to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
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… the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. Such a wonderful, wonderful verse, And really what he's saying is, he's saying, listen, the Holy Spirit is upon me. I know the Holy Spirit lives in us. As I've stated countless times through the years, the Holy Spirit is in me for my sake, but he rests upon me for yours. We have to understand that when the Spirit of God comes upon us, it's always for action. It's always for impact. It's always to change something. We've been privileged to step into the middle of an impossibility. We may not know what's supposed to happen. …
… to proclaim freedom for the captives. So cowboy fans. And release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all those who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion. I love this. To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. God's freedom in your life is not so that you can get recognition. It's so that God can get recognition. Knowing that we cannot set ourself free, we needed a greater man and a greater power to break the chain and set us free. And so I want to preach a message today. Write down the title. it's called Thank God I'm Free. Thank God I'm Free. And I don't know about you, but anybody get a little bit of that sense today? Thank God I'm Free. Come on, clap if you're free today. Free to clap. …
… and he stops at a comma he was supposed to keep reading he didn't he wound up stopping in his reading and the gospels tell us with that to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. By the way, aren't you glad he paused and handed that scroll back? Because what if he would have kept reading? And the day of vengeance of our God. Do you see that comma that's in the brackets there? That's where you and I have been living. That's where 2,000 years have been sitting right there in that white box. Jesus hands it back. Everybody, all their eyes are fixed upon him. And Jesus says, today is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And then they got it. Wow. A comma, a pause. Ezekiel chapter 20, verse 40. For on my holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, in case you have any doubts, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve me. …
… There is always multiplication, always abundance, always flourishing, always rest. I'm going to end with Isaiah 61 verses 1-3 pointing to Jesus. maybe hold your hands out in a posture of receiving the spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all who mourn. Are you mourning today? To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. This is Jesus. This is our savior. This is the God of all coming in human flesh as a tiny little poppy seed. …