Proclaiming Good News! Isaiah 61:1-7

1. The Anointing: Jesus, Filled and Anointed!

Jesus, Anointed with the Oil of Gladness.

Hebrews 1:9 “YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

Jesus Anointed to do Good and Heal the Oppressed.

Acts 10:38 “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

2. The Gospel: Proclaimed to the Poor and Afflicted.

Matthew 4:23

Matthew 5:3-5 Poor In Spirit: Spiritual Bankruptcy!

⎫ The Gospel Proclaimed to the Poor in Spirit!

Romans 3:23 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 5:12 Just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Good News: Romans 5:6-8 Good News that God does for you and me what we could not do for ourselves!

⎫ The Poor in Spirit Mourn Over their Present State and Future Destiny. (Which is Not Good)
⎫ The Mourners Are Comforted and Changed!

How is the Gospel Embraced?

We Believe! Romans 10:5-13 – We Believe and Confess Jesus as Lord!

Romans 1:16 – The Power of the Gospel to those Who Believe!

We Are Filled with the Spirit!
Acts 1:8 You shall Receive Power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the uttermost parts of the earth!

We Go, Bringing the Good News to the Poor! Romans 10:14-16