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What is "Jesus Ministry?"
Jesus said that He came 'to seek and save what
was lost' (Luke 19:10). The word 'save' here is translated from the
Greek word 'sozo', meaning restoration, healing and making whole.
In
the Gospels' account of Jesus' own ministry on earth, this word is used
to describe spiritual salvation, physical healing and also deliverance
from the influence of the Enemy. Jesus came to restore every way in
which Satan has stolen and destroyed God's original design and purpose
for our lives.
In Luke 4:18-19, Jesus describes His own ministry
as including preaching Good News to the poor, proclaiming freedom to
the captives, sight to the blind, release for the oppressed and to
proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.
In John 14:12, Jesus
tells us that ANYONE who has faith in Him will do what He did and even
greater things. As the Father sent Him into the world, so He sends us
(John 17:18). Therefore our mission, as His Church, is to continue the
ministry that He had on earth and to bring restoration in the same ways
that He did. The Sycamore Commission works to equip the Church for this
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