True of Him! True of You?

TOPIC: Christ-likeness

SCRIPTURE: "The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me because God anointed me. He sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the heartbroken, Announce freedom to all captives, pardon all prisoners. God sent me to announce the year of his grace..." (Isaiah 61:1-2)

OBSERVATION: In Luke 4:18-19 Jesus quoted these words. As he read to the people, he stopped in the middle of 61:2 after the words, "the time of the LORD'S favor has come." Rolling up the scroll, he said, "This scripture has come true today before your very eyes!" (Luke 4:21).

APPLICATION: Christian means to be Christ like.
Some questions for you:
#1.) Is the Spirit of the Lord upon you?
#2.) Has He anointed you?

If unsure, maybe these will help:
#1.) Are you bringing good new to the afflicted?
#2.) Are you binding up the brokenhearted?
#3.) Are you proclaiming liberty to the captives?
#4.) Are you declaring freedom to the prisoners?
#5.) Are you proclaiming the favorable year of the Lord?

All of these things were true of him and his ministry

Remember John the baptist while in prison sent his disciples to ask Jesus this question, "Are you the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?" (Matthew 11:2-3)
Look at Jesus' answer:
Go back to John & tell him about what you have seen & heard
#1.) The Blind See
#2.) The lame walk
#3.) The lepers are cured
#4.) The deaf hear
#5.) The dead are raised to life
#6.) The good news is being preached to the poor

All of these things were true of Him
Are they true of you?

PRAYER: Father God, thank you for revealing to me afresh and anew what my ministry is suppose to look like.