Sermons

The Acceptable Year of the Lord

Pastor: Rev. D.R. Vestal, Ph.D
Topic: Christ's Return

The Acceptable Year of The LordRev. D.R. Vestal, Ph.DThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath annotinted me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord ( Luke 4:18-19 ).After the temptation of Jesus by the devil, He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. His custom was to go to the synagogue on the Lord's dayAs Jesus entered the synagogue, there was given to Him, the book of the prophet, Isaiah, to read. Jesus opened the book and started reading. As He finished the sentence about preaching the acceptable year of the Lord, He closed the book and sat down.All the eyes of the people were looking on Jesus. Why was this? Why all the stares by the people?Jesus did not finish the verse of Scripture given to Him to read. He stopped in the middle of the verse, closed the book, and sat down.Jesus was actually reading Isaiah 61:2, which says in conclusion, "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."The reason Jesus closed the book and sat down; the rest of the verse was to be fulfilled at a later date in history. The vengeance of our God, and to comfortall that mourn, ...

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Selected works by Rev. D.R. Vestal, Ph.D

Delivering Love
Topic: Salvation
Description: Yes, God delivered His love through Jesus Christ, our Lord, that we might be saved today.

Delivering Love
Topic: Encouragement
Description: Yes, God delivered His love through Jesus Christ, our Lord, that we might be saved today.

Selected works about Encouragement

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Pastor: Rev. Rex Deckard
Description: We must daily ask ourselves the question, would this be the way that I want the Lord to find me when he comes?

A Midnight Cry
Pastor: Rev. Mike Russell
Description: THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND, LET US THEREFORE CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT.