In buying and selling, Christians are distinguished in
this.
Only Christians are different to the rest of
the world when it comes to buying and
selling.
Why?
The Lord Jesus purchased us with his precious
blood.
He gave himself to the whole world but
purchased those who accepted him.
John 3 16 and so for so God
for God so loved the whole world that
he gave his only begotten son that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
So God the father gave his only begotten
son to the whole world for the whole
world but who was purchased by the blood
the one who accepted Jesus Christ.
Not the whole world has been purchased but
Jesus gave his life up for the whole
world but he purchased those who accepted him.
So when it comes to buying and selling
we were purchased bought by the blood of
the Lamb of God.
Who are the ones purchased by the blood
of the Lamb of God?
Christians only not the whole world.
Now inheritance third point in this one the
inheritance is not for all Christians.
Now when it comes to buying and selling
it's for all Christians but inheritance is not
for all Christians.
What is inheritance then for?
It is for the Christians who live the
second birth.
In other words it is for the Christians
who are born of God.
They are the inheritors.
Christians are all baptized but do they live
their Christ all the baptized souls?
No.
So many Christians are lost.
So many Christians have no idea who Jesus
Christ is.
They are just Christian by name but absolutely
not Christians by deed.
So when it comes to inheritance for you
to inherit your heavenly father you better live
the second birth the sacrament of the holy
baptism the ones who are born of God.
Now the laying of the hand the fourth
one to claim ownership is for the servants
the true genuine faithful Christians the servants.
You can never serve Christ unless you truly
love him and believe in him.
You can never serve Christ unless you truly
love him and believe in him because serving
Christ is not an easy path.
It's a very narrow door.
It's a very narrow path.
It's not easy.
So who are the ones that are going
to last till the end and serve the
Lord faithfully are the ones who truly genuinely
love him and live for him not for
themselves.
Now let us come back to verse 18.
Can we have verse 8?
It's already there.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me.
Here the Lord Jesus wants to show us
the sixfold of the Holy Spirit painted so
elegantly by Saint Luke.
In verse 18 we will find and verse
19 we will find six things the Holy
Spirit does.
Six things the Holy Spirit does but it's
painted stunningly by the great painter Saint Luke
the gospel right.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me
because he has anointed me to number one
preach the gospel to the poor.
Number two he has sent me to heal
the broken-hearted.
Number three to proclaim liberty to the captives.
Number four and recovery of sight to the
blind.
Number five to set at liberty those who
are oppressed and number six to proclaim the
acceptable ear of the Lord which is in
verse 19.
Which is in verse 19.
Six things the Lord Jesus spoke of in
chapter 4.
Six things the Lord Jesus spoke of in
chapter 4 and the Lord Jesus fulfilled all
six things in chapter 5.
All these things he fulfilled them in chapter
5.
I don't know if you recall last week
we said that the gospel of according to
Saint Luke consists of 24 chapters 13 paintings.
The first chapter one painting the last chapter
24 is one painting we are left with
22 chapters.
22 chapters every two chapters with one painting
that's 11 and to 13 paintings making up
24 chapters and we said as a painter
the Saint Luke does not write in a
historical order.
He brings things happened yesterday and brings things
happen two years ago, five months ago, a
year ago and puts them together as a
brilliant painter and brings out a stunning painting
called the Holy Spirit painting.
So chapter 4 and 5 is number three
painting in the gospel of Saint Luke.
So what the Lord spoke of in chapter
4 about the six things the Holy Spirit
does.
Jesus himself as the perfect man fulfilled them
all in chapter 5.
So now let's come to the first one
to preach.
Can we go back to verse 18 please?
To preach the gospel to the poor.
What does this mean to preach the gospel
to the poor?
Who's preaching the gospel to the poor?
Well the Lord Jesus is the preacher.
He came down to Galilee in the power
of the spirit and the power of the
spirit is to do with preaching.
That's why the Lord's ministry it was preaching
everywhere.
So to preach the gospel to the poor
to understand who are the poor you'll find
this in Matthew 5 verse 3.
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
Now to know who is the poor in
spirit you need to come and see who
is the poor in the flesh.
To be poor physically two things will qualify
you to be a genuine street beggar.
To be a genuine street beggar two things
must be found in you.
Number one that you are fully paralyzed unable
to work unable to do anything.
You cannot rely on yourself at all.
Number two you have inherited absolutely nothing from
your parents because if I was fully paralyzed
and and mom and dad left me money
and properties and possessions I can live off
of that but if my parents left me
with nothing and I physically I'm unable to
work then I qualify to be a street
beggar.
I rely on you if you don't help
me I'll eventually die.
The Lord Jesus came to preach the gospel
to the poor so the poor are the
ones who claim and acknowledge they have no
inheritance from their parents and they are physically
unable to work.
All of us we were born from our
parents Adam and Eve in sin.
Sin made us all bankrupt and sin made
us all paralyzed unable to work spiritually.
Now we are poor.
The Lord says blessed are you if you
say I am bankrupt Lord and I am
good for nothing.
I came for people like you.
Now the Lord Jesus entered the realm of
materialism to lead us out into the realm
of spiritualism.
The Lord Jesus entered the realm of materialism
which is our realm to lead us out
into the realm of spiritualism.
In Luke 5 you see every single point
of this in Luke 4 18 you will
find the answer to it being fulfilled in
Luke chapter 5.
The Lord fulfills them so four and five
go hand in hand and four the Lord
says what he's doing and five the Lord
did what he said in Luke 4.
Are you with me?
You're too quiet it's scaring me.
All right so in Luke 5 verses 1
to 10 it talks about the first point.
The first point to preach the gospel to
the poor the Lord fulfilled this point in
Luke 5 verses 1 to 10.
How?
When you read in Luke 5 from verse
1 to 10 you'll find this.
The Lord Jesus comes to the sea of
Galilee and he sees two boats one belonging
to Simon Peter the other one belonging to
James and John the sons of Zebedee.
The Lord decides to enter the boat of
Simon Peter and then he says to Simon
Peter can you just put your boat a
little bit into the water there I want
to preach to the multitude standing on the
shores because people used to gather wherever Jesus
went.
So when the Lord Jesus saw the multitude
he came into the boat of Saint Peter
and he said just go a little bit
into the water Saint Peter said why he
said I want to preach to the people.
So Saint Peter sat in the boat while
Jesus is standing and preaching and the power
of the Spirit.
He started preaching to them once he finished
preaching to the people he says to Simon
Peter now take the boat into the deep
and cast your net to catch fish.
Simon Peter looks at the Lord Jesus he
says with all love and respect you're a
carpenter I Peter am the fisherman you know
I'm the expert in here sorry what you're
saying logically makes no sense Jesus of Nazareth
why because all night long we were trying
to catch fish we did not catch not
even Nemo the little tiny fish we caught
absolutely nothing Jesus all night long.
Now you're saying during the day now it's
no longer night time it's during the day
now you're saying go to the deep and
cast your net to catch fish we know
as fishermen during the day fish hide away
we can't find them that's why we go
at night time to catch them but since
you entered my boat I'll take you as
a guest and it is kind of a
rude from me I Simon to really disrespect
my guest since you're my guest that's okay
I'll do what you say yet I don't
believe in what you say so he cast
the net and then before he realizes the
net is full of immense fish big ones
and the Bible holy Bible says the net
was close to be torn apart from the
weight of the fish the net caught you
know why the Lord Jesus did that the
Lord Jesus is fair in every way even
when it comes to materialistic things the Lord
says to Simon Peter I used your boat
and I used your time don't ever think
I'm not gonna pay you for it so
since I used your boat and I used
your time I caught you plenty of fish
that's the payment I don't do it for
free when Simon Peter saw all the fish
Simon said Lord please get out of my
boat I'm a sinner like this is too
much Lord we as professional fishermen all night
long we were not able to catch one
fish you as a carpenter know nothing about
fishing you brought us endless blessings but these
blessings are what material the Lord Jesus entered
into our life we're using material things to
lead us out of materialism into spiritual things
so Lord you brought us plenty of blessings
but this blessing is what material fish is
material the Lord Jesus said Simon I did
not bring you material things but I brought
you material things in order through them I
get you spiritual things therefore Simon I'll say
this to you you see all this fish
yes he said yes Lord I caught them
for you correct he said yes Lord from
this moment onward you will catch people for
me spiritual I what I came into your
life through material I came to your life
into your life through the things you do
in order to get you to do the
things I do not you do anymore are
you with me yes you're too quiet do
you want me to tell you a joke
so to to wake me up a bit
or something man man or maybe you're too
focused thank God for that um so now
just like I caught the fish for you
from this moment onward I'll make you catch
people for me ah so who are
the poor here to preach the gospel to
the poor the poor are the 12 apostles
these are the poor whom the Lord chose
himself these are the poor are the 12
apostles