Luke 4:18, “To proclaim liberty to the captives and to set at liberty those who are oppressed.” In Luke 4:18 Jesus announces His mission. He came to bring freedom to those who are oppressed. Oppression is defined as an external pressure from the enemy against a person’s mind, emotions, body, or circumstances. Jesus delivers us from the bondage and stranglehold of sin. Sin enslaves. Romans 6:6 says, “knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” Jesus breaks every chain. When He stepped into a room demons trembled. In Mark 1:23-26 Jesus sets a man free of an unclean spirit in the synagogue. Mark 1:23-26 reads, “Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, saying, ‘Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Ho...
I John 3:8 – “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” Jesus Christ is the supernatural miracle working Savior. He specializes in the miraculous. Most scholars agree that Jesus worked 37 miracles across Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Some would say there were 38 miracles counting the restoration of Malchus’ ear in Luke 22:51. These are the recorded miracles in the Scriptures. We know there are more because John wrote in John 21:25, “and there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.” Jesus healed every sickness and disease. He opened blinded eyes, rebuked fevers, and raised the de...