Luke 4
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7:00-7:45
Announcements, Prayer and New Song
[Start Class at 7:05]
Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus?
Activity: In Groups of 3-5, play the 2 truths and a lie
You have 5 minutes total for your entire group. The winner will then come up front and we will try to guess what the lie is.
[7:10]
Discussion:
Even if you know some stuff about the people around you, you don’t know everything. And you spend more time with them than you do reading about Jesus. As we study the Gospel of Luke, this is more than just reading some text or learning some facts, this is about learning who Jesus is, what he did, what he taught, what he cares about, and how learning what it’s supposed to look like to be one of his disciples.
Review from last week.
Review from last week.
Review over what we learned last time.
Review over what we learned last time.
Luke-Acts written by Luke
The birth of Jesus showed the desire that God wants to connect with humanity.
John the Baptist was born within a few months of Jesus, and he came into the world to prepare the way for Jesus.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
Jesus Begins His Ministry
This week:
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
Important aspects of Jesus’ baptism
Important aspects of Jesus’ baptism
In the Old Testament, King’s were anointed as King. This is the moment that Jesus is shown to be the messiah king.
In the Old Testament, when King’s were anointed, God would give him the Spirit. God gives Jesus his Spirit.
God affirms that Jesus is his Son.
This sets up baptism as a way for us to enter into Christ, since he was baptized first.
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Luke 4:
The Spirit Leads Jesus into the wilderness where he is tempted
He has a showdown with Satan
Will he stay true to the purpose of being here? Or will he compromise on his mission?
Jesus officially begins his mission
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Luke 4:14-
But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
This is a quote from the Old Testament
Isaiah 61:
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
The word used for poor means aflicted
afflicted (person) n. — a person who has been the victim of some pain, injury, or harm, either physically or mentally; often associated with recurring treatment or events.
And then the word for liberty was the word that was used for the jubilee
The jubilee was commanded to the people in
And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.
Every 50th year was the year of Jubilee
It was a year when everyone was set free
If you had a debt and had been working as a servant in a house, that household had to set you free from your work on the year of Jubilee
Even people’s lands were to be returned to them. If it was family land, but the family had a debt, so they loaned out the land… it was returned
Jesus came for the sake of the those who are poor or afflicted in life to set them free from their bondage
Getting to Know Jesus
What does this tell us about who Jesus is? What does it tell us about what Jesus cares about?
What does this tell us about who Jesus is? What does it tell us about what Jesus cares about?
If we are followers of Jesus, what or who should we care about?
When we are slaves to sin, what does Jesus think about us?