WEBVTT 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:09.500 This morning, we continue our study of Luke as we take a look at our mission, what our mission is to share God's message. 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:14.599 In just a few minutes, Tobin's going to unpack a little bit for us on Luke chapter 10, verses 1 through 16. 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:19.620 As we continue preparing our hearts to receive that with song and spoken word, 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.859 I'm going to invite you this morning to read the scripture with me as opposed to just following along. 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.379 So if you would stand in the honor of reading of God's word. 00:00:26.379 --> 00:00:32.119 This morning, the words will be on the screen, so please follow along and read with me now. 00:00:56.380 --> 00:01:01.280 Go, behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:05.400 Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes. 00:01:06.100 --> 00:01:07.620 And greet no one on the way. 00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:11.180 Whatever house you enter, first say, 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.159 Peace be to this house. 00:01:14.820 --> 00:01:19.120 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him. 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.099 But if not, it will return to you. 00:01:22.099 --> 00:01:26.699 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you. 00:01:27.219 --> 00:01:29.659 For the laborer is worthy of his wages. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.979 Do not keep moving from house to house. 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:36.799 Whatever city you enter and they receive you, 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.079 eat what is set before you. 00:01:39.639 --> 00:01:41.819 And heal those in it who are sick. 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:43.379 And say to them, 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.459 The kingdom of God has come near to you. 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:50.319 But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, 00:01:50.679 --> 00:01:52.559 go out into the streets and say, 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:55.959 Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet, 00:01:56.299 --> 00:01:58.359 we wipe off in protest against you. 00:01:58.939 --> 00:02:02.259 Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near. 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:04.000 I say to you, 00:02:04.299 --> 00:02:08.180 it will be more tolerable in the day for Sodom than for that city. 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:10.159 Woe to you, Chorazin. 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:12.139 Woe to you, Bethsaida. 00:02:12.139 --> 00:02:16.099 For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, 00:02:16.179 --> 00:02:17.099 which occurred in you, 00:02:17.459 --> 00:02:20.119 they would have repented long ago, 00:02:20.459 --> 00:02:22.299 sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 00:02:23.079 --> 00:02:25.619 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon 00:02:25.619 --> 00:02:27.219 in the judgment than for you. 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:28.919 And you, Capernaum, 00:02:29.279 --> 00:02:31.399 will not be exalted to heaven, will you? 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.139 You will be brought down to Hades. 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:38.699 The one who listens to you listens to me. 00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:42.079 And the one who rejects you rejects me. 00:02:42.519 --> 00:02:46.539 And he who rejects me rejects the one who sent me. 00:02:46.859 --> 00:02:49.039 This is the reading of God's word. 00:02:55.959 --> 00:02:58.299 Just continue to worship with us. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:02:58.740 Okay. 00:03:01.140 --> 00:03:03.719 So the lottery tickets are waiting out back. 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:05.040 And, you know, whatever you... 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.219 We're trying to make one of that more specific to our culture here. 00:03:09.340 --> 00:03:09.740 That's definitely... 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:12.020 But have you ever been in a me church? 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:15.560 That was a joke, right? 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:19.000 That's not what we're shooting for. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.240 Just to make sure of that, okay? 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:22.360 That was a joke. 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:28.640 But sometimes we struggle with whether we know that that's true or not. 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:30.180 How you guys doing? 00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:31.600 Good? 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:31.980 Good. 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:32.380 Okay. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:35.420 That's the most positive response I've ever received. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:36.060 That's very good. 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:39.000 We want to welcome you to Watermark Church. 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:40.700 We are... 00:03:40.700 --> 00:03:42.560 We're on a journey. 00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:44.380 We're talking about the book of Luke. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:49.140 It seems like we've been in it for at least a year and a half, off and on. 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.640 And we are only at chapter 10. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.019 And so we're going to look at chapter 10. 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.119 Now, remember, Luke is one of the four Gospels. 00:03:57.619 --> 00:04:00.559 And it was written by a physician, a very intelligent man. 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:06.959 He probably uses some of the best Greek in writing the language that the New Testament has. 00:04:07.739 --> 00:04:10.199 And Luke is basically writing to his friend. 00:04:10.259 --> 00:04:11.799 His friend's name is Theophilus. 00:04:12.359 --> 00:04:13.939 We don't know much about Theophilus. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.560 We know that he was probably a very wealthy and powerful individual in the Roman government. 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.399 And Theophilus came to this struggle in his life. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.920 And he wanted to ask Luke, was Jesus real? 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:30.879 Was Jesus really who people said he was? 00:04:31.220 --> 00:04:35.800 Did Jesus do everything that the disciples are talking about? 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.680 Is he God? 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:42.660 Is he worth giving my whole life to? 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.460 Those are the questions that he was asking Luke. 00:04:46.520 --> 00:04:48.900 And those are the questions that Luke is trying to answer for him. 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:55.560 And as I think about that, those are some of the same questions that you and I ask today, right? 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:59.680 I mean, is Jesus really the only way? 00:05:01.280 --> 00:05:03.860 I mean, is he really doing all those things? 00:05:03.939 --> 00:05:05.540 And was that just back then and he doesn't do them now? 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.240 I mean, is he really worth giving my life to? 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:10.860 My job to? 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:12.000 Can I really trust him? 00:05:12.860 --> 00:05:13.560 Is he good? 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:21.500 And those are some of the things that Luke is writing in his Gospel to share with his friend and us about Jesus. 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:25.459 Luke 10 is a very interesting passage. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:27.879 I was going through it this week, the last couple weeks. 00:05:27.980 --> 00:05:32.839 I felt like if I, to do it justice, I probably would have to talk for about three hours on it. 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:37.259 Going through, because there's so many stories and pictures and nuances. 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:38.920 And the words are very specific. 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.019 They have a very specific meaning. 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:42.300 But I'm not going to do that. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:43.240 So you're kind of going, whew. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:48.120 But I want to talk about this idea of what does it mean to be on mission? 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:51.720 What does it mean for us as a church to exist? 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:57.740 As I was praying through this message, I was reminded of this story of Hudson Taylor. 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:02.019 Hudson Taylor was one of the great missionaries to China. 00:06:03.220 --> 00:06:06.879 And the story goes that Taylor was on this boat from Shanghai to Ningpo. 00:06:07.579 --> 00:06:12.180 And as he was on this boat, this junk, he was sharing with some friends. 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:17.980 And he was sharing with this very elegantly dressed Chinese man named Peter. 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:24.199 Peter wasn't a follower of Christ, but Peter was very interested in what Hudson Taylor had to say. 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:30.660 And Hudson Taylor could tell that he was being convicted by God's Spirit to ask more and more questions. 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:36.319 And as they were talking and as the boat was going on, it hit a lurch and Peter fell overboard. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.540 And he sank like a rock. 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:47.439 And Hudson Taylor, to his surprise, looked around and no one jumped in. 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:49.140 No one threw a life thing. 00:06:49.200 --> 00:06:50.300 No one stopped anything. 00:06:50.660 --> 00:06:55.540 And he started yelling, man overboard, man overboard in Chinese, because he could speak Chinese very well. 00:06:56.220 --> 00:06:57.759 And no one stopped. 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:03.039 And so finally he ran up and he cut the rope on the sails of the junk. 00:07:03.099 --> 00:07:05.639 So the sails collapsed and the boat effectively stopped. 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:09.839 And he jumped in the water and he dove and he dove trying to find Peter. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.120 And he came up and he was yelling for help, yelling for help, help, help, help. 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:14.039 There's a person drowning here. 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:14.500 I need help. 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:19.899 He looks over to the side of the shore and there's some fishermen in their boat fishing over there. 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.479 And he yells to them, can you come help me, my friends, in the water? 00:07:23.539 --> 00:07:23.959 He's drowning. 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:24.620 I need your help. 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:25.879 Bring your nets right now. 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:26.779 We can save him. 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:29.899 And the fishermen looked at him and go, we're busy. 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:32.239 We're too busy. 00:07:32.339 --> 00:07:32.719 We're working. 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.120 We're catching fish. 00:07:34.739 --> 00:07:35.399 We can't do this. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:39.779 And Taylor was screaming at them and finally said, how can I get you over here? 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:41.060 And the guys go, pay us. 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.979 And so after a couple seconds of bartering, Taylor empties his pocket and he says, 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:50.620 if you could have all of this, if you come right now to help me with my friend. 00:07:50.819 --> 00:07:54.720 And immediately the fishermen lifted up their nets and they came over and they dragged their net. 00:07:54.939 --> 00:07:57.140 And within less than a minute, they pulled up Peter's body. 00:07:59.200 --> 00:08:00.200 But it was too late. 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:04.740 Peter had drowned. 00:08:07.939 --> 00:08:10.160 And Taylor stood there in disbelief. 00:08:12.140 --> 00:08:15.439 And he couldn't believe how people kept working. 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:24.379 And were more concerned about their money and their livelihood than the drowning man. 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:29.340 How do you feel when you hear that story? 00:08:34.060 --> 00:08:36.600 When I first heard it, I was so angry. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:38.600 I was so frustrated. 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:40.680 I had experiences like that before. 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:43.039 And I was so condemning. 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:44.799 I wanted to condemn those men. 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:50.579 But I realized that as I condemned them, 00:08:51.579 --> 00:08:54.759 I condemned myself. 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:01.439 Because often I am just like them. 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.259 I'm busy at work. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:06.299 I'm busy doing stuff. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:07.519 I'm busy living life. 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:10.439 And all around me, people are drowning. 00:09:14.699 --> 00:09:16.460 And I think it's all about me. 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:19.159 And I don't want to help them. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:24.299 I don't know if you guys ever felt that way, but I have. 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:27.699 Especially as I started preparing for this sermon. 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:29.740 The hard things about sermons sometimes is 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:31.259 God really uses them 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:34.659 in the pastor's life to really hit us over the head 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:36.079 and ask us hard questions. 00:09:36.579 --> 00:09:38.899 And so if today you feel like there's a finger pointing at you, 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:40.360 realize that there's about a billion of them 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:41.740 pointing back at me and at my heart. 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:45.699 As I pray for us as a church, 00:09:45.819 --> 00:09:47.860 why are we here and what are we doing? 00:09:49.579 --> 00:09:51.219 The passage in Luke 10 00:09:51.219 --> 00:09:52.860 is a very interesting passage. 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:54.019 It says in verse 1, 00:09:54.439 --> 00:09:56.339 now after this, what after this? 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:59.039 You look back in verse chapter 9 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:00.519 and you see that Jesus has done miracles. 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:02.939 He's healed people. 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:04.300 But at this point, 00:10:04.400 --> 00:10:06.540 he basically turns his face towards Jerusalem 00:10:06.540 --> 00:10:09.300 and he's going to go to the cross. 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.440 And so whenever you see in the New Testament 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:13.800 his faces towards Jerusalem, 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:15.420 what you automatically understand 00:10:15.420 --> 00:10:17.680 is it means sacrifice and the cross and death 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:22.400 and pain and separation for us. 00:10:23.920 --> 00:10:25.480 And it says that the Lord appointed, 00:10:25.640 --> 00:10:27.760 and basically he gives them a task in Greek, 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:29.100 70 others. 00:10:29.260 --> 00:10:30.520 And this is a very interesting word. 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.139 It's 70 is a very specific, 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:33.399 some of you might say 72. 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:34.939 We're not going to get in a discussion over that. 00:10:35.419 --> 00:10:36.559 But we'll talk about it later. 00:10:36.939 --> 00:10:38.840 But 70 was the number of nations 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:40.579 that when you read Genesis 10 and 11, 00:10:40.899 --> 00:10:43.079 when they were building this big tower called Babel 00:10:43.079 --> 00:10:44.879 and God came down to confuse their language 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.319 and they separated it, 00:10:46.579 --> 00:10:47.939 that the scripture says it's 70. 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:49.699 70 nations went out from there. 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:52.519 And so Christ appoints one evangelist 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:54.500 or one lay person 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:55.919 because these aren't professional people. 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:56.860 They're just you and me. 00:10:56.860 --> 00:11:00.120 And he appoints one person per nation 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:01.879 and it says he sends them out in pairs, 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:02.940 which is also very important, 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:03.899 I think for a couple reasons. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.460 One is that it's scary doing it by yourself. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.919 But two, the scripture says 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.300 that wherever two testify to something, 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.759 then it is true. 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.700 And in a court of law, 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.220 one person's testimony could not stand, 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:20.100 but two had to be done. 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:22.860 And so Jesus pairs up these people, 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:24.879 these 70 you and me. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:27.500 And as he's about to send them out, 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:28.939 he looks out over the fields 00:11:28.939 --> 00:11:30.000 and he says these words. 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:30.639 He says, 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:31.939 the harvest is plentiful, 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.600 but the laborers are few. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.360 Now he's using farming language. 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:41.080 And we've already established it. 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:42.919 I think I'm one of the only farmers around here. 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.480 But he's talking about this huge field of grain 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:49.200 and the grain heads are so heavy 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:50.580 that the grain is drooping. 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:52.680 And he looks out there 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:54.700 and he sees this amazing harvest. 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:56.100 And what he's talking about is spiritually. 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.259 He's talking about people's lives. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.120 He's talking about people who don't know Christ, 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:01.139 but they need to know Christ. 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:02.940 He's talking about people who don't know Christ, 00:12:03.020 --> 00:12:04.120 but they're asking questions. 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:06.600 And he's looking out at all these places. 00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:09.080 And he's saying there's people everywhere. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.639 It's ripe. 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.120 And I'm the Lord of the harvest. 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.600 It's interesting when you look at harvest time 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.419 in a farm that there's just, 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:22.279 in harvest time, 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:24.240 you only do one thing and you harvest. 00:12:25.699 --> 00:12:26.819 I mean, everything else stops. 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:28.240 It's like, it's a week, two weeks, 00:12:28.319 --> 00:12:29.279 depends what your crop is, 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:30.460 how big your fields are. 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:31.860 But everyone comes together 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:33.220 and they harvest and they harvest 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.519 because if you wait too long, 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.139 the crop is ruined. 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:41.120 That if the grain stays on the stalk too long, 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:42.480 that it starts to mildew. 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:45.340 Or the animals start to gather it. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.860 Or the hail comes out 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:47.960 and it hails out your crop. 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:49.279 And so if you wait too long, 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.240 everything is destroyed. 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:53.360 And so when he uses his words, 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.539 the harvest is plentiful, 00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:56.740 he's talking about it's the right time, 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:57.399 it's the right time, 00:12:57.439 --> 00:12:58.080 it's the right time. 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:01.019 And so he's about to send them out 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:03.259 and the first thing he says to them, 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.279 and I'm only gonna share with you 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.340 a couple things that stick out here. 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:06.819 The first thing he says is pray. 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:07.500 Pray. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.259 Pray. 00:13:10.699 --> 00:13:11.939 He says it here in verse two 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.620 and he's saying to them, 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:13.500 the harvest is plentiful, 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:14.299 but the laborers are few. 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:16.799 Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:18.179 to send out laborers into his field. 00:13:18.439 --> 00:13:20.139 That word beseech is very specific. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:21.639 It means to pray. 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:23.179 It means to beg. 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:26.159 It means to ask. 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:28.679 And when you read scripture, 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.679 I don't think we get this right 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.699 because I'm still on this journey too 00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.779 about prayer and talking 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.399 and things like that. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.819 But when we read scripture, 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:35.879 you never see a person praying 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.840 and they're just like this. 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:42.199 But in Hebrew and in the culture, 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.779 prayer was always like this. 00:13:45.199 --> 00:13:47.240 And whenever you saw prayer in the Father, 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.840 Abba was always connected 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:50.460 and it was a sense that there was a child 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:52.199 and a reaching up to his dad. 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.039 And so when he's talking about prayer here, 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.939 I think it's something different than we think 00:13:57.939 --> 00:14:00.259 because he's talking about beseeching, 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.139 screaming, yelling, 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:03.200 like a kid yells for his dad. 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.240 I remember when we had this agreement. 00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.180 Okay, so guys, 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.420 you have to have an disagreement with your wives. 00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:11.840 We had Caitlin, our last child. 00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:13.500 And the agreement was that 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.460 I would wake up in the morning 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:16.540 and bring Caitlin to Christina 00:14:16.540 --> 00:14:17.879 so Christina could stay in bed 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.200 and breastfeed Caitlin. 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:21.900 I know maybe it's too much information or whatever. 00:14:22.900 --> 00:14:23.900 But I would wake up 00:14:23.900 --> 00:14:24.980 and I would just hear our kid, 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:31.279 It's like there's a snake in your bed, right? 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:33.340 You're like, 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.560 Cat, what's going on here? 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.420 There's somebody in there 00:14:35.420 --> 00:14:36.399 or there's a dog biting them 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.300 or there's something going on. 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.460 And the kid's just screaming 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:40.240 and the kid has his hand up in the air 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:41.860 and he's crying out. 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:45.000 And that's the imagery that he has here of prayer. 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:46.920 He says, 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.980 Pray, cry out for the Lord of the harvest 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:50.279 because we need him. 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.659 Because if he doesn't come through for us, 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:55.079 everything is lost. 00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.500 I'll never forget our last time 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:59.399 is that we finally made this decision 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.059 to wean Caitlin. 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.459 And I walked in there 00:15:02.459 --> 00:15:03.559 and she was just screaming, 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.000 ah! 00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:05.379 It was going crazy. 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.279 I mean, it was amazing. 00:15:06.339 --> 00:15:06.819 This is a true story. 00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.559 Amazing. 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.339 So I picked her up. 00:15:09.579 --> 00:15:10.579 I tried to comfort her. 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.980 I changed her diapers. 00:15:12.319 --> 00:15:13.639 And she was out of control. 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:15.559 And I brought her in to Christina 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:16.519 and she was sucking her thumbs. 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.559 She always sucked her thumbs like this. 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:20.259 For some reason, she was two. 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:23.319 So she was crying and screaming in comfort, 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.100 sucking her thumbs. 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.339 And I laid her down. 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:28.480 And right as I laid her down, 00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:30.139 she's about to get to Christina's arms. 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:33.179 She sees Christina's feeding mechanism. 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:37.720 And she turns around and looks at me 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.220 and she goes, 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:39.459 Thank you. 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:44.000 I was freaking out. 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.620 Thank you. 00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:46.919 But here, this is this imagery here. 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.220 The imagery is that we scream out, 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.860 that we cry, 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.620 we pray, 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:51.440 we ask God for the harvest. 00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:54.600 And the question we have to ask ourselves 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.659 is do we do that? 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.340 Do we cry out? 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:56.820 Do we pray? 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.360 Do we ask God for the harvest? 00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:59.100 How do we pray? 00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.960 Do we pray for the harvest? 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.539 I mean, we pray for our jobs 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.600 when our jobs are in trouble. 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.779 And we pray for our money 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:09.060 when our money's low. 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.899 We pray for our family 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.000 when our wives are out of control. 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.019 We pray for our spouse. 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.180 We pray for our future spouse 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.920 when we don't have one. 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:15.500 But here he says, 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.779 pray for the harvest. 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.339 Do we pray? 00:16:17.719 --> 00:16:18.759 Do we pray for the harvest? 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:20.620 Do we cry out for lost people all around us? 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.959 I mean, do we pray for Bel Air 00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.860 and Cyberport 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.759 and Citibank 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.500 and Belchers 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.120 and ISF 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.879 and ESF 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.019 and Hong Kong U 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.679 and Wafu 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.599 and Baguio 00:16:31.599 --> 00:16:32.319 and Kennedy Town? 00:16:32.699 --> 00:16:34.620 Do we pray for those people? 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:39.980 It's one of the reasons 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:41.120 we felt like God was calling us 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.799 to start this church 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.620 is we didn't want to be a church 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.460 that collected Christians 00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.919 from other churches 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:45.659 but we wanted to be a church 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.860 that was reaching out 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.759 and praying for people 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.340 and being on a mission 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.720 and being about saving them 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.419 and being God 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.340 allowing us to use 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.799 God 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:55.560 allowing us to be used by God 00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:57.159 and his power to flow through us 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:57.980 to reach people 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.799 who are lost. 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.740 Do we pray for our workplace? 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:07.579 Do we pray for the lost people there? 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.919 Do we pray for Baguio? 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:14.279 Do we pray for Rebecca 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.199 and Clement 00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:17.279 and Grandma Kwok 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.619 and Charles 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.879 and Philly 00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:20.859 and Kevin 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:22.379 and Dad 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:23.119 and Estelle 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.879 and Donald 00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:26.000 Jocelyn 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.339 Danis 00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:28.959 Vincent 00:17:28.959 --> 00:17:29.779 Howie 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:32.399 Haiyi 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.820 Kevin Chan 00:17:34.820 --> 00:17:38.240 Do we pray for those people? 00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.480 Jesus said 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.240 I'm sending you out 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.800 and the first thing 00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:43.240 you got to do 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.759 the first thing 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.480 you have to do 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.880 the first thing 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.440 that you must do 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.519 is you must pray 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.920 because if you don't pray 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:49.360 I can't work 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.720 and it's all about God 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.080 doing it 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:51.920 and you realize here 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.040 in chapter verse 2 00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:53.780 that it's God 00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.640 God's the one 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.440 who sends the laborer 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.080 it's not the pastor 00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.480 getting up 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.380 giving you a guilt trip 00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:59.240 but it's God 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.759 sending you out 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.660 it's God working 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.259 in your heart 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.059 it's you realizing 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.779 what God has done 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.359 for us 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.099 and then trusting 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.920 him to be good 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:11.019 the second thing 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.680 that sticks out here 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.000 is verses 3 through 8 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.960 and it's about the mission 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:16.079 the mission that we're sent on 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.099 the mission in verse 3 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.079 is really clear 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.759 he says go 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.160 in Greek 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.400 it's an imperative 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.359 it's a present imperative 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.740 it means always be going 00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.799 it means stop 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.619 do not stop 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.940 always be doing this 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:28.019 go behold 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.920 I send you 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.720 in the imagery 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.660 there is really clear 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.840 it's of an ambassador 00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:34.120 so the minute 00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:35.300 Jesus people heard this 00:18:35.300 --> 00:18:35.840 they would have think 00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:36.880 you're asking us 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.660 to be ambassadors 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:40.200 and in that culture 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.720 ambassadors were very well known 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:43.420 that whenever an ambassador came 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.740 he was always preceded 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.300 by the banner 00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:45.960 of the country 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.540 or the king 00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.960 or whatever he represented 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.700 and when people heard him talk 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.420 they realized 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.460 that it wasn't him talking 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.820 but it was the king talking 00:18:52.820 --> 00:18:57.000 or the nation talking 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:01.220 and Jesus commissions 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.400 the 70 people 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.440 like you and me 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.299 and he says 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.859 go 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:06.380 I send you 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.920 and there's this huge sense 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.119 that we are ambassadors 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.059 as we go 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:13.859 have you ever thought about that? 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.759 now before Christina 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.359 and I got married 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.220 she always wanted to marry 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.740 an ambassador 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.579 she said it was because 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.299 of the parties 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.640 they would have 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.240 and I think she had 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.319 this romantic view of this 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.079 but I thought it would be 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.599 very interesting 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.279 to be an ambassador 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.700 because you walk into 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.319 any place 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.059 and you don't even 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.279 really represent yourself 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.700 you represent the country 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.279 that sends you 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.559 right? 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.339 I mean some of us 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.039 fake it sometimes 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.720 when we wear shirts 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.460 with our schools 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.119 and other things 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.779 and wow 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.879 you're from this school 00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.619 or you're from that school 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.299 you're not really 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.939 representing yourself 00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.980 you're representing the school 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.839 and here he's saying 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.460 you're ambassadors 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.299 and you're going out 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.220 and you're representing 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.399 God 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:54.019 and so the question 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:55.000 I have to ask myself 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.640 which I've been asking 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.280 all week is 00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:58.300 what kind of ambassador 00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.840 am I? 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.620 am I a good ambassador? 00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:06.180 do I take the message 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.820 to the father 00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:08.340 and relay it 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.480 just like he wants me to? 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.640 I mean no ambassador 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.300 would get a message 00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:13.900 from his government 00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.340 and say 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.740 you know I really want 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.120 but you know 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.100 I'm just really busy right now 00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.900 I can't present that 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.540 to the other government 00:20:18.540 --> 00:20:20.400 or you know 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.700 it's going to be 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.240 really difficult 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.800 for me to share 00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.560 these things to them 00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:24.720 and maybe I'll just 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.800 wait for a better time 00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:28.300 or you know 00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:28.820 maybe they're 00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:30.140 going to not like me 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:34.420 but the scripture 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:34.940 is really clear 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.820 that we're ambassadors 00:20:35.820 --> 00:20:37.080 and we're invested 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:38.620 with God's power 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.320 and his strength 00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.860 in the kingdom 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.660 and we're called 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.460 to go out 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.900 and to share the word 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:45.800 now in this mission 00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:46.780 we're given two warnings 00:20:46.780 --> 00:20:47.160 which I think 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.880 are very intense 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.920 the first warning 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.520 he tells us 00:20:49.520 --> 00:20:50.380 and it's in verse 3 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.500 he says behold 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.400 I send you out 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.000 as lambs 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.940 in the midst of wolves 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:56.020 have you ever seen 00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:56.700 lambs in the midst 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.140 of wolves? 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.160 it's not good 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.140 I mean it's ugly 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:04.540 and the scripture says 00:21:04.540 --> 00:21:05.380 that you and I 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.160 are sheep 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:08.680 and Christ 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.540 is sending you 00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:10.320 and I out 00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:11.000 as lambs 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.460 in the midst 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.680 of all these wolves 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.600 and the message 00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.160 is clear 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.060 the message is 00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.480 the people 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.120 that we go to 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.100 won't like us 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:20.659 and they won't 00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.240 like the message 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.799 we send 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:24.839 and I always 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.559 struggled with that 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:25.899 because I just 00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.339 thought maybe 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.679 if people's lives 00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.279 were terrible 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.199 they would love 00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.839 to hear the message 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.259 of God 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.779 who loves them 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.519 who cares for them 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.759 who has a plan 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.099 for them 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:34.119 who died for them 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.919 that has to be 00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:36.240 incredibly good news 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:38.599 but the scripture 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.019 says no 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.359 they're going to 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.859 hate that 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:43.559 what he's saying 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.859 here is 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.240 what they would 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.839 rather hear you 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.039 say 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.699 they would rather 00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.339 hear you say 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.939 something sexy 00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.699 like hey 00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:47.879 you know 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.199 Christianity 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:48.699 is about a bunch 00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.159 of rules 00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:51.059 and if you do 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.619 all these rules 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.079 you're okay 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.599 and if you follow 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.039 these steps 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.419 you're good 00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.179 and if you work 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.539 hard 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.379 you're okay 00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.000 and you know 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.779 God helps those 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.559 who helps himself 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.099 doesn't he 00:21:58.099 --> 00:22:01.279 and at the end 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.659 of the sermon 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.099 if I give you 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.679 five points 00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.500 everything's going 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.879 to be perfect 00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.379 if you complete 00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.199 all those points 00:22:05.199 --> 00:22:09.599 and if we preach 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.299 that message 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.480 people would love us 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.240 I mean the church 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.059 would be packed out 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.500 with people 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.179 more than we have 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.359 now 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.299 we'd have a mega church 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.879 I mean that's what 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.519 every other religion 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.079 preaches 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:22.959 do this 00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:23.779 do that 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.799 don't do this 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.500 do this 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.199 don't do that 00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.959 if you do these 00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.819 things you're okay 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.819 you pray this way 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.339 you're okay 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:30.319 God is there 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.119 you do what you 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.519 need to do 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.019 God does what 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.559 he does to do 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.299 everything's great 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:38.299 but Jesus says 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.839 that's not the 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.319 message of the 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.099 kingdom of God 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:42.039 he says we preach 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.720 a gospel that's 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.299 full of grace 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.259 and helplessness 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.899 Jesus says we preach 00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.899 about lostness 00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.419 and darkness 00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.819 and people walking 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.899 blindedly 00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:51.559 we talk a message 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.599 about if they don't 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.399 go through Christ 00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.200 they have no hope 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.759 at all 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:58.599 the gospel 00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:01.839 and Luke says 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.359 that Jesus says 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.200 to his disciples 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.900 to you and I 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.559 that when we go out 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.119 and we share that 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.680 message to people 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.180 they're not going 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.720 to like it 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.619 they're going to 00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.440 hate it 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:13.319 and chances are 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.140 they might hate us 00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:16.660 he gives us 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.259 another warning 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.920 in verse 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.440 verse 4 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.960 he goes on 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.240 he says 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.259 carry no money 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.500 belt 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.039 no bag 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.599 no shoes 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.379 and greet 00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.799 no one 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.279 on the way 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.959 circle greet 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.359 no one 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.859 on the way 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:27.119 I think it's 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.579 amazing 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.799 it's a story 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.459 and the minute 00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.879 Jesus listeners 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.399 heard it 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.000 they would understand 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.779 exactly what happened 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:34.199 it's from 2 Kings 4 00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:35.099 so tonight 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.699 when you go back 00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.599 read 2 Kings 4 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.859 it's an amazing passage 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:40.000 Elijah is the prophet 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.459 of God 00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:41.279 he's wandering 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.019 he has no place 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.379 to stay 00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.359 and God sends 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.699 this woman 00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.559 to take care of him 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.759 but this woman 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.959 has no kid 00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.899 her husband 00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.879 and her are barren 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:50.519 and so Elijah 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.699 prays for this woman 00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.340 and God allows them 00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.100 to have a kid 00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:55.220 and she has a kid 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.180 and this boy grows up 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.160 and one day Elijah 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.259 is no longer with them 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.039 and she sends message 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.720 to Elijah 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:02.240 my son is dead 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:05.600 my son was working 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.220 in the fields 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.640 his head got too hot 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.539 he had this 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.620 overstroke 00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.080 heat 00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.880 whatever 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.019 and he's dead 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:15.240 and Elijah takes 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.880 his staff 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.759 and he hands it 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.460 to his assistant 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.440 and he says 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.680 take the staff 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.100 you're going 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.740 to dead people 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.900 you're going 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.340 to a mom 00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:24.820 who's grieving 00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:26.060 take the staff 00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.600 and run 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.860 as fast as you can 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.340 get to that woman's house 00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.279 because her son 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.640 is dead 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.680 and she needs you 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.820 and when you walk 00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.539 in that house 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.779 you put that staff 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.640 on that boy's forehead 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.700 and when you do that 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.160 the kid's going to 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.940 come back to life 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:41.900 and oh by the way 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:44.420 don't greet anyone 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.779 on the way 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:49.400 what he was saying 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.900 to his servant 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.540 is the message 00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.240 that I'm sending you 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.280 on is so important 00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:55.180 that you don't want 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.580 to get sidetracked 00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:58.280 that the greetings 00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:58.840 in the Middle Eastern 00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.640 culture can become 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.360 so elaborate 00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.340 that you talk to somebody 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.340 and you just have 00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:02.980 to talk to them 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.000 and sometimes a greeting 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.100 can last a whole day 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:07.640 and Elijah was saying 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.060 to his servant 00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:08.640 the message 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.360 and the mission 00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.000 that I'm sending you 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.000 on is so important 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.000 you don't have time 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.460 to waste 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.860 because there's 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.620 a dead person there 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:17.000 and Jesus says 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.839 the same to us 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.939 he says be careful 00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.639 because as you go 00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.099 on this journey 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.500 you're going to be 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.959 distracted 00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.959 and it's going to be 00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.500 easy to become 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.959 distracted 00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:24.939 and you don't want 00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.500 to be distracted 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.919 because there's 00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.739 dead people all around 00:25:26.739 --> 00:25:27.000 you 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.539 and they need to 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.299 hear the word of God 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:33.500 you ever been 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.979 distracted 00:25:33.979 --> 00:25:37.559 I think it's really 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.199 easy in our world 00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:38.739 to be distracted 00:25:38.739 --> 00:25:39.179 isn't it 00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:41.059 there's just so many 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.979 things around us 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.480 that call and cry out 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.980 for us 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.140 and ask us to say 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:46.480 put your attention here 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.819 and before you know it 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.900 you've forgotten 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.500 your mission 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.360 and you're about 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.180 building your own 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.599 kingdom 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:54.620 and making your 00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.539 lives comfortable 00:25:55.539 --> 00:26:01.339 and worrying about 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.339 your next vacation 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:05.420 I'm talking about 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.940 myself 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:08.880 but Jesus tells 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.440 his disciples 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.140 that when you go 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.700 be on track 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.420 be on mission 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.380 because what you're 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.880 doing is you're 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.500 bringing dead people 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.900 to life 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.680 and it's easy 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.380 to be distracted 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.140 and you don't 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.900 want to be distracted 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.860 because people 00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.460 need to hear 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.980 and they need you 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.620 beside them 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:23.059 the next thing 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.519 that sticks out 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.299 to me really quickly 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.380 here is in verse 9 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.880 and it's the message 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.420 he says 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.980 whatever city 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.580 you enter into 00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.259 you've received 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.900 you eat what is 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.480 set before you 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.960 and we can come 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.440 back and talk 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.720 about that 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.039 there's a lot 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.720 of cultural issues 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.279 going on there 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.460 because they're 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.980 going into 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.519 non-Jewish cities 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.019 they're going 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.160 to all the cities 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.860 that Jesus is going 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.519 to visit before 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.259 he hits Jerusalem 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.539 and there's 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.419 pagan cities 00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:45.379 there's Jewish cities 00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.299 and the guys 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.740 are worried about 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.079 what they're going 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.319 to eat 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.959 and Jesus says 00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.240 don't worry 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.839 about that 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.159 he says 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.839 when you go in 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.859 heal those 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.459 who are in it 00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.879 and those 00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.459 who are sick 00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:56.779 and say to them 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.279 that the kingdom 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.679 of God 00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.479 has come near you 00:26:58.479 --> 00:27:01.979 the kingdom 00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.679 of God 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.019 has come near 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.539 you 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.500 what he's saying 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.879 is that when you 00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.759 go and you meet 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.119 people 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.039 you tell them 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.539 that God's 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.859 presence 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.539 God's spirit 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.219 God's grace 00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:11.879 God's mercy 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.659 God's salvation 00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.239 has come into 00:27:13.239 --> 00:27:13.699 your midst 00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:15.019 and the minute 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.759 someone heard that 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.139 they knew they 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:17.000 had to make a choice 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.739 the minute someone 00:27:18.739 --> 00:27:19.299 in Jesus' day 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.879 heard the kingdom 00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.219 of God 00:27:20.219 --> 00:27:20.819 has come near to you 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.479 the first thing 00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:21.739 that would come 00:27:21.739 --> 00:27:22.199 into their mind 00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:22.459 is okay 00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:23.139 here's this line 00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:24.319 what side of this 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.779 line am I going 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.279 to step on 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.979 am I going to be 00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.339 with the kingdom 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.799 of God 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.279 or am I going to 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.779 be with myself 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.319 over here 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:32.459 and Jesus sends 00:27:32.459 --> 00:27:32.719 them out 00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.000 and he says 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.439 hey 00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:34.079 you're going to 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.819 go into these places 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.299 and you're going 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.099 to share this word 00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.819 and this word is 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.960 that God's presence 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.679 is with you 00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:40.759 he also says 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.019 you're going to 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.700 do something amazing 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.079 that you're going 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.859 to heal people 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:44.079 that you're going 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.700 to take care of 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:44.859 people 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.099 and healing 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.139 took place 00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.740 and miracles 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.339 happen 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.019 and miracles 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.439 happen 00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:49.839 and God 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.519 still does 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.939 miracles 00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:53.679 and he says 00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.019 I'm going to 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.559 do miracles 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.039 through you 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.599 and in you 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.539 as you walk 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.159 in my name 00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.859 and it's important 00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.240 to remember 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.939 that these miracles 00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.960 always validate 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.460 the message 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.980 of God 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.939 that whenever 00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.659 you read the Bible 00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.059 and you see 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.720 miracles happen 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.399 they're almost 00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.279 always right beside 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.099 God's word being 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.420 preached 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.899 and God's 00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.480 messenger going 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.720 out 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.299 and what these 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.839 miracles do 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.200 is say 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.119 God is real 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.160 and he's there 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.119 and this word 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.519 is true 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.500 and there's power 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.980 in God 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.619 I remember in 1989 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:23.720 I spent some time 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.220 in Thailand 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.639 and I was with 00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.399 a Thai staff 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.099 for a whole summer 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:28.920 with Campus Crusade 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.859 and we saw 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.819 just weird 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.599 weird things 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.980 happening 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.440 people 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.339 people doing 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.799 just demon 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.720 possessed people 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.779 people who were 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.339 doing things 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.220 that were irrational 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.640 and unexplainable 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.779 and people 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.559 who were healing 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.240 people 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.240 but through the 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.980 power of the devil 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.019 they would say that 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.980 and one night 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.559 I got together 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.220 with the staff 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.079 and this guy 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.599 was just telling 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.039 the story 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.660 about how his 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.019 parents 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.339 who were animists 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.000 put a spirit 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.700 in his house 00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.279 and the spirit 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.839 was wrestling 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.279 with him 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.180 physically 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.799 every time 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.220 he walked 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.940 into this house 00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.880 and I asked 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.180 the guy 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.460 I said 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:04.920 how do you 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.539 survive here 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.200 what do you do 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.700 how do you 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.900 fight this type 00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.700 of spiritual warfare 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.340 and the guy 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.640 told me 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:11.900 he said 00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.960 he didn't even blink 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.340 he said 00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.440 first we heal 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.860 their sick 00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.820 then we cast 00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.420 out their demons 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.380 then they see 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.860 that our God 00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.220 is greater 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.799 than their God 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:22.720 first we heal 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.120 their sick 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.240 then we cast 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.840 out their demons 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:26.059 then they see 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.500 that our God 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.799 is greater 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.380 than their God 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:30.980 Jesus says 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.580 as you go out 00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.240 on this mission 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.300 remember the message 00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.160 and remember 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.900 what you're supposed 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.260 to do 00:29:35.260 --> 00:29:35.660 and what you're 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.480 supposed to share 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:38.000 and it's about 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.600 your life 00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.080 and what God 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.380 has done 00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.060 in your life 00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.820 and I think 00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.400 sometimes 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.720 we just struggle 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.120 with this 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.700 we have a hard 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.420 time with this 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:47.180 but the message 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.860 of salvation 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.500 is really clear 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.120 in this passage 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.960 Jesus isn't saying 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.600 get a PhD 00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.820 Jesus isn't saying 00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.380 learn all your 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.000 apologetics 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.200 Jesus isn't saying 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.020 you need to have 00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.640 these classes 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.400 and be this mature 00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.960 before you share 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.320 the faith 00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.319 Jesus is saying 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.259 you walk into 00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.859 this world 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:02.379 you see needs 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:05.200 you see people's 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.639 lives who are 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.039 in distress 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:08.460 you meet those 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.859 needs 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.599 you serve other 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:10.980 people 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.099 you share with 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.399 them 00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:14.419 and when the people 00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.419 ask why do you 00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:15.839 do that 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.279 you say 00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.519 it's because of 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.039 my faith in 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.779 Jesus Christ 00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.579 and I'd like to 00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.159 share with that 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.879 to you someday 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:25.579 it's just that 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.919 easy 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.900 but sometimes 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.740 I think that I 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.500 just become so 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.220 confused and I 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.840 make sharing my 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.840 faith such a 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.500 difficult thing 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.300 and the passage 00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:34.840 here says 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.940 basically you go 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.460 into people's 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.360 house you heal 00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.779 their sick 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.680 you meet their 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.960 needs 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.779 that word heal 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.360 actually also 00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:41.240 means to serve 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.019 you serve other 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.759 people you serve 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.500 them around you 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.539 you serve them 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.120 you serve the 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.660 sick you heal 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.539 the sick and you 00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.000 tell them that 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.580 God is near 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:51.939 that God is in 00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.099 you 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.579 that God has 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.279 changed you 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:55.079 and that they 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.639 need the gospel 00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.220 to change their 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.639 lives 00:30:56.639 --> 00:31:01.599 the message is 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.279 really clear 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.819 and the message 00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.799 is that the 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.599 kingdom of God 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.179 is near 00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:06.099 and God 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.199 does that 00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.980 and shows that 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.539 and changes 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.259 people's lives 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.000 all around us 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.480 as we would 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.159 just talk about 00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.339 it 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:14.419 the last section 00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:15.139 of this passage 00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.779 is harsh 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.460 I mean I've 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.039 been in churches 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.599 where people 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.339 don't even talk 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.799 about it 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.619 I mean I've 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.079 been in churches 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.500 where they 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.460 deleted these 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.299 verses out of 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.879 this passage 00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:27.639 because it was 00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.299 not sexy 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.940 it was too hard 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.420 for people to 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.619 hear 00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:31.099 look at what 00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.799 he says there 00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.639 but whatever 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.779 city you 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.519 enter in 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.480 and they do 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.259 not receive you 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.879 go out into 00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.259 the streets 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.680 and say 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.420 even the dust 00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.960 of your city 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.440 which clings 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.980 to your feet 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.119 you wipe off 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.599 and protest 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.299 against them 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.599 yet be sure 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:44.819 of this 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.200 the kingdom 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.500 of God 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.799 has come 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.099 near 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.380 and I say 00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.539 that you 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.880 be more 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.299 tolerable 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.619 for the 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.940 city of 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.319 Sodom 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.240 we put 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.720 that reference 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.019 in your 00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.319 bulletin 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.539 for you 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.920 to read 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.359 than for 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.880 this city 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:54.400 woe to you 00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.980 Chorazin 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.680 woe to you 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.180 Bethsaida 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.000 we have some 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.779 pictures of that 00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.400 up here 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.660 I don't know 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.019 if we have 00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.140 them 00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.759 but they're 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.140 basically 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.920 just ruins 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.380 now 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.980 almost immediately 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.579 after Jesus 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.259 said these 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.940 pronouncements 00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.420 these cities 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.119 were destroyed 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.519 and they 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.079 disappeared 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.500 and then one 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.180 day some 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.019 monks were 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.579 hanging out 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.039 in the hills 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.299 and they 00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.839 started digging 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.400 and they found 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.920 this city 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.820 but the 00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.360 cities that 00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.259 refused to 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.779 listen to 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.320 Christ's 00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.560 message 00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.180 the cities 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.740 that refused 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.259 to accept 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.600 Jesus' 00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.259 messengers 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.259 the city 00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.820 that refused 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.320 to accept 00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.720 the word 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.279 of life 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.440 they were 00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.940 destroyed 00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:29.460 and they 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.039 disappeared 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.960 if all the 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.400 miracles that 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.779 had performed 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.240 in Tyre 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.600 and Sidon 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.059 which occurred 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.460 in you 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.460 if they had 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.820 done these 00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.180 things they 00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.460 would have 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.860 repented 00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.140 they would 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.460 have come 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.920 to faith 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.180 they would 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.360 have been 00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.799 sitting in 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.240 sackcloth 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.620 and ashes 00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.200 but it would 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.519 be more 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.519 tolerable for 00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.680 these cities 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.480 these Tyre 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.860 and Sidon 00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.580 which are pagan 00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.279 cities in the 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.700 judgment than 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.100 for you 00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.980 for you 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.460 Capernaum 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.240 you will not 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.700 be exalted 00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.059 to heaven 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.400 this is the 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.720 base where 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.240 Jesus did all 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.620 his miracles 00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.100 and ministry 00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:54.299 it was the 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.960 Jewish town 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.319 and they 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.579 thought they 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.039 had a special 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.519 right because 00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.460 Christ was 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.200 there and 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.319 Christ says 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.120 no because 00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.720 I was there 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.940 and you 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.340 didn't listen 00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:04.400 to me I 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.940 spoke and I 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.640 did miracles and 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.920 it didn't 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.360 change your 00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.299 heart I 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.819 did all of 00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.360 these things 00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.200 and still I 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.799 was not lord 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.559 of your life 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.480 and you 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.240 chose to say 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.000 maybe tomorrow 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:17.079 maybe tomorrow 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:20.420 what he's 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.819 saying here 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.079 is there's 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.759 people in 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.160 our church 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.700 right now 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:24.840 and you 00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.120 don't know 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.539 Christ 00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.440 and you're 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.799 saying you 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.140 hear these 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.680 messages and 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:29.960 you go that 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.380 sounds really 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.819 cool maybe 00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.220 some other 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.680 time or this 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.220 religious thing 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.519 is kind of 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.140 cool well I'll 00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.700 think about it 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.319 but the 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.900 passage says 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.980 that by 00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.759 rejecting the 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.240 message you're 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.740 not rejecting 00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.319 me or the 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.860 people who share 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.120 it with you 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.580 you're rejecting 00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:41.819 Christ and 00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.000 you're not 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.539 really rejecting 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.080 Christ but 00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.500 you're rejecting 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.279 God and if 00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.960 you reject God 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.420 things are going 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.880 to be bad 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.760 have you ever 00:33:49.760 --> 00:33:50.860 amen 00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:52.800 have you ever 00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.180 heard someone 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.800 say that to 00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.080 you 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:56.380 have you ever 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.900 told somebody 00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.160 they're in 00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.460 trouble 00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:59.380 have you ever 00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.720 told somebody 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.060 hey if you 00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:00.440 keep going 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.820 down this 00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.620 path you're 00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.420 mocking God 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.700 the creator of 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.140 the universe 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:05.640 and I don't 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:05.960 need to do 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.380 anything because 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.920 God can take 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.540 care of himself 00:34:07.540 --> 00:34:10.380 have you ever 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.740 heard that 00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.240 said something 00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:13.099 like that to 00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.400 somebody 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:16.360 Christ says 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.680 it very 00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.380 carefully and 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.740 very concisely 00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.760 the one who 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.800 rejects the one 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.340 who listens to 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.940 you listens to 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.180 me and the 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.820 one who rejects 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.860 you rejects me 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.780 and he rejects 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.599 the one who 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.180 sent me 00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.340 sent me 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.820 and what he's 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.320 saying here is 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.059 as ambassadors 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.880 the message that 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.079 we have is 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.500 eternal 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:37.800 the message that 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.519 we hold on and 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.059 we're afraid to 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.980 share the 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.460 message that we 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.059 share with people 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.599 and they mock 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.940 us 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.539 the message 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.960 that we know 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.400 is the only 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.880 message that 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.460 people need to 00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.300 have to hear 00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:49.099 and to change 00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.880 and to enter 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.320 into eternal 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.280 life that the 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.119 repercussions for 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.059 not following that 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.800 message are bad 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:59.000 bad 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:02.760 and that's why 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.380 God has us here 00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.920 as his church 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:07.019 God has us here 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.619 as his church 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.440 as ambassadors 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.480 to this part of 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.039 Hong Kong Island 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.500 and beyond 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.059 and as we walk 00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.960 every day in the 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.860 proudness and the 00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.519 strength of knowing 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.219 that you're God's 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:20.059 ambassador and that 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.699 you have the only 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.860 thing that people have 00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.079 and need to change 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.139 your life his word 00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.579 and that you have the 00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.400 ability to step into 00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.239 people's lives that are 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.559 out of control and to 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.539 serve them and to take 00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.619 care of them and to 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.760 help them and to heal 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.820 them and to tell them 00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.519 that the kingdom of God 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.880 is near 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:39.280 and Jesus says if you do 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.960 that God does 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.579 everything else 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:45.099 God opens eyes 00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:48.039 God opens ears 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.700 God changes hearts 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:54.340 not our words 00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:58.119 last year when we 00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.300 started off we brought 00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.380 this stretcher out when 00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.200 we were talking about the 00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:02.099 story of the men being 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:06.019 brought to Jesus to be 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:08.460 healed and we had a 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.400 challenge and we wrote 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.460 down all the names of 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.239 people up here that we 00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.239 felt like needed to know 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.319 about Christ people that 00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.279 were in our world that 00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.719 didn't know God people 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.839 that we were praying for 00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:18.219 and we wrote these names 00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.920 down there and this 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.099 stretcher basically has 00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:24.099 stayed in our storeroom for 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:26.259 six months to a year 00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:30.140 when it came time to find 00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:31.140 this stretcher and to 00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:32.240 bring it out as an object 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:34.320 lesson and to use it we 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:35.260 couldn't find it 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:38.940 last night we were texting 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:41.900 where is that thing we 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.020 didn't know where it was 00:36:43.020 --> 00:36:48.460 it's easy to get distracted 00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.260 isn't it 00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:55.160 it's easy to forget about the 00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:56.060 names we put on there 00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:58.659 it's easy to forget about 00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.480 the people that we walk 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.440 and we touch and move and 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:02.420 rub shoulders with them 00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.440 wherever we are it's easy 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.539 to forget that they they 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.320 need the message that we 00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.559 have it's easy to forget 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.380 that we're ambassadors 00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:13.559 who's praying for the 00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.900 harvest 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:17.000 what I would like to do is 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.019 ask Katie to come up with 00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.440 the worship team and we're 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.360 just going to have a couple 00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.239 minutes of reflection 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:24.159 want you to pray about the 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.840 message you heard 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:27.800 we're going to ask Charles 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.300 and Josh they're going to 00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.559 hold this banner right here 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.800 and what we would like to 00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.940 do is we want to continue 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.400 this 00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:36.420 and as you pray and as you 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.980 think and as you think of 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.120 the harvest and people that 00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:40.420 you pray for we have 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.220 markers here 00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:43.360 and we would like for you to 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.820 come up 00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:46.180 and we would like for you to 00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:47.700 write these people's names on 00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:47.880 it 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.120 as a testimony 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.219 that you're an ambassador 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:55.239 and God has sent you to 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.759 these people 00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:58.279 and we're going to pray for 00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.579 them 00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.759 this year 00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:02.179 the Lord of the harvest 00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.199 would send people into their 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:04.119 lives maybe us 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:06.420 who meet their needs 00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:09.059 who share God's word 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:11.440 who encourage them where 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.859 they're at 00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:14.359 so spend a couple minutes 00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:14.759 reflecting 00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:16.960 and then when you're ready 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.700 if you want to 00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.380 you don't have to 00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:20.120 there's somebody on your 00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.360 heart 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.180 we want you to come up 00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.960 and just write their name 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.440 down here 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.020 and we'll bring this out 00:38:25.020 --> 00:38:27.100 and continue to pray for 00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.560 those people 00:38:27.560 --> 00:38:29.540 and I'll come up in a 00:38:29.540 --> 00:38:29.940 little while 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.780 and I'll close this 00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:32.740 to 00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.080 Exactly