That's the BEST work we can do now, in these crazy, crazy times.
Team work, BEYOND team work.
Read the article I just wrote for another blog:
In this Luke 4:18 (King James Version) verse, Jesus clearly showed WHO He helped, as an example of HOW we are to help, for He is the "WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE":
1. to preach the gospel to the poor;
2. to heal the brokenhearted,
3. to preach deliverance to the captives, and
4. recovering of sight to the blind,
5. to set at liberty them that are bruised,
The "poor" can mean "poor in spirit", just so you know.
Oftentimes, those living in poverty, have the Spirit of God more in them, more than those who are living in luxury.
Look at how those who don't have much to eat, offering visitors whatever food they have, even giving them the best "seat" of their homes, bare as their homes may be.
It happens in the country where I live.
In the same manner, "the captives", and "the blind", can mean many things, too.
I know you know what I speak of.
These are all spiritual issues, so we need the "anointing" of the Holy Spirit, in order to understand what JESUS really meant.
We don't all have to be pastors, or ministers, but we can "minister" with LOVE, through whatever work we do, for it is God's commandment:
John 13:34
King James Version
34 A new commandment
I give unto you,
That ye love one another;
as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.
Only by being born again of water, and of the Spirit, can we perform such tasks, for GOD is a SPIRIT, and we can only comprehend His ways, if we are born of the Spirit, too.
John 3:5-6
King James Version
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
There is really much spiritual study we need to embark on.
Read the BIBLE, for one.
JESUS had already shown the way, we are just to understand, and to follow.
Therein lies the future for all of us -- eternal life with JESUS, who sits at the right hand of GOD -- and who has been given power over all heaven, and earth.
Only the LORD JESUS can promise us a future, which this world cannot ever compare with.
It is time to do the best work of our lives now.
Start with what the LORD JESUS taught, find joy in serving and loving others, in the truest sense of the word.
Updated 12 April 2023
