What is the Hole?

The Hole in Our Gospel

Micah 6:8 (NIV)

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Matthew 23:23 (NIV)

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices — mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law — justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. "

The Missing Pieces

• Justice

• Mercy

• Faithfulness (walk humbly with God)

Luke 4:14-21 (NIV)

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom.

And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

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, and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 4:14-21 (NIV)

Jesus’ Mission• Preach Good News to the Poor• Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner• Give Sight to the Blind• Release the Oppressed• Proclaim the Year of the

Lord’s Favor

The WholeGospel Includes

• The Spiritual

Jesus’ Mission (spiritual)

• Preach Good News to the Poor

• Proclaim Freedom to

the Prisoner

John 8:36 (NIV)

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Jesus’ Mission (spiritual)• Preach Good News to the Poor• Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner• Give Sight to the Blind• Release the Oppressed• Proclaim the Year of the

Lord’s Favor

The WholeGospel Includes

• The Spiritual

• The Physical

Jesus’ Mission (physical)

• Preach Good News to

the Poor

Luke 12:33 (NIV)

Sell your possessions and give to the poor.

Jesus’ Mission (physical)

• Preach Good News to

the Poor

• Give Sight to the Blind

Matthew 20:32-34 (NIV)

Jesus stopped and called them. "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked. "Lord," they answered, "we want our sight." Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

The WholeGospel Includes

• The Spiritual

• The Physical

• The Social

Mercy deals with the symptoms and justice deals with the systems

DietrichBonhoeffer

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”

Jesus’ Mission (Social)

• Proclaim Freedom to

the Prisoner

John 8:10-11 (NIV)

Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

Jesus’ Mission (Social)

• Proclaim Freedom to

the Prisoner

• Release the Oppressed

Luke 18:7 (NIV)

Will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

Jesus’ Mission (Social)• Proclaim Freedom to

the Prisoner

• Release the Oppressed

• Proclaim the Year of the Lord’s Favor

Jesus’ Mission• Preach Good News to the Poor• Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner• Give Sight to the Blind• Release the Oppressed• Proclaim the Year of the

Lord’s Favor

What is the Hole?

The Hole in Our Gospel