Sentences with phrase «to bring good news to the poor»

Spiritual Gifts for Liberation Why do you think bringing good news to the poor is so central to authentic biblical Christianity?

Old Testament Prophecy: «The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor.

But when Jesus began his public ministry, he read his mission statement: «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor... To set free the oppressed.»

Though we must read on to understand the full gospel, if we seek to follow his example and teaching, we must bring good news to the poor and set free the oppressed.

Jesus stands to read, «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor... to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.»

In announcing his mission in Nazareth he read from Isaiah: «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

How, then, would he bring good news to the poor or freedom to the oppressed?

Luke adds that he was «filled with the power of the Spirit» when he returned to Galilee, and that when he read from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth he began with the passage that said, «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor» (Luke 4:14 - 18).

How could you use your spiritual gifts to bring good news to the poor?

He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

We must not forget the words Jesus took from the prophet Isaiah as the definition of his mission: «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

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 bring good news to the poor.

Jesus, who came to bring good news to the poor and let the oppressed go free, who embodied the Jeremiah 23 dream of one who would «reign as king and deal wisely, and... execute justice and righteousness in the land,» would have hated those rich boys too, we think.

Or maybe some of them had been present in the synagogue in Nazareth when Jesus said, «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor» (Luke 4:18).

Polycarp followed Jesus Christ faithfully according to his understanding of Jesus; today to follow Jesus Christ with faith in Him is to do what Jesus did: «to bring good news to the poor... to proclaim liberty to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people».

Jesus revealed a different kind of heart, one whose mission was «to bring good news to the poor... release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind.»

But Jesus said, «The Spirit of the Lord has sent me to bring good news to the poor and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.