JESUS MINISTERED TO THE OPPRESSED<br /><br /> Jesus explains the Gospel He came to proclaim. What is amazing is that in His reading from Scripture, He ties together the words of Isaiah 61, with Isaiah 58:6, and explains the way we are to look at those we live around. Everyone needs the Gospel no matter what they look like on the outside. Everyone is born oppressed, impoverished, and spiritually blind.<br />Jesus came as the Messiah to those who were bankrupted and impoverished spiritually and they know it. Jesus came to rescue those who know they are on God’s death row for their sins awaiting eternal execution. Jesus came to heal those who know that they were born handicapped by spiritual blindness. That is the first part of v. 18. But the last line is where we need to look.<br /><br />SEEING PEOPLE THROUGH CHRIST'S EYES<br /><br />Jesus came finally to those who are “oppressed”. The word Jesus uses here speaks of not someone in jail or prison. Rather it is used for someone that is imprisoned by life. People are overwhelmed by the pains of life. Someone overwhelmed by abusive relationships. Someone overwhelmed by illness, financial woes, and all the other endless struggles of life. They are overwhelmed, afflicted, joyless, hopeless, and empty: and they know it.<br />Those are the ones that Jesus came to save as Messiah. The poor bankrupted-spiritually sinners who know their lives, their choices, and their sins have made them worthy of eternal imprisonment in God’s maximum security pace of punishment facing the vengeance of a Holy God.<br />Jesus left us to share the Gospel of salvation. We point people to Jesus who said in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." <br /><br />BAR-2015-04 - Ephesus In Acts (150906PM) - <a href="https://youtu.be/KqaGqEdDtsk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/KqaGqEdDtsk</a><br /><br />Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join</a><br /><br />Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date:<br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/</a><br /><br />DTBM Academy Courses:<br /><a href="https://dtbmonline.org/all-video-courses/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dtbmonline.org/all-video-courses/</a><br />Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources:<br />E-Books: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy</a><br /><br />Here are links to our Amazon Pages--<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm</a> <br /><br />Donate to the ministry: <a href="https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/</a><br /><br />For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages go to: <a href="https://dtbm.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dtbm.org/</a><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/KqaGqEdDtsk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/KqaGqEdDtsk</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaGqEdDtsk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaGqEdDtsk</a>