Turn The Page.

March 23, 2025  ||  Luke 4:20-21 [NIV]

20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4:20-21 [NIV]

How God Turns The Page In Our Life.

1. He Leads Us To Closure.

16 He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day He went into the synagogue, as was His custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him… 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.

Luke 4:16-17, 20 [NIV]

18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” 

Isaiah 43:18-19 [NIV]

8 The end of a thing is better than its beginning.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 [NKJV]

3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Acts 9:3-4 [NIV]

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”

Matthew 25:40 [NIV]

2. He Empowers Us To Embrace The Mission.

21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4:21 [NIV]

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

Isaiah 61:1-2 [NIV]

8 “Ask Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.”

Psalm 2:8 [NIV]

2 “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 6:2 [NIV]

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10 [NIV]

3. He Invites Us To Be History Makers.

22 Everyone spoke well of Him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from His lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

Luke 4:22 [NIV]

1 Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…

Hebrews 12:1 [NIV]

24 God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes.

Psalm 18:24 [MSG]