Sermons onIsaiah 61

His Name Shall Be

• 4:21Isaiah 61

  And he read the scroll from the prophet Isaiah that was given to him. And unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written. This is Isaiah 61. Words that you have already heard read today and words that you have already heard sung today. The spirit of the Lord is upon me. He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind,

• 8:47Isaiah 61

  God in his sovereignty points Jesus exactly to this very scripture in Isaiah 61. There's a reason that our boys and our girls have sung of this scripture. There's a reason where we read this scripture at Advent because this is an anointed word of the Lord himself. And let's look exactly at exactly what Jesus Christ says. He says in verse 18,

Isaiah

• 0:57Isaiah 61

  So with that, we are going to look at Isaiah 61. We as a community of faith have been journeying through Isaiah for the last several months. And we were really with ashes walking through the first 39 chapters. And then something happens after chapter 39. There's a…

• 1:33Isaiah 61

  And so now we pick up again on this idea that the Messiah is coming. And this grace is sufficient. Isaiah 61. If you would like to turn to the Pew Bible, it's page 657. 657 in the Pew Bibles there today. I've often wondered what it would be like to actually live in Scripture. That's where my imagination goes.

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Reformation: 5 statements that form/faith

• 28:10Isaiah 61

  This is explained beautifully in Isaiah 61, verse 10. Isaiah the prophet in the Old Testament. There is grace in the Old Testament. There's mercy in the Old Testament. Why? Because the God today was the God then. I greatly rejoice in the Lord. I exalt in my God for he has clothed me in garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness. As a groom wears a turban

• 26:11Isaiah 61

  Because we know what true freedom is. We proclaim freedom as Christians. We show what true freedom is. And then lastly, in Isaiah, we point people to the source of freedom. We point people to the source of freedom. In Isaiah 61, this is a passage Jesus Christ uses.

• 26:22Isaiah 61

  And he says this in Isaiah 61, verse 1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me. The word anointed in the Hebrew is messiach. Sound familiar? Messiah. He is the Messiah. What is the Messiah? It is the one who is anointed. Anointed by who? The heavenly Father anointed his only son to save the world. And he anointed him this way, to preach good tidings to the poor.

Luke (That you may know)

• 30:32Isaiah 61

  That's for those who are saved and those who are on the fence. Our fallen nature leads us into a place of rejection. But, but there's hope. I want you to listen to the words of Isaiah 51. Jesus actually reads Isaiah 61, but Isaiah 51 brings this out to us. That his rejection brings you and I redemption. He was despised and rejected by men. A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.

• 20:28Isaiah 61

  …to remove your guilt and relieve your grief. He, He is in that business. You're still alive, and He's got work for us to do. God is not through with you. The rest of your life can be the best of your life. I love what Isaiah 61 says. Listen to what it says. To all who mourn, He will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of heaviness.