Daily Scripture Redemption: Part 11
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited us and has redeemed His people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David (as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve Him without fear in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. (Luke 1:68-75)
John was called a prophet of the Most High; for he went on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, and to give His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins—because of the tender mercy of our God, with which the Sunrise from on high came from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death—to guide their feet into the path of peace. (Luke 1:76-79)
The angel said to the shepherds, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11)
Jesus fulfilled the words of the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19)
Those who had anyone sick with various kinds of diseases brought them to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them. (Luke 4:40)
Jesus was sent for the purpose of preaching the good news of the kingdom of God. (Luke 4:43)
Many came to hear Jesus and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were tormented by evil spirits were healed. (Luke 6:18)
Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. So He replied to the messengers sent from John the Baptist, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. And blessed is he who does not fall away on account of Me.” (Luke 7:21-23)
The Lord gave the knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God to His disciples, but to others He spoke in parables, that “seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.” (Luke 8:10)
The Son of Man knew that He must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed and be raised on the third day. (Luke 9:22)
When He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:20-21)