Road to the Cross Part 3: The Fulfillment
Week 1:
The road to the cross began the moment sin entered into the world in the Garden, when humanity and all creation were broken.
Week 2:
On the road to the cross, we see God as a promise keeper, first with His covenant throughout the Old Testament, and then with the arrival of Jesus establishing a new covenant.
Luke 4:14-21
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
-As Jesus picked up the scroll, you have the Old Testament being read by the One who would fulfill its promise and introduce the new covenant.
-Isaiah speaks of the Spirit of the Lord, and now Jesus is walking in the power of that same Spirit.
-Isaiah speaks of the Spirit of the Lord, and now Jesus is walking in the power of that same Spirit.
The question we often ask is “why did Jesus die?” But today I want us to ask the question “why did Jesus live?”
-If the cross was all that was needed, why didn’t Jesus just show up, appear out of the wilderness, and go to the cross?
-What was the purpose of Jesus’ life and ministry on earth?
Why did Jesus live? Why did he minister here on earth?
To show us the Father.
–Literally, when you see Jesus in the pages of your Bible, you see God Himself.
-“Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” John 14:9
-Jesus didn’t just come to pay the ultimate price for our sins. He also came to show us how to live.
-Because you’ve seen Jesus walk this life, you know exactly what it’s like for him to be walking with you right now.
Jesus came to die for you so that He could walk with you.