why Jesus came to earth similar?
It seems like 95% of my life I never heard or noticed this . . . why?
How would you answer that question?
In Luke 4, at the beginning of Jesus ministry there are a couple different statements that are given in a way to define his ministry or lay out a purpose for Him.
Vs.18-19, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Reread those verses slowly paying attention to every word.
(OK, when did it shift that the gospel was for those in power, rather than those who were poor, prisoned, blind, oppressed?)
The second verse in that chapter that presents purpose, is vs. 43, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."
So were you right? Was your answer to why Jesus came to earth similar?
It seems like 95% of my life I never heard or noticed this . . . why?
3 Comments:
Jon, if you would stop reading the Bible and stop asking questions, my life would continue on status quo.
I don't have an answer on this one. I'm probably the world's most uneducated person when it comes to the bible...it's something I'm working on though.
I still enjoy reading your posts.
Aaron . . . yeah, mine too. It would be easier, but I don't know if I could live with myself.
Krystyn . . . Good to see you again. =) And thanks for reading. It is interesting that being "educated" in the Bible hasn't always had the result in my life being more like Jesus'. I am working on that though, so we are in the same boat.
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