Why Do I Still Live Like a Prisoner After God Set Me Free? (Luke 4:14-22) | Daily Devotional & Bible Study

Hearing God in Luke: Jesus stood up in His hometown synagogue, read Isaiah out loud, and said it was about Him. Today we're in Luke 4:14-22, where Jesus announces His mission: good news to the poor, liberty to the captives, sight to the blind. The word for liberty is the same word Luke used earlier for the forgiveness of sins. It means release, pardon, a debt wiped off the books. I also share a story from a prison in Kenya that changed how I read this passage, including one woman who stayed in her cell after her freedom had already been paid for. Links We visit Luke's house in Rome on our Bible Study Live trip. Bible Study Live is a small-group Bible study trip with Rachael Groll. Study Scripture where it happened in Rome, or slow down for a contemplative Bible study retreat in Maui. Dates and details at BibleStudyLive.org Listen ad-free, plus the full library of past series, on Patreon: patreon.com/HearingJesus Questions or prayer requests? Leave me a voicemail: SpeakPipe Questions we answer today What's the difference between being full of the Spirit and operating in His power? Why does power so often show up on the other side of testing? What does it mean that Nazareth was where Jesus was "brought up"? Why does it matter that Jesus read the word "anointed" out loud about Himself? What kind of proclamation is Jesus actually making? Are you living like someone who has been set free? Timestamps 00:00 Why this series has felt intense, and why I'm not softening it 02:10 Reading Luke 4:14-22 03:30 Prayer 04:30 Full of the Spirit going in, power coming out 05:40 Dunamis, and where we get the word dynamite 06:50 Power shows up on the other side of the test 08:00 What testing produced in me 11:00 The hardest season, and the question God asked 12:00 How that season shaped the ministry 13:30 The same power promised to us in Acts 1:8 14:10 Trepho, and what "brought up" really means 15:50 The place that fed Him 16:40 Thirty years of synagogue on the Sabbath 17:10 Why the Old Testament matters 18:10 Reading from the scroll of Isaiah 18:40 Chrio, the root of Christos 19:30 Priest, king, prophet, and Jesus as all three 20:40 Two different words for proclaim 22:20 A royal herald announcing the King's decree 23:50 Aphesis, and what liberty actually means 25:00 Inside a Kenyan prison 27:30 Why we are the captives 29:30 Are you walking like you're free? 30:30 The woman who wouldn't leave 31:20 Prayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices