A WORK PROGRAMME OF
JESUS, THE KINGDOM
An explanation of His Mission manifesto.
The magnacarta, The Visiting Card. (PACKAGE
DEAL)
Lk. 4/ 18-21, Is 61/ 1-5. * The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me.
He has anointed me;
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To preach the Good News to the poor
To proclaim freedom to the prisoners
To give recovery of sight to the blind
To release the oppressed
To proclaim the year of the Lord*** Inauguration of
the KG
(A package deal)
A package deal- He worked by;
• * DEATH ON THE CROSS
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*RESURECTION,
*GLORIFICATION
*12 APOSTLES
* AND SENDING OUT
1. Preach Good News to the poor:
• Poor means not that they are not wealthy. But slavery
has come to an end.
• Jesus is the good harbinger..because ‘kairos’ the
moment of salvation has arrived.
• God has taken pity on the oppressed and sent a savior
who proclaims the entire salvation of the person and
of the society.
Poor are those who recognize and live their
poverty before God.
Without God we cannot do anything.
Lazar means God is my protection.
• (William Ampere, “ I have found Jesus of Nazareth as
my Personal God and savior)
• 1 Cor 4/7 “Everything is gratuitous gift, you have
nothing to boast.
• Rev.3/17 “ I am rich, don’t say. Be humble and
grateful to God.
2. Freedom for prisoners. (Interior freedom)
• Jesus is the Liberator, who has broken the fetters
within;
• fear,
hatred,
resentments,
• bitterness,
distress, selfishness,
• envy,
divisions.
2. Freedom for prisoners. (Interior freedom)
• The truth revealed by Jesus Christ, (Jn 8/32) Set us free
from all these
• –ve feelings and these sorts of bondages.
• (Mt.11/28-29), not to get angry, calm, self control..
(Story of Socrates, and his Angry wife ….)
• Jn. 8/36, Jesus liberates you. Jesus youth, blue films on
the internet…
3. Sight to the blind, ( means to reveal, the meaning
of life)
• It is not physical blindness….
• But people who are groping in the dark. Jn.8/12,
they don’t know the truth
• Ignorance of all sorts/ sins.
• Jesus is the wisdom of God.
3. Sight to the blind, ( means to reveal, the meaning of life)
• Story; Guru asked, “when do you say that darkness is over and
sun has risen?
• Dis. 1. when I can recognize goat and a dog
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2. When I differenciate an Oak tree and a cycamore
tree.……
• Guru, No, look in the eyes of a person and recognise him as
your brother.…...
4. Release of the oppressed. (External Freedom)
• Unjust system produces environment of sin
• Where the freedom of men is limitted. Jesus forced to
change the unjust structures and systems
• Sabbath laws. Rules to suppress, prostitutes, Tax
collectors, oppressive systems, lepers, poor.
4. Release of the oppressed. (External Freedom)
• Story; Abraham Lincoln and the slave girl…
• Jesus ransomed us by His life, His blood
YEAR OF THE LORDS FAVORS
(Release from debts)
• Jublee year celebrated, All debts are redeemed,
properties returned to the original owners, debts
cancelled, offences pardoned. Lev. 25/8-17. Time is
fulfilled, kairos.
• THIS IS THE DAY OF SALVATION