TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah 61:1

​​Memorize this verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
1. T S O T L G I U M B T L H A M T P G T U T M H H S M T B U T B T P L T T C A T O O T P T T T A B

Notes on this verse:

“Spirit … Lord God … me”: The 3 persons of the Holy Trinity function together in this verse (6:8; Matt. 3:16-17).

“Liberty to the captives”: The “captives” are Israelites remaining in the dispersion following the Babylonian captivity.

We know the Lord spoke these very words from the book of Isaiah, when He proclaimed that He was the fulfillment of this Scripture.

Luke 4:17-21 “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,” “The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,” “To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” “And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.” “And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”

The Holy Spirit was on Jesus and in Him, as well. At His baptism, the dove lit on His shoulder. The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit. He also, was conceived of the Holy Spirit of God as well.

All of the things in the Scripture were fulfilled in Jesus. He did set the captives free; He did preach the good news of the gospel. He did all of the things thus mentioned. Jesus was sanctified long before He was even conceived in the womb of Mary.

He, from the beginning, was God the Word.

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

​January 24

Old Testament
Genesis 49  —  8.0 minutes
Psalms 22:12-31  —  4.0 minutes

New Testament
Matthew 9:27-38  —  2.5 minutes
Acts 14  —  6.5 minutes

Total Average Read Time — 21.0 minutes