WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.320 This morning, thanks Chris. 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:25.859 Our reading this morning is taken from Matthew chapter 9 beginning at verse 35 and continuing on into 10 on to verse 8. 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:32.159 So that's Matthew 9 beginning at verse 35 and that's page 974 of the Church Bible. 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:38.560 Matthew 9 verse 35. 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:47.579 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and illness. 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:55.399 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 00:00:56.859 --> 00:01:02.200 Then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:08.620 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:19.560 Jesus called out, called his 12 disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and illness. 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.880 These are the names of the 12 apostles. 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:52.219 These 12 Jesus sent out with the following instructions. 00:01:52.219 --> 00:01:56.799 Jesus sent out with the Holy Spirit, but the Lord of the apostles. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:01:58.679 Jesus sent out with them and gave them free to heal them and heal them. 00:01:58.679 --> 00:01:59.679 Jesus sent out with the Lord of the apostles. 00:01:59.679 --> 00:02:00.000 Jesus sent out with them, therefore, to the lost sheep of Israel. 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.180 As you go, proclaim this message. 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:06.439 The kingdom of heaven has come near. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:09.500 Heal those who are ill. 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:11.039 Raise the dead. 00:02:12.020 --> 00:02:13.840 Cleanse those who have leprosy. 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:15.539 Drive out demons. 00:02:15.539 --> 00:02:18.280 freely you have received 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.019 freely give 00:02:20.019 --> 00:02:30.099 thanks Chris 00:02:45.539 --> 00:02:54.840 let's pray 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:17.159 Father give us 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.799 give us hearts 00:03:19.799 --> 00:03:21.739 that will listen carefully 00:03:21.739 --> 00:03:23.039 to your word today 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.299 may words that may 00:03:27.299 --> 00:03:29.579 be familiar to us 00:03:29.579 --> 00:03:32.620 strike 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:35.439 deep down into our lives 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.719 so that we have 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:39.659 a vision 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:41.620 that you have 00:03:41.620 --> 00:03:43.959 that we are filled 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.200 with your desires and priorities 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:49.360 that they would shape 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.439 how we live 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.180 and how we go about 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:55.100 our day to day 00:03:55.100 --> 00:03:59.400 Father we've come in 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:01.480 to this building in one way 00:04:01.480 --> 00:04:05.280 and we want to go out 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:06.800 changed 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:08.560 and transformed 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.000 and so we ask that the power 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:13.860 of the Holy Spirit would work in 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:14.640 each of us 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:15.600 individually 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:18.139 and corporately 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:19.160 as a church 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.819 and do an amazing work 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:24.980 in all of our lives 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:27.900 may each one 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:30.319 be truly changed today 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.620 Amen 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:40.220 well as we 00:04:40.220 --> 00:04:42.399 think about what we've seen 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:43.180 on the news 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:44.500 in these recent days 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:45.500 and we see the 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00:09:58.220 compassion 00:09:58.220 --> 00:09:58.879 on them 00:09:58.879 --> 00:09:59.220 compassion 00:09:59.220 --> 00:09:59.440 is much more 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:00.000 than just 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.379 having concern 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:02.060 for somebody 00:10:02.060 --> 00:10:03.000 or care 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:03.660 for someone 00:10:03.660 --> 00:10:05.160 it's a deep 00:10:05.160 --> 00:10:06.100 feeling 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:07.840 that churns 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:08.440 within you 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:08.860 from the 00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:09.440 inside 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.480 and that 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:11.279 feeling is 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:12.300 not quelled 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:14.420 until something 00:10:14.420 --> 00:10:15.080 is done 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.779 it's an emotion 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:18.000 a strong emotion 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.259 that leads 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:20.279 to action 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:21.440 in other words 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.600 it's feeling 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.300 a need 00:10:23.299 --> 00:10:24.599 and wanting 00:10:24.599 --> 00:10:25.919 to alleviate 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:27.000 that need 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.359 as one 00:10:29.359 --> 00:10:30.139 writer put it 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:30.819 the compassion 00:10:30.819 --> 00:10:31.559 of Jesus 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.079 is his 00:10:33.079 --> 00:10:33.859 spontaneous 00:10:33.859 --> 00:10:35.139 reflex 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.799 to move 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:37.359 towards 00:10:37.359 --> 00:10:37.879 sinners 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:39.979 and sufferers 00:10:39.979 --> 00:10:41.199 he is 00:10:41.199 --> 00:10:42.019 compelled 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:43.459 into action 00:10:43.459 --> 00:10:44.539 he sees 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.359 and he is 00:10:45.359 --> 00:10:46.179 moved to do 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:47.000 something about 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:47.379 it 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:49.219 you see 00:10:49.219 --> 00:10:49.939 Jesus is 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:50.579 the shepherd 00:10:50.579 --> 00:10:51.819 that has 00:10:51.819 --> 00:10:52.279 come 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:52.980 the shepherd 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:53.720 we all 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:54.279 need 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.899 the prophet 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:56.639 Ezekiel 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:57.419 helps us 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:58.659 to understand 00:10:58.659 --> 00:10:58.959 this 00:10:58.959 --> 00:10:59.539 you can keep 00:10:59.539 --> 00:10:59.980 your finger 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:00.500 in Matthew 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.199 and go back 00:11:01.199 --> 00:11:02.039 to Ezekiel 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.699 the prophet 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:12.179 if anybody 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:12.980 has a page 00:11:12.980 --> 00:11:13.399 number 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.139 that might 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:14.539 help 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:16.079 Ezekiel 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:17.319 chapter 34 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:27.760 anyone got 00:11:27.760 --> 00:11:28.180 a page 00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:28.580 number 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:30.980 no 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:31.400 different 00:11:31.400 --> 00:11:31.840 bible 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.460 sorry 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:35.620 866 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:37.500 thank you 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.100 Ezekiel 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:38.780 34 00:11:38.780 --> 00:11:40.260 and here 00:11:40.260 --> 00:11:40.720 God 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.240 through the 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:41.600 prophet 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:42.560 Ezekiel 00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:43.340 is showing 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:44.120 the damage 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:44.520 that is 00:11:44.520 --> 00:11:44.860 caused 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:45.380 to people 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:45.820 where there 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.139 is the 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:46.679 absence 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.439 of healthy 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.320 leaders 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:50.500 where people 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:51.159 do not 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:51.720 have 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.559 the instruction 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:54.240 and the love 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:54.820 and the care 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:55.480 of the Lord 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.519 we'll pick it up 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.360 in verse 4 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.340 God is speaking 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:04.279 against those 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:04.919 who've led 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:06.000 people astray 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.039 verse 4 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:08.700 you have not 00:12:08.700 --> 00:12:09.539 strengthened the 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:10.580 weak or healed 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:11.419 those who are 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:11.779 ill 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:13.379 or bound up 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:13.879 the injured 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:14.659 you have not 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:15.299 brought back 00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:16.059 the strays 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:16.620 or search 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.299 for the lost 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:18.580 you have 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:19.100 ruled them 00:12:19.100 --> 00:12:19.980 harshly 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:21.360 and brutally 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.000 so they were 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.500 scattered 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.220 because there 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:25.059 was no shepherd 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:26.200 and when they 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:26.820 were scattered 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:27.419 they became 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.360 food for all 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:29.399 the wild animals 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.980 my sheep 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:31.580 wandered 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.659 over all the 00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:33.039 mountains 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:33.639 and over 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.620 every high hill 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.340 they were 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:36.159 scattered over 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:36.899 the whole earth 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:37.820 and no one 00:12:37.820 --> 00:12:38.659 searched for 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:38.940 them 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:40.399 or looked 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:40.940 for them 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:43.780 verse 11 00:12:43.780 --> 00:12:46.460 for this is 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:46.920 what the 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:47.260 sovereign 00:12:47.260 --> 00:12:48.180 Lord says 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:50.340 I myself 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:51.120 will search 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:52.020 for my sheep 00:12:52.020 --> 00:12:52.440 and look 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:53.120 after them 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.280 as a shepherd 00:12:54.280 --> 00:12:55.060 looks after 00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.840 his scattered 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:56.280 flock 00:12:56.280 --> 00:12:56.900 when he is 00:12:56.900 --> 00:12:57.440 with them 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.160 so will I 00:12:59.160 --> 00:12:59.800 look after 00:12:59.800 --> 00:13:00.520 my sheep 00:13:00.520 --> 00:13:02.400 I will rescue 00:13:02.400 --> 00:13:03.080 them from the 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:03.720 places where 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.080 they were 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.760 scattered on 00:13:04.760 --> 00:13:05.360 the day of 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.900 dark clouds 00:13:06.900 --> 00:13:07.920 and darkness 00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:10.280 verse 16 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:13.519 I will 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.220 search for 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:14.799 the lost 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:16.279 and bring 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:16.819 back the 00:13:16.819 --> 00:13:17.419 strays 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:19.000 I will bind 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.459 up the 00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:19.939 injured 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:20.720 and strengthen 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:21.299 the weak 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:22.559 but the 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:23.000 sleek 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.379 and the 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:23.839 strong 00:13:23.839 --> 00:13:24.319 I will 00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:24.899 destroy 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:26.240 I will 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:26.679 shepherd 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:27.439 the flock 00:13:27.439 --> 00:13:29.220 with justice 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:31.740 let's go 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.240 back to 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:32.679 Matthew 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:35.980 you see 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.639 Jesus is 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:37.259 making it 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:38.139 abundantly 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:38.720 clear 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.940 that he 00:13:40.940 --> 00:13:41.560 is that 00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:42.019 shepherd 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:43.720 he's saying 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.440 I know 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:44.960 your sin 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.139 I see 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.019 your suffering 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.340 I feel 00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:49.180 deeply 00:13:49.180 --> 00:13:50.100 for your 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.860 brokenness 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.639 and disorder 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.700 and I have 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:53.300 come to 00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:53.759 meet 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:55.160 that need 00:13:55.160 --> 00:13:58.580 you know 00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:58.840 as I 00:13:58.840 --> 00:13:59.480 watched that 00:13:59.480 --> 00:13:59.879 sheep 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:00.500 wrestling 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.360 and struggling 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.060 as it 00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.600 slowly 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.580 submerged 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.259 beneath 00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:06.000 the bog 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.580 I was 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.179 moved 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.259 I 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.200 reached 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.600 down 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:11.860 and 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.740 grabbed 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.240 a hold 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.559 of that 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:13.919 sheep 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.139 and 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.840 grabbed 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:15.259 a hold 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.559 of its 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:15.899 horn 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.460 and I 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.700 just 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.220 pulled 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.720 with all 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:17.919 my 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.299 might 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:19.500 taking 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:19.700 it 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:19.940 away 00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.220 from 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:20.799 danger 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.159 away 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:22.440 from 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:22.840 further 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.299 harm 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:23.519 and 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:23.940 certain 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:24.460 death 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.580 these 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.460 things 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.720 how much 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.139 more 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:29.480 has God 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.040 reached 00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:30.400 down 00:14:30.400 --> 00:14:30.879 with us 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.120 through 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:31.780 his mighty 00:14:31.780 --> 00:14:32.240 hand 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.560 through 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:32.860 his 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.139 son 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:33.600 Jesus 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.700 he has 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.120 seen 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.879 people 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.960 as harassed 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.600 and helpless 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.500 he has 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.460 been compelled 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.480 into action 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.259 he has 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:41.680 taken 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.320 our sin 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.900 and died 00:14:42.900 --> 00:14:43.300 for us 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:43.860 he has 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.259 risen 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.540 from 00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.080 the dead 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:45.540 and given 00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:45.800 us 00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:46.139 life 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:46.780 he has 00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.080 given 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:47.340 us 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:47.540 his 00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:47.980 spirit 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.500 so that 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:48.720 we 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.000 might 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.180 be 00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:49.460 with 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:49.740 him 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:55.820 He has moved towards sinners and sufferers like us 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:59.039 and with compassion he has helped us. 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:06.200 So as we want to see change and transformation in our community, 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:10.799 amongst our families and within this dark, broken world, 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.159 we need to see people with the compassion of Jesus. 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:21.819 To stop running around so frantically, running about doing our things 00:15:21.819 --> 00:15:24.100 and living my life the way I want to, 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:31.019 but have our eyes open and see people with compassion 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:37.879 and point them to a shepherd who alone can save. 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:42.059 What brokenness there is. 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:48.039 If we have our eyes open, what change we can bring. 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:59.259 So seeing, praying, the next step in seeing change in our world. 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:04.539 Jesus moves from his metaphors, from sheep to one of harvest, 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:10.219 from people who are helpless to a people who are now ready. 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:17.659 Because he tells us in verse 37 that the harvest is plentiful. 00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:24.299 As Jesus scans the crowds, he sees not just harassed and helpless sheep, 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:30.459 but now he sees as if it were an orchard full of ripe fruit trees. 00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:35.660 A harvest that's ready for picking, which tells us two things. 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:39.879 That people are actually ready to hear. 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:44.900 They're ready to hear the good news about Jesus and his kingdom. 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.060 The people that we bypass every day. 00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:54.540 They're fed up with empty promises and false hopes that the world offers. 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:59.639 They're tired by the weight of expectation that they put on themselves 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.019 and that everybody else puts on each other. 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:06.039 People scrambling as they search for an identity, 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:08.000 longing to be accepted, 00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:11.480 striving for some kind of purpose in life 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.240 that somebody will say your life matters. 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:19.079 People are harassed and helpless, 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.000 crushed and broken, 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:25.119 and they're longing for somebody who would come and say to them, 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.940 you have a saving king 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:31.000 who will lift your burdens 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.480 and will give rest to the weary. 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:38.940 There is one who will bind up your wounds, 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.660 who will strengthen the weak, 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:46.160 a shepherd king who has given his life for you 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.240 that he might live. 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:54.039 people are ready to hear that message. 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.759 And not only are they ready to hear, 00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:01.460 but people are ready to repent. 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.000 They're ready to turn from themselves 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.640 and turn to Christ 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:11.480 because repentance is the door into God's kingdom. 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.940 They just need to know how. 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:19.080 They need somebody to come alongside them 00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:20.100 to share, 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.680 to tell them of a saviour 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.440 that will never fail them, 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.960 who forgives all their past 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:29.799 and gives them a secure future. 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.400 These sheep 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:36.580 are ready to follow a shepherd. 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:42.960 Rico Tice, 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:45.379 who's an author and evangelist, 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.480 put it like this. 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.399 He says, 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:50.960 there is an increasing hostility 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:53.519 to the gospel message today. 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:56.819 But something else is going on too. 00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:59.079 There's also an increased hunger. 00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:03.079 The same rising tide of secularism 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:04.199 and materialism 00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:06.439 that rejects truth claims 00:19:06.439 --> 00:19:10.099 and is offended by absolute moral standards 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:13.299 is proving to be empty and hollow. 00:19:14.439 --> 00:19:15.419 And that means, 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.419 excitingly, 00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:18.299 more and more people 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:20.019 are hungering 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.819 for the content 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:23.599 of the gospel. 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:27.259 You see, 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.859 I can become very cynical. 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:32.279 Cynical with the world 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.879 and everything that's going on. 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:38.199 But I need to see what Jesus sees. 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.699 Rather than a barren land, 00:19:41.699 --> 00:19:43.639 we're in a fruitful orchard. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.699 A plentiful harvest. 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:49.559 Well, you see, 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:51.319 if it's so plentiful, 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:54.380 then where are all the new followers 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.120 of Jesus? 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.200 Wrong question. 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.380 There's a problem. 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.460 Let's read verse 37. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.340 There's a problem. 00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:13.059 He said to the disciples, 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:15.919 the harvest is plentiful, 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:20.779 but the workers are few. 00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.799 You see, 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.819 the problem isn't out there 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:26.679 with people. 00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:30.159 The problem is here. 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.879 There are few workers. 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:37.399 There's a harvest that is ripe 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.240 and ready, 00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.839 but there are few 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:42.159 who are willing to go. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.500 And what I find 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.619 incredible about this is 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:49.359 Jesus doesn't come along 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.319 with a big stick 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.200 and berate us 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.279 and scold us 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.519 and say, 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.679 I want you to do better 00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:56.059 and I want you to do more. 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.480 In grace, 00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.559 he simply says, 00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.700 look at verse 38, 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:03.500 Ask the Lord of the harvest, 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.079 therefore, 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.799 to send out workers 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:08.339 into his harvest field. 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.899 Couldn't be easier. 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.519 could it? 00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:17.320 Rather than knock us down, 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.360 Jesus says, 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.200 Ask me. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.600 Come to me in prayer 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:27.340 and ask me to raise up 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:28.860 more workers. 00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:31.040 Because our priority 00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:34.080 to the needs around us 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.600 is not to start running 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:37.120 more outreach events. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.000 Our response is not to go 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.560 into a big recruitment drive. 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:42.519 It's not to guilt people 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.240 into service 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.359 or berating them 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.079 into service, 00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:46.980 but to gather together 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.259 and to pray 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:50.440 for new workers. 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.859 You see, 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.859 this isn't our mission. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.440 We don't get to make it up. 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:58.259 This is his mission. 00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.159 He is, 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.319 verse 38, 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:02.720 the Lord of the harvest. 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.500 He's the one 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.259 who's sovereign 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.359 over all things. 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.479 He's the one 00:22:08.479 --> 00:22:09.319 that will change 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.139 any heart 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.719 so that they follow Christ. 00:22:11.979 --> 00:22:13.139 And he is the only one 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.979 that can change 00:22:13.979 --> 00:22:15.139 or move any of us 00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.759 to do 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.859 what he calls us to do. 00:22:19.979 --> 00:22:20.719 And so, 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.519 through prayer, 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:24.500 we are depending on God 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.299 to do what we can never do. 00:22:27.459 --> 00:22:28.379 And that is 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.399 to send out 00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:30.659 workers. 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:33.460 Now, 00:22:33.540 --> 00:22:34.560 while we're all called 00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.580 to go and serve, 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.880 and I deeply believe that, 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.220 I think there is 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.400 a particular need 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:43.860 for full-time workers. 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.560 And by that, 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.800 I mean pastors, 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.480 teachers, 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.700 evangelists, 00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.560 church planters, 00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.560 people who will 00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.440 specifically 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.800 lead gospel work 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.460 and equip 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.500 their churches 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.619 to do the same. 00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:03.240 That's the great need. 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:06.240 There are people groups 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.559 all over the world 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:09.440 who remain unreached. 00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.839 There are towns 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.519 scattered 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:14.119 throughout Ireland 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:16.680 without a gospel witness. 00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.839 Carragaline 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.519 is a town 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:20.039 of 16,000 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.500 plus people. 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.519 It's in need 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.039 of more workers. 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:28.159 And how is this 00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.960 huge need 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.159 ever going to be met? 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.399 Very simply, 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.359 Christ says to us, 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.559 ask, 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:38.059 ask the Lord 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.839 to provide 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.859 and to send out. 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.319 So instead of 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.279 getting frustrated 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.119 and complaining 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.899 about the lack 00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.579 of workers, 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:48.940 pray. 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.480 Instead of thinking 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.859 it's all up to me 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:54.359 and getting overwhelmed 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.240 with all that's 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.939 around me, 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.179 pray. 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.479 Instead of trying 00:23:59.479 --> 00:24:00.619 to guilt people 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.479 to do more, 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.240 pray. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.000 Ask God 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.679 that he would 00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.899 provide workers 00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:11.819 and send out 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.240 workers. 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.279 The third step 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.740 in bringing about 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.500 the change 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.059 and seeing 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.960 people enter 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.519 the kingdom 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.099 of God 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.299 is not just 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.960 seeing, 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.400 not just 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.079 praying, 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.579 but obeying. 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.240 Look at verse 10. 00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.799 Jesus called 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.819 his twelve disciples 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.240 to him 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.779 and gave them 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.440 authority 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.339 to drive out 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:43.019 impure spirits 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.859 and to heal 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.799 every disease 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.339 and illness. 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.460 It's like 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.400 a general 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.700 calling his 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.100 soldiers 00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.860 to action 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:54.140 and sending 00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.680 them out. 00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:55.720 Now I don't 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.380 know about you 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.500 but that's 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.920 the kind 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.360 of mission 00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.300 I want 00:24:59.300 --> 00:24:59.880 to be on. 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.740 Authority 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.519 to drive 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.200 out impure 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.759 spirits, 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.780 heal every 00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:05.280 disease 00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:05.940 and illness. 00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:09.040 Grab your 00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:09.519 attention, 00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.040 does it? 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.940 In fact, 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.640 it gets even 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:12.980 better. 00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.560 Look at verse 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:13.940 seven. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.040 As you go, 00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.620 proclaim this 00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.100 message. 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.880 The kingdom 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.360 of heaven 00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.800 has come 00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.060 near. 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.220 Heal those 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.540 who are 00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:21.740 ill. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.580 Raise 00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.260 the dead. 00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:24.820 Cleanse 00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.300 those who 00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.500 have 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.080 leprosy. 00:25:26.520 --> 00:25:27.020 Drive 00:25:27.020 --> 00:25:27.760 out demons. 00:25:29.260 --> 00:25:29.600 Freely 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.000 you have 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.560 received, 00:25:30.760 --> 00:25:31.080 freely 00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.580 give. 00:25:34.260 --> 00:25:34.960 Is this 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.480 our mission? 00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.020 Is this 00:25:38.020 --> 00:25:38.420 what we're 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.120 expected to 00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.600 do as we 00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.140 walk out 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.660 through that 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.020 door? 00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.220 Could it 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.560 happen? 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.520 Well, 00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.000 let's think 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.460 about that 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.160 for a moment. 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:49.620 first, 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.500 the priorities 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.240 we have. 00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.240 You see, 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.920 we need to 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.500 think about 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.220 the miracles 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.980 that Jesus 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.600 has done. 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.540 We looked 00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:57.920 at some 00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.220 of them 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.840 last week 00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.100 through 00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.480 chapters 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.000 eight and 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.340 nine. 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.860 And the 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.420 primary 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.980 purpose 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.380 of the 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.860 miracles 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:05.279 is to 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.060 confirm 00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:07.740 who Jesus 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.480 says he 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.000 is. 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.340 Have a 00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.720 look at 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.500 chapter 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.980 11. 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.580 Just have 00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:12.880 a look 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.259 ahead. 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.940 Chapter 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.340 11, 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.700 verses 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:16.279 2 to 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.840 5. 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.580 Chapter 00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.940 11, 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.259 verses 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.720 2 to 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.160 5. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.559 When 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.920 John, 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.279 this is 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.660 John the 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.980 Baptist, 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.400 who had 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.740 baptized 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.279 Jesus, 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.799 was in 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.140 prison, 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.160 he'd been 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.580 put in 00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.220 prison because 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.819 he'd been 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.840 preaching 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.319 about 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.900 Christ. 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:42.460 when he 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.840 was put 00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.700 in prison, 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.460 he'd heard 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.200 about the 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.860 deeds of 00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.440 the Messiah, 00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.759 the miracles 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.580 that Jesus 00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:48.980 had been 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.300 doing. 00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.280 And he 00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:50.880 sent his 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.759 disciples to 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.400 ask him, 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.540 are you 00:26:53.540 --> 00:26:54.000 the one 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.400 who has 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.920 come or 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.380 should we 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.820 expect 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.400 someone else? 00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.420 Are you 00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.980 the Messiah? 00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.420 How do 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.960 we know 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.640 if Jesus 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.519 is God's 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.800 King? 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.900 Jesus 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.460 replies, 00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.100 verse 4, 00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.460 go back 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.019 and report 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.540 to John 00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:07.000 what you 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.700 hear and 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.080 see. 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.160 The blind 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.220 receive sight, 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.240 the lame 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.740 walk, 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.779 those who 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:12.940 have 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.460 leprosy 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.640 are 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.240 cleansed, 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.019 the deaf 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.480 hear, 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.420 the dead 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.120 are raised, 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.279 and the 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.819 good news 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.480 is proclaimed 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.920 to the 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.259 poor. 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.360 You see, 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.480 how do we 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.079 know Jesus 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.519 is the 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.920 Messiah? 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.579 By the 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.279 miracles he 00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.600 did. 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.779 They 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.500 affirm and 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.279 confirm that 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.039 Jesus is 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.539 God's 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.319 King with 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.940 absolute 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.660 power and 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.220 supreme 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.400 authority and 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.819 we can 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.680 trust him. 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.519 That's why 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.240 Jesus did 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.660 all those 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.119 miracles. 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.480 Now, 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.759 in a 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.359 similar way, 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.119 Jesus now 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.680 gives his 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.319 chosen 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.460 disciples the 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.420 authority to 00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.619 do miracles. 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.339 That's what it 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.099 says in 10 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.839 verse 1. 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.779 He gave 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.519 them authority 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.160 and we see 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.139 these lists of 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.000 disciples, 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.759 the names are 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.660 given to us in 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.799 verses 2 to 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.200 4. 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.859 These are 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.400 ones who 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.039 would become 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.819 apostles. 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.940 They were 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.400 the first 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.440 eyewitnesses 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.960 of Jesus 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.400 and his 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.819 message. 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.720 Some of 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.299 these very 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.819 men would 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.720 become authors 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.359 of scripture. 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.740 Even Matthew 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.460 who's mentioned 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.819 there, 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.639 were reading 00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.379 his gospel. 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.500 How do we 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.200 know that we 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.980 can trust 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.180 Matthew's words 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.660 that he's 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.339 written down? 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.539 The miracles 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.220 that the 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.160 disciples did 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.400 confirm they 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.839 authenticate 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.539 their eyewitness 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.200 account. 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.319 disciples. 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.120 You see, 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.740 this was a 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.340 particularly 00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:41.460 unique time. 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.940 This is not 00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.980 a blanket 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.880 command for 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.059 all disciples 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.340 of all times. 00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.120 It's not that 00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.799 we're to go up 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.799 to every funeral 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.840 and raise 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.420 the dead. 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.340 Just because 00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.019 something is 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.640 written in the 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.380 Bible doesn't 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.299 necessarily mean 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.220 it still applies 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.000 to us today. 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.720 For example, 00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.100 look at 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.680 chapter 10 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.460 verse 5. 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:05.680 These 12 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.440 Jesus sent 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.000 out with the 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.360 following 00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:08.120 instructions. 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.440 Do not go 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.000 among the 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.980 Gentiles or 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.360 enter any 00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.079 town of the 00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.940 Samaritans. 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.680 Go rather to 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.380 the lost sheep 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.940 of Israel. 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.319 He gave them 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.200 a very specific 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.660 command. 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.779 Just go to 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.380 the Jews. 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.400 Nobody else. 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.059 Are we 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.400 meant to 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.840 follow that 00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.579 command too? 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.259 Well, 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.880 clearly not 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.620 because Jesus 00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.259 has made it 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.100 clear as time 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.879 has gone on 00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.740 that we are 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.279 to reach 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.359 all people, 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.579 all nations. 00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:39.199 This was a 00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:40.839 particular time 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.539 in history 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:43.219 given to a 00:29:43.219 --> 00:29:44.359 particular group 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.500 of people. 00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.779 But yet, 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.339 I think it 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.619 does set 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.339 the pattern 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.240 for us, 00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.619 for mission, 00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.879 for the 00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.500 command that 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.159 we have been 00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.519 given. 00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:57.679 Because we 00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.639 are to both 00:29:58.639 --> 00:30:00.119 proclaim the 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:02.000 word and 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.980 demonstrated 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.839 in need. 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.400 Proclamation 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.660 and 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.799 demonstration. 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.839 The good 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.599 news of the 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.839 kingdom is 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.700 a message, 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.240 it's a 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.640 word. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.640 The kingdom 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.180 of heaven 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.660 has come 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.019 near. 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.059 Repent. 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.180 So we 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.200 proclaim that 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.220 same good 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680 news. 00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.700 We tell of 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.279 a great 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.920 king who 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.440 has come. 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.339 We must 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.220 open our 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.119 mouths that 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.539 God has 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.019 given us 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.819 so that we 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.420 can speak 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.220 about Jesus. 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.600 But our 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.220 message should 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.759 also be 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.620 accompanied by 00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.480 good deeds. 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.740 We are to 00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.340 care for the 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.120 most needy, 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.920 to help the 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.279 poor, to 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.140 stand up for 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.680 the vulnerable. 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.640 We are to 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.779 hate evil and 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.580 love justice. 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.480 We are to 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.240 care for the 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.980 sick and 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.340 dying. 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.259 We are to 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.000 pray for them 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.920 and we can 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.640 pray for their 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:52.980 healing. 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.820 And if they 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.480 are not, we 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.460 continue to 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.600 care for 00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.900 them. 00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.799 In other 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.319 words, the 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.259 gospel is to 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.000 be proclaimed 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.579 through our 00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:04.180 words and 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.960 demonstrated 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.579 through our 00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.000 deeds. 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.960 We are to 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.019 look like the 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.660 message that 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.380 we are talking 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.779 about. 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.079 What's the 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.620 point in 00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.340 talking about 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.940 a God of 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:16.079 love if 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.620 there is no 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.259 action of 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.620 love? 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.360 What would 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.980 it look like 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.559 for us to 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.220 proclaim the 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.700 word and 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.519 demonstrate it 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.980 in need? 00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.100 Well, let 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.600 me give you 00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:26.960 one. 00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.860 We've seen 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.680 the streams 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.259 of people 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.880 coming out 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.539 of Ukraine. 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.759 No doubt 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.460 many of 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.980 these people 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.319 are going 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.720 to find 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.079 their way 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.660 to Ireland. 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.440 No 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.840 home, 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.240 no 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.779 belongings. 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.880 Where would 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.500 they stay? 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.960 Would we 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.360 as a 00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.840 church, 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.160 would you 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.900 consider 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:52.940 getting 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.920 involved in 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:55.160 opening up 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.660 your home 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.180 and giving 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.560 of your 00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.259 finances 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.840 to 00:31:57.840 --> 00:32:00.680 give a 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.560 home for 00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.120 a family? 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.500 Demonstrating 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.200 love and 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.120 good deeds 00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.940 and at the 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.580 same time 00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:12.140 trusting that 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.060 God brings 00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.940 people across 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.500 our path 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.740 that maybe 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.279 they could 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.300 meet the 00:32:17.300 --> 00:32:17.620 King, 00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.580 the King 00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.019 Jesus. 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:21.019 God's 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.359 love and 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.019 love and 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.559 God's 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.019 love and 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.519 love. 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.059 You see, 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.859 our priority 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.579 is clear. 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.460 We are to 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.160 obey the 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.859 command of 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.000 Jesus, 00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.779 our Captain, 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.859 displaying the 00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.519 love of God 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.000 through our 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.139 lives and 00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:36.059 declaring the 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.900 truth of God 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.400 through our 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.900 words. 00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.040 Jesus. 00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.920 How are we 00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.420 ever going to 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.300 see change 00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.280 in our 00:32:44.280 --> 00:32:44.820 families, 00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.019 in our 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.640 communities, 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.980 in this 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.540 world in 00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:48.960 which we 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.340 live? 00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.740 Open our 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.540 eyes to 00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.220 see people 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.860 as Jesus 00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.500 sees them. 00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.640 Pray. 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.380 That's why we 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.160 meet for our 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.740 home groups. 00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.640 That's why we 00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.560 gather together 00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:05.540 to pray. 00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:08.259 and obey 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.920 the command 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.500 to go. 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.779 Get involved 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.519 in Rock 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.180 and Rooted. 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.359 Become a 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.039 teacher in 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.819 Sunday school. 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.259 Pray for 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.980 your children. 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.279 Not just 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.639 that they 00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.139 will have a 00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.819 good career 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.539 and that 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.859 they'll have 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.619 a good life 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:24.960 and have 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.379 their own 00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.779 house, 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.539 but would 00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.259 you dare 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.659 as a 00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.279 parent to 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.759 pray for 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.359 your children 00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.139 that they 00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.599 would go 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.059 to the 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.680 unreached 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.399 peoples of 00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.899 the world. 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:35.880 the harvest 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.800 is plentiful. 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.060 The workers 00:33:39.060 --> 00:33:39.580 are few. 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.920 Let's pray. 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:42.940 Let's pray. 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:05.759 Father, 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.320 there is 00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:07.060 so much 00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.480 need, 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:11.400 but wonderfully 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.960 we have 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.579 been shown 00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.360 today through 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.880 your word 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.539 how that 00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.039 need is 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.400 met. 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.039 So would 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.059 you start 00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.680 by changing 00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.260 us, 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.760 changing 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.180 me. 00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.039 Give me 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.740 eyes to 00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.720 see people 00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:31.940 as harassed 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.460 and helpless. 00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.980 Give me 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.579 eyes to 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.240 see people 00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.659 who are 00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.200 ready to 00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.039 hear and 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.400 listen. 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.619 We pray, 00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.059 Father, 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.599 that you 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.280 would send 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.019 out workers 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.619 into your 00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.420 harvest field, 00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.440 convict and 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.119 change the 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.659 hearts of 00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.000 people, 00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.800 raise up 00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.619 new leaders, 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.159 pastors, 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.760 church 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.539 planters from 00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.460 within this 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.159 congregation. 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.420 congregation. 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.519 We pray it 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.899 for our 00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:02.339 children. 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.839 And we 00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.079 pray, 00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:07.460 Father, 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.899 that you 00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.639 would supply 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.739 us as a 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.319 church with 00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.659 a new 00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019 worker. 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.099 prayer. 00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.619 And we 00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.139 pray that 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.960 together we 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.460 would obey 00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.119 the command 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:21.400 to speak 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.519 your truth, 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.519 to love 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.219 others well, 00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:28.000 just as 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.380 you have 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.199 loved us 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.920 and have 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.699 spoken your 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.280 truth to 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.679 us. 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.360 Help us, 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.699 Father. 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.659 We ask 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.039 this in 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.500 your name. 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.139 Amen. 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.139 Well, 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.420 we're going 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.840 to sing. 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.780 It's a 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.519 task that 00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.340 is unfinished 00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:54.340 because the 00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.940 Lord Jesus 00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.699 has not yet 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.360 come again. 00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.159 The task 00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.820 remains. 00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.440 Let's sing 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.039 this as a 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.380 prayer. 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.639 Let's sing 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:03.400 this to each 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.900 other to 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.800 encourage each 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:06.320 other in 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.039 all that God 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.519 has called 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.280 us to do. 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.659 Let's sing. 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.480 Sorry, 00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.800 John. 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:16.000 Let's stand 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.619 if we can. 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:46.599 Thank you.