Title: Our time is now
Speaker: Pastor Roland Rocchi
Date: 3rd March 2026
Location: Ballarat, Australia
“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” When Jesus stood up in the synagogue at Nazareth and read from Isaiah 61, he was not just reading an ancient text. He was announcing that a 700-year-old promise had arrived, and that its power was real.
This episode unpacks that moment in Luke 4 and traces what it means for ordinary people today. From a man healed of forty years of alcoholism, to a brokenhearted woman finding peace in a prayer line, to a mother transformed in her sixties after decades of sadness and displacement, the message is consistent: the same gospel that worked then is working now.
Whether you are carrying grief, stuck in a pattern you cannot break, or simply wondering whether any of this is real, this episode makes the case that the answer is yes and that it is your time.
Key Points:
- Jesus fulfilled the 700-year-old prophecy of Isaiah 61 in Luke 4, and that same fulfilment is ongoing. The power to heal, restore, and set people free is still available today.
- Real stories of transformation, physical, emotional, and spiritual, are evidence that the gospel works in the lives of ordinary everyday people, not just in Bible times.
- The church exists for two purposes: caring for people and spreading the good news. Both deserve equal energy, commitment, and prayer.
Reference Scriptures:
- Luke 4:14-22
- Isaiah 61:1-2
- Luke 7:20-22
- Mark 10:46-52 (Blind Bartimaeus)
- John 8:1-11 (Woman caught in adultery)
- Matthew 5:13-16
- Titus 1:2
- 1 Corinthians 15