“He has sent me…to release the oppressed” (Luke 4:18, Isaiah 61:1-3).
Oppression can come from the empire with its political force, from misguided religion, or from demonic activity. Sometimes we have become bound by the chains of our sinful doing, which becomes our undoing; addiction follows. Oppression is dehumanizing. Since we were made to walk in the freedom of those created in the divine likeness, oppression is so counter to what we are meant to be. Jesus comes as the Liberator to deal with all forces of oppression and set us free. Receive it. Rejoice in your release. Help others to find it.
