1. What is the Hole? The Hole in Our Gospel

2. 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.

3. 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. "

4. The Missing Pieces Justice Mercy Faithfulness (walk humbly with God)

5. 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.

6. 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."

7. 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)

8. 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

9. The Whole Gospel Includes The Spiritual

10. Jesus’ Mission (spiritual) Preach Good News to the Poor Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner

11. John 8:36 (NIV) So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

12. 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

13. The Whole Gospel Includes The Spiritual The Physical

14. Jesus’ Mission (physical) Preach Good News to the Poor

15. Luke 12:33 (NIV) Sell your possessions and give to the poor.

16. Jesus’ Mission (physical) Preach Good News to the Poor Give Sight to the Blind

17. 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.

18. The Whole Gospel Includes The Spiritual The Physical The Social

19. Mercy deals with the symptoms and justice deals with the systems

20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer “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.”

21. Jesus’ Mission (Social) Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner

22. 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."

23. Jesus’ Mission (Social) Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner Release the Oppressed

24. 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?

25. Jesus’ Mission (Social) Proclaim Freedom to the Prisoner Release the Oppressed Proclaim the Year of the Lord’s Favor

26. 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

27. What is the Hole? The Hole in Our Gospel