CHAPTER 61
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 1-3
1 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;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 1-3
These verses refer to Jesus Christ, but His work is our work. We are His brothers and sisters in the Father. We are His Body and are to do everything he did by the Grace of God and the Power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ Name. (individual verses follow)
We are to preach Jesus to everyone to whom the Spirit leads us, in order to bind the brokenhearted, give them the hope of Christ, open the prisons…those in the prisons of their own selves, worldliness, selfishness, complacency, lack of faith, doubt, fear, etc. 2-To proclaim all that Christ has done for us. This is the acceptable year of the Lord—RIGHT NOW!!! THIS YEAR!!!! Comfort all that mourn, tell them about eternal life. 3- Produce joy and praising in peoples’ hearts to replace the heaviness of living without Christ’s love and peace. We do this by example and by intercessory prayer. We are called to bring more people to Him and His body can be completed and His glory can be complete and His word planted in the earth to take possession of it in His Name.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 4
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 4
When we have Jesus in our hearts, we “build old wastes.” We are nothing but waste without Him, when we receive Him we crucify our former selves and “raise up former desolations”…build a new life around Him. We’re no longer empty and desolate, we are a new creation, full of the Full Godhead!!! and Jesus will help us rebuild our mind and emotions to join our re-created spirit.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 5
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 5
When we make Jesus the Lord of our life, we see how puny and unimportant the things of this world are. Others who have not seen Him will still see these things as important.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 6
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 6
But our riches are in doing God’s will. We are all one people in the Lord. We share in His Spiritual riches.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 7
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 7
God opened the door of Grace to all Gentiles (non-Jews) because of the refusal of His Chosen People (Jews) to be faithful to Him. (Romans 11)
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 8
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 8
God hates hypocrisy. He wants our hearts true. He directs our work in truth by His Word and the revealing of it through the Holy Spirit. His covenant with us through Jesus Christ is everlasting.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 9
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 9
He is speaking here of us. We are known as God’s people and our seed is blessed!!! halleluia!!!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 10
Praise the Lord!!! He has clothed all of us in His Righteousness and Salvation. We are now His blood brothers, with a right to come confidently to the throne of the Almighty (Hebrews 4:16)—Creator of the Universe, knowing He loves each of us individually as though we were His only creation!!! Knowing, too, that we are totally unworthy in and of ourselves. He told us in Revelations 2:17 that He will give us a stone with our own special name.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 61, VS 11
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 61, VS 11
His righteousness and praise springs forth from all nations! It’s happening now!! People are being saved by the thousands all over the world!!
END OF CHAPTER 61