Heralds and Healers - Luke 24.47 // How the World Is Put Back Together - Jeremiah Lepasana

• Luke 24 mirrors Matthew 28’s Great Commission—Jesus extends a meaningful invitation not just to do something, but to join Him in the greatest work: the restoration of all things. In a world full of options, what we truly crave is meaningful inclusion, and Jesus offers it.
  
  
• This is a genius mission—to you, through you, and with you. First, we are recipients: God is healing the deep places in us marked by shame, pain, and unmet longing. This mission doesn’t begin with output but with inner transformation. Then it flows through us to others. And finally, it happens with us—through the power of the Spirit.
  
  
• We focused on the second piece of this mission, from Luke 24:47, Jesus calls us to be Heralds and Healers. He says: “Repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations.”Heralds proclaim something significant, and the truth is—we already are heralds. We naturally share things that move us. Maybe the issue isn’t heralding but discomfort in heralding this message. But here’s the good news: Jesus’ call to proclaim repentance and forgiveness is a call to announce that you can come home, no matter what you’ve done.
  
  
• This echoes the return-from-exile theme in the Old Testament. Forgiveness wasn’t just a legal clean slate—it meant a way back home. Jesus expresses this powerfully through the parable of the Prodigal Son: one son experiences exile of the body (he ran), the other, exile of the heart (he stayed but didn’t know the Father). Yet the Father’s invitation stands for both: come home.
  
  
• We herald when we share our stories—moments of surrender, moments on the brink when God came through. These are more than testimonies; they are healing announcements that God restores, forgives, and brings us back into His embrace.