THE WORK OF CHRIST
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
HIS ANOINTING
V:1a. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me.
A. This verse shows the existence of the Holy Trinity.
1. Two words are
used for God the Father
a. Lord =
Adonay, which is the "I AM", the proper name
b. God = Yehovih,
which is He who is or He who will be who He will be
B. God the Holy
Spirit = ruwach= wind or breath.
1. Notice that
the Spirit was upon Him not in Him
2. God the Holy
Spirit represents power.
3. Jesus walked
the earth with all power.
4. He had the
authority to do what He was charged to do.
C. The "ME"
in the verse in God the Son, Jesus Christ.
1. Isaiah spoke
of the unity of God the Father, God the Holy Spirit and
God the Son.
2. One God in three persons.
HIS MISSION
V:1b. " Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound;
A. To proclaim the Good News.
1. In the Garden
of Eden, God promised victory over sin would come in
human flesh
through a woman's seed. Gen 3:15.
2. The promise was
a super natural being in a super natural
way since a woman does
not have a seed.
3. The promise was
the woman's seed would defeat the serpent; Satan.
4. The Good News is
God fulfills His promises.
5. The Good News is
that God will redeem man from his sins.
B. Those selected to receive the Good News;
1. The meek.
a. The humble
b. Those who
think low things of themselves.
2. The broken
hearted.
a The ones who
are convicted of their sins and grieves over them.
b. Jesus came
to relieve them of their grief with His atoning death.
c. Jesus
provides full forgiveness.
3. The captives.
a. Israel
was commanded to celebrate a year of Jubilee every 50 years,
in which all
land was returned to the original owners, all debts were
cancelled and
any slaves set free.
b. Jesus first
coming set all believers free from the bondage of sin.
c. Jesus created
in us a new heart which set us free from the world's ways.
d. We are set
free from bondage of unforgiveness
e. We are set
free from the sadness of this world.
f. We are set
free from hatred.
g. We are set
free to love our families as well as our enemies.
HIS FIRST COMING
V;2a. "To
proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
A. The first coming of Christ is the acceptable year of the
Lord.
1. Those who
accept Christ as the personal Lord and Savior are living
in the year of
Jubilee.
2. Christ death
on the cross was the victory over Satan.
B. We have been set
free to enjoy eternal life with Christ Jesus.
1. We are free of
all our worries if we trust the Word of God.
2. We have
protection from Satan and his demons.
3. We have the
ability to enjoy all the promises of God.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
V:2b.-3 "And the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting
of the Lord, that he might be glorified."
A. At the second coming of Christ . The Church will be taken
up to
reign with Christ
( 1 Thes 4:16 -18)
1. Christ will do
battle with Satan who will be doomed to the eternal hell. (Rev 20:3)
2. A New Israel
will grow up in Jerusalem in the
one thousand year reign of
of Christ. (Rev 20).
3. Satan will be
bound, so the new Israel
will grow up in the righteousness of God.
4. With sin put
completely to rest, the Father will be glorified by His people.
B. Praise will be the nature of the new Israel .
1. Everything that
has breath will praise the Lord.
2. Every head will
bow and every knee shall bend in His presence.
LIFE WITH CHRIST
Verse 4. And they
shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations,
and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
A. A life without Christ is a life of ruin.
1. The nation of Israel
was reduced to ruins do to their disobedience of God's
commands.
2. The temple in Jerusalem
and the city was burned to the ground.
B. True life only
exist in Christ Jesus.
1. Those who
accept Christ as their Lord and Savior are created
new in Him.
2. Old things are
past away and life of peace, joy and abundance begins.
3. Jesus is the
way, the truth and the life. John 14:6
LIFE IN THE MILLENNIUM
KINGDOM
V:8. " For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for
burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them."
A. Jesus established a new covenant in His blood for all
believers. Luke 22:20
1. His death on
the cross was the ratification of the New Covenant.
2. The New
Covenant fulfilled all the requirements of the Law.
3. The New
Covenant paved the way for all believers to inherit eternal
life.
B. The Jews as a
nation did not take part in the New Covenant because of their
unbelief.
1. They were to
involved in their traditions to see Jesus as the promised Messiah
and the Son
of God.
2. At the end of
the Church age, all nonbelievers will endure the tribulation
in which much
of the earth and most of those left will not survive. Mark 13:20
3. God will save a
remnant of Jews to rebuild His nation of
chosen Jews. Isa 10:20,
Rom 9:27
ITS GOD THAT BRINGS BLESSINGS
V:9. " And their seed shall be known among the
Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed."
A. Some Jews and Gentiles will survive the tribulation
described in Revelation chapters
6-17.
1. The first born
of the Church was the Jews, because of their rejection of Christ
as Lord and
Savior, the Gospel was taken to the Gentiles.
Acts 13:46 , Rom 1:16
2. During the
Millennium reign of Christ, the Jews will return to their
first son
position.
3. The Jews will be
known by other nations that grow up in the Millennium as the
promised seed of Abraham. Gen 17:4
B. The purpose of the Millennium reign of Christ is to bring
Israel to faith
in Him.
1. The Church Age ends without the faith of the Jews
in Christ.
2. The Millennium
reign begins with Jews faith in Christ.
3. God is in no
hurry to fulfill His promises, but they will be fulfilled.
4. We must not get
weary doing God's work, because He will fulfill
His promises
to us.
ENJOYING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
V:10. " I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul
shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom
decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her
jewels."
A. Everyday when we awake, we should start with praise and
thanksgiving.
1. We should
reflect on how good the Lord is to us.
2. His greatest
gift to us is His only Son.
a. For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in
Him shall not parish by have eternal life.
b. The Father
gave us the gift of salvation when we were incapable of asking for it.
c. While we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
3. Notice, Isaiah
talks about what God did for us, not what we have done for God.
4. God provide our
salvation and a knowledge of righteousness through His Word.
a. We have no
part in our salvation.
b. It is all about God's sovereign plan for our
lives.
B. We ought to be forever grateful that the blood of Jesus
continues to cover our sins.
1. Before God we
are filthy rags. But the righteousness of Jesus is imputed to us.
2. Jesus is the
bridegroom and we are His bride.
3. Jesus has made
us clean before the Father with His blood.
THE PRAISE OF THE LORD
V:11. " For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as
the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord
God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations."
A. Jesus death on the Cross says a numbers of things about
us, the Church.
1. We have worth.
We are worth the death of Jesus on the
cross
2. We have a
purpose, Purpose is to glorify God the Father
3. We have a
mission. Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
B. We are commanded to study the Word so that we can rightly
divide the Word,
1. God expects us
to grow in the Spirit.
2. Our lives should
imitate Jesus Christ.
3. We should bear
the fruit of love.
4. We should bear
the fruit of forgiveness.
5. We should bear
the fruit of service.
6. We should bear
the fruit of encouragement.
7. We should bear
the fruit of righteousness.
8. We should bear
the fruit of the Gospel.
9. We should bear the fruit of repentance.
10. We should bear
the fruit of role modeling for Christ.
WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD WITH
OUR ACTIONS NOT JUST OUR WORDS
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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