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Spiritual gifts, worship, and renewal
How is the Spirit renewing the Church today?
Jesus' answer is POWER EVIDENCE: the blind SEE, the lame WALK, the dead RISE! This is not metaphor—this is supernatural kingdom breaking in! Expect signs! Expect miracles! This is what proves the King is here!
This is not metaphor—blind actually see
The kingdom comes with power
We should see the same signs
In the Word Biblical Commentary, Donald Hagner argues all verbs in v.5 are connected—the good news to the poor is a summary of the preceding miracles, connecting proclamation to demonstration
πτωχοί (poor) in Isaiah 61 context means both economically and spiritually marginalized
The passive voice throughout (blind receive sight) implies divine agency
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