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Thanksgiving. As Christians, we have so much to be thankful for.
2. And we, of all people, should embrace each day with a spirit of thanksgiving.
3. In fact, God’s Word commands us to be thankful because being thankful is God’s will for God’s people.

1 Thessalonians 5:18, in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

4. But you might be thinking, “How can I be thankful during this dark time, in a world that is becoming more restrictive and threatening every day?”
5. I believe we can be thankful and we must be thankful because we are living in the time of God’s favor.
6. I will take it one step further and confidently say, “This is the Favorable Year of the Lord!”
7. And tonight, we are going to discover reasons to be thankful by looking at the proclamation of Jesus Christ at the beginning of His ministry.
8. From His proclamation, we will learn more about Who He is, What He has done, and How we may enjoy The Favorable Year of the Lord.
9. If you feel burdened this evening, I believe God wants to put a new song in your heart.
10. You see, nothing causes a heart to sing more than understanding the favor of the Lord.

Luke 4:14-30

Context
1. Though we are only in chapter four, at this point in Luke’s Gospel there has been one confirmation after another that Jesus Christ is the long-awaited Messiah.
a. There was an angelic announcement prior to Jesus Christ’s conception. (1:26-38)
b. Followed by an angelic pronouncement at His birth. (2:13-14)
c. There were prophetic declarations by devout relatives and other Jews. (1:41-45; 2:25-38)
d. There was a divine confirmation at Jesus Christ’s baptism. (3:21-22)
e. And a decisive victory over Satan when Jesus Christ was tempted in the wilderness after fasting for forty days. (4:1-12)
2. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the region of Judea and returned to Galilee. (14)
3. News about Jesus spread as “He began teaching in their synagogues;” He was “praised by all.” (15)
4. Now, synagogues are places of worship where Jews gather every Sabbath to pray, read from God’s Word, and then receive instruction from a recognized teacher or leader.
5. In order to form a synagogue, ten Jewish men were required to live in the town.
6. On the Sabbath, once all were present, the sacred scroll was unrolled, and a portion of the Law was read first followed by a portion from the Prophets.
7. Out of respect for God’s Word, the reader would stand while reading the Scriptures and then be seated during the time of instruction.
8. Here, Luke records Jesus Christ’s first teaching at the synagogue in Nazareth, the town “where He had been brought up.” (16)
a. Friends and family were present.
b. Likely Mary and the other half-siblings were there too.
9. As was Jesus’ “custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.” (16)
10. The “book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him.”
11. He opened the book to Isaiah 61 and read all of verse one and the first half of verse two. (17)

Transition – From these verses, we learn that this is The Favorable Year of the Lord because. . .

I. Jesus is Our Year of Jubilee

• Let me explain what I mean when I say, “Jesus is Our Year of Jubilee” and how it is related to Isaiah 61:1-2.
• In the Bible, the phrase, “THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD” is a reference to the Year of Jubilee.
• Leviticus 25 introduces us to the Year of Jubilee for the first time.
• God commanded that every seventh year was a year of rest, a “Sabbatical year” for Israel so that the land could rest.
• Every fiftieth year, after seven Sabbaticals, was set apart as the “Year of Jubilee.”
• According to Warren Wiersbe, “The main purpose of this special year was the balancing of the economic system.”
o All slaves were set free and went home to their families.
o Any property that had been sold during the previous 49-year period was returned to the original owners.
o All debts were canceled.
o And the land lay fallow as man and beast rested and rejoiced in the Lord.


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