Why You Are Crying Out in Silence and How Jesus Responds

In buying and selling, Christians are distinguished in this. Only Christians are different to the rest of the world when it comes to buying and selling. Why? The Lord Jesus purchased us with his precious blood.

He gave himself to the whole world but purchased those who accepted him. John 3 16 and so for so God for God so loved the whole world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. So God the father gave his only begotten son to the whole world for the whole world but who was purchased by the blood the one who accepted Jesus Christ.

Not the whole world has been purchased but Jesus gave his life up for the whole world but he purchased those who accepted him. So when it comes to buying and selling we were purchased bought by the blood of the Lamb of God. Who are the ones purchased by the blood of the Lamb of God? Christians only not the whole world.

Now inheritance third point in this one the inheritance is not for all Christians. Now when it comes to buying and selling it's for all Christians but inheritance is not for all Christians. What is inheritance then for? It is for the Christians who live the second birth.

In other words it is for the Christians who are born of God. They are the inheritors. Christians are all baptized but do they live their Christ all the baptized souls? No.

So many Christians are lost. So many Christians have no idea who Jesus Christ is. They are just Christian by name but absolutely not Christians by deed.

So when it comes to inheritance for you to inherit your heavenly father you better live the second birth the sacrament of the holy baptism the ones who are born of God. Now the laying of the hand the fourth one to claim ownership is for the servants the true genuine faithful Christians the servants. You can never serve Christ unless you truly love him and believe in him.

You can never serve Christ unless you truly love him and believe in him because serving Christ is not an easy path. It's a very narrow door. It's a very narrow path.

It's not easy. So who are the ones that are going to last till the end and serve the Lord faithfully are the ones who truly genuinely love him and live for him not for themselves. Now let us come back to verse 18.

Can we have verse 8? It's already there. The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Here the Lord Jesus wants to show us the sixfold of the Holy Spirit painted so elegantly by Saint Luke.

In verse 18 we will find and verse 19 we will find six things the Holy Spirit does. Six things the Holy Spirit does but it's painted stunningly by the great painter Saint Luke the gospel right. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to number one preach the gospel to the poor.

Number two he has sent me to heal the broken-hearted. Number three to proclaim liberty to the captives. Number four and recovery of sight to the blind.

Number five to set at liberty those who are oppressed and number six to proclaim the acceptable ear of the Lord which is in verse 19. Which is in verse 19. Six things the Lord Jesus spoke of in chapter 4. Six things the Lord Jesus spoke of in chapter 4 and the Lord Jesus fulfilled all six things in chapter 5. All these things he fulfilled them in chapter 5. I don't know if you recall last week we said that the gospel of according to Saint Luke consists of 24 chapters 13 paintings.

The first chapter one painting the last chapter 24 is one painting we are left with 22 chapters. 22 chapters every two chapters with one painting that's 11 and to 13 paintings making up 24 chapters and we said as a painter the Saint Luke does not write in a historical order. He brings things happened yesterday and brings things happen two years ago, five months ago, a year ago and puts them together as a brilliant painter and brings out a stunning painting called the Holy Spirit painting.

So chapter 4 and 5 is number three painting in the gospel of Saint Luke. So what the Lord spoke of in chapter 4 about the six things the Holy Spirit does. Jesus himself as the perfect man fulfilled them all in chapter 5. So now let's come to the first one to preach.

Can we go back to verse 18 please? To preach the gospel to the poor. What does this mean to preach the gospel to the poor? Who's preaching the gospel to the poor? Well the Lord Jesus is the preacher. He came down to Galilee in the power of the spirit and the power of the spirit is to do with preaching.

That's why the Lord's ministry it was preaching everywhere. So to preach the gospel to the poor to understand who are the poor you'll find this in Matthew 5 verse 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Now to know who is the poor in spirit you need to come and see who is the poor in the flesh. To be poor physically two things will qualify you to be a genuine street beggar. To be a genuine street beggar two things must be found in you.

Number one that you are fully paralyzed unable to work unable to do anything. You cannot rely on yourself at all. Number two you have inherited absolutely nothing from your parents because if I was fully paralyzed and and mom and dad left me money and properties and possessions I can live off of that but if my parents left me with nothing and I physically I'm unable to work then I qualify to be a street beggar.

I rely on you if you don't help me I'll eventually die. The Lord Jesus came to preach the gospel to the poor so the poor are the ones who claim and acknowledge they have no inheritance from their parents and they are physically unable to work. All of us we were born from our parents Adam and Eve in sin.

Sin made us all bankrupt and sin made us all paralyzed unable to work spiritually. Now we are poor. The Lord says blessed are you if you say I am bankrupt Lord and I am good for nothing.

I came for people like you. Now the Lord Jesus entered the realm of materialism to lead us out into the realm of spiritualism. The Lord Jesus entered the realm of materialism which is our realm to lead us out into the realm of spiritualism.

In Luke 5 you see every single point of this in Luke 4 18 you will find the answer to it being fulfilled in Luke chapter 5. The Lord fulfills them so four and five go hand in hand and four the Lord says what he's doing and five the Lord did what he said in Luke 4. Are you with me? You're too quiet it's scaring me. All right so in Luke 5 verses 1 to 10 it talks about the first point. The first point to preach the gospel to the poor the Lord fulfilled this point in Luke 5 verses 1 to 10.

How? When you read in Luke 5 from verse 1 to 10 you'll find this. The Lord Jesus comes to the sea of Galilee and he sees two boats one belonging to Simon Peter the other one belonging to James and John the sons of Zebedee. The Lord decides to enter the boat of Simon Peter and then he says to Simon Peter can you just put your boat a little bit into the water there I want to preach to the multitude standing on the shores because people used to gather wherever Jesus went.

So when the Lord Jesus saw the multitude he came into the boat of Saint Peter and he said just go a little bit into the water Saint Peter said why he said I want to preach to the people. So Saint Peter sat in the boat while Jesus is standing and preaching and the power of the Spirit. He started preaching to them once he finished preaching to the people he says to Simon Peter now take the boat into the deep and cast your net to catch fish.

Simon Peter looks at the Lord Jesus he says with all love and respect you're a carpenter I Peter am the fisherman you know I'm the expert in here sorry what you're saying logically makes no sense Jesus of Nazareth why because all night long we were trying to catch fish we did not catch not even Nemo the little tiny fish we caught absolutely nothing Jesus all night long. Now you're saying during the day now it's no longer night time it's during the day now you're saying go to the deep and cast your net to catch fish we know as fishermen during the day fish hide away we can't find them that's why we go at night time to catch them but since you entered my boat I'll take you as a guest and it is kind of a rude from me I Simon to really disrespect my guest since you're my guest that's okay I'll do what you say yet I don't believe in what you say so he cast the net and then before he realizes the net is full of immense fish big ones and the Bible holy Bible says the net was close to be torn apart from the weight of the fish the net caught you know why the Lord Jesus did that the Lord Jesus is fair in every way even when it comes to materialistic things the Lord says to Simon Peter I used your boat and I used your time don't ever think I'm not gonna pay you for it so since I used your boat and I used your time I caught you plenty of fish that's the payment I don't do it for free when Simon Peter saw all the fish Simon said Lord please get out of my boat I'm a sinner like this is too much Lord we as professional fishermen all night long we were not able to catch one fish you as a carpenter know nothing about fishing you brought us endless blessings but these blessings are what material the Lord Jesus entered into our life we're using material things to lead us out of materialism into spiritual things so Lord you brought us plenty of blessings but this blessing is what material fish is material the Lord Jesus said Simon I did not bring you material things but I brought you material things in order through them I get you spiritual things therefore Simon I'll say this to you you see all this fish yes he said yes Lord I caught them for you correct he said yes Lord from this moment onward you will catch people for me spiritual I what I came into your life through material I came to your life into your life through the things you do in order to get you to do the things I do not you do anymore are you with me yes you're too quiet do you want me to tell you a joke so to to wake me up a bit or something man man or maybe you're too focused thank God for that um so now just like I caught the fish for you from this moment onward I'll make you catch people for me ah so who are the poor here to preach the gospel to the poor the poor are the 12 apostles these are the poor whom the Lord chose himself these are the poor are the 12 apostles