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Jesus Came to Help Hurting People

Hey friend, open your Bible to Luke 4 and get ready—Jesus’ very first public sermon is about to wreck you (in the best way). He didn’t start with a theology lecture. He started with pain… because that’s who He came for.

Let that sink in. Jesus’ mission statement = hurting people.


The People Jesus Always Stopped For 😢➡️😭➡️🎉

Everywhere Jesus Qty went in the Gospels, broken people ran to Him:

  • The bleeding woman who just needed to touch His robe (Mark 5:25-34)
  • Blind Bartimaeus yelling on the side of the road (Mark 10:46-52)
  • The demon-possessed man no one could chain (Mark 5:1-20)
  • Tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers… the “messy” ones.

He never said, “Come back when you have your doctrine straightened out.”
He just healed, forgave, fed, and loved.

“The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
— Luke 19:10 (ESV)


The Hidden Bombshell in Jesus’ First Sermon 💥

When Jesus said “the year of the Lord’s favor,” every Jew in that synagogue gasped.
That phrase = The Year of Jubilee (see Leviticus 25).

Every 50 years God commanded:

  • All debts canceled 💸
  • All slaves freed 🕊️
  • All land returned to original families 🏡
  • Everyone gets a total reset.

Here’s the gut punch: Israel never once obeyed the Jubilee. Not even one time.
God was furious (Jeremiah 34:13-17). Because of it, He sent them into exile.

So when Jesus stands up and says, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled,” He’s shouting:
“I AM the walking, breathing, debt-canceling, prisoner-freeing, ultimate JUBILEE!”

Your sin debt? Canceled.
Your shame? Returned to sender.
Your chains? Shattered.

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
— John 8:36 (ESV)


Your Turn: Who’s Hurting Around You Right Now? 🤝

Jesus didn’t just come for “those people back then.” He came for the single mom drowning in bills, the teen cutting in the bathroom, the guy hooked on pills, the refugee who lost everything.

And He left us His example:

“I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”
— John 13:15 (ESV)

Practical next steps (pick one today):

  1. Text that friend who’s been ghosting everyone: “I’m here. No judgment.”
  2. Drop off groceries anonymously to the family you know is struggling.
  3. Sit with someone in their mess—no fixing, just presence.
  4. Forgive the debt someone owes you (literal or emotional).

Because the Jubilee King lives in YOU now.

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me… to bring good news to the poor.”
— Isaiah 61:1 (quoted by Jesus!)

You’re anointed for the same mission.


Let’s Pray 🙏

Jesus—Jubilee King, thank You for canceling every debt I could never pay. Thank You for setting this captive free. Open my eyes today to the hurting people right in front of me. Give me courage to love like You love, to stop like You stop, and to announce Your freedom everywhere I go. Use my ordinary life to show the world that the Year of the Lord’s favor is still here—because You are still here. In Your powerful name, Amen.

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