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 Amen. If you would, please take your Bibles and open them up to the book of Matthew chapter 9 this morning.

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 We're finishing our mini-series on our mission and vision this morning.

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 We've been going through our mission and vision in the month of January, specifically the past three weeks,

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 discussing our vision in terms of the theme of prayer.

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 And so we've come to our last E, enjoy, equip, evangelize, this morning.

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 So we'll discuss that the task of evangelism cannot be accomplished apart from prayer.

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 So if you would, please turn to Matthew chapter 9 and listen along with me as I read verses 35 through 38.

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 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom

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 and healing every disease and every affliction.

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 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

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 Then he said to his disciples,

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 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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 Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

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 Lord, that we pray now as we consider the great task of evangelism.

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 We pray as we hear your call to us to pray for laborers.

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 We ask, Father, that you would stir our hearts with a heart of compassion for the lost.

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 Would you lead us to pray and to ask you to move?

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 And would you lead us to go and to proclaim?

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 I was reading some missionary stories this week, and I came across the story of a missionary named Hudson Taylor.

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 You may be familiar with Hudson Taylor.

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 Taylor was a missionary to the lost in China, and he was a man deeply committed to the gospel and deeply committed to the power of prayer.

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 I read an excerpt from a book called Heroes of the Faith on Pioneer Trails.

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 It was a missionary biography book, and it told the story of a sailing vessel that was struggling for control near the shores of New Guinea.

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 Seeing the captain's anxious face, Hudson Taylor, he asked him what the issue was,

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 and the captain told him that a four-knot current is carrying us swiftly towards some sunken reefs over there.

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 Our fate seems to be sealed.

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 To make matters worse, on the shore, waiting for them were cannibals lighting their fires and eager for them to crash so that they might have their next meal.

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 And so the captain said, again, we have done everything that can be done.

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 And Hudson Taylor looked at him, and he replied, no, captain, there's one thing that we have not done.

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 There are four of us on board the ship here who are Christians.

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 Let each of us retire to his cabin, and in agreed prayer, let us ask the Lord to give us a breeze immediately.

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 This was agreed upon, and it was done.

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 And after a few minutes, Hudson Taylor came out of his cabin, came up on the deck, confident that his petitions had been granted.

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 He found the first officer, and he asked him, would you let down the corners of the mainsail?

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 Well, what would be the good of that, asked the officer.

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 Taylor told him that he and the other three men had been asking God and praying that the Lord would send a wind,

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 and that it was coming immediately, there's not a minute to lose.

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 Let down the sail now.

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 And the officer replied, nonsense.

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 You cannot pray up a wind.

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 Well, just a few moments later, they noticed that the topmost sail was beginning to tremble a little bit.

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 And so again, Hudson asked the captain, would you let down the sail?

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 And they did.

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 They let down the sail, and within a few moments, the breeze came just as they asked.

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 And they were sailing away from the dangerous reefs, away from the cannibals on the beach,

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 and the Lord had answered their prayers.

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 As he later reflected on this experience, Taylor wrote down in his journal, he said,

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 Thus God encouraged me, air landing on China's shores,

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 to bring every variety of need to him in prayer,

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 and to expect that he would honor the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 and give the help which each emergency required.

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 What I'd like for us to see this morning from our passage,

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 as we look to Matthew chapter 9, verses 35 through 38,

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 is that the world that we live in is in a state of emergency.

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 And there is a problem facing us that's far greater than most of us tend to realize

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 is a problem that's more dangerous than a sinking ship,

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 is more dangerous than cannibals on the shoreline,

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 is a problem that faces each and every one of us every single day,

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 and it's a problem that you and I, we as Christians, are called to address.

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 And the solution that the Lord gives us to this great problem,

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 it begins with prayer.

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 So what I want us to see this morning is the problem,

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 I want us to see the problem clearly as it is,

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 and then I want us to see the perspective that we ought to have regarding this problem,

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 and then we'll close with the solution that the Lord prescribes,

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 which is prayer.

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 The problem, the perspective, and the prayer of evangelism.

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 That'll be our outline for us this morning.

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 First, let's consider the problem.

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 Look there to verse 35 with me.

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 Matthew tells us that Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages,

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 teaching in their synagogues,

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 and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom,

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 and healing every disease and every affliction.

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 See, Jesus' ministry, it was one of miraculous demonstration of the power of God.

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 He healed the sick.

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 He cast out demons.

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 He did many miraculous signs.

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 And it was one of powerful teaching.

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 It was a ministry of proclamation.

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 He was not just healing for healing's sake.

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 His deeds had a message attached.

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 He proclaimed with word and deed the gospel of the kingdom of God,

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 meaning that the rule and reign of God can be seen,

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 and can be known,

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 and can be entered into in Jesus Christ.

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 That was his message.

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 He proclaimed a message that sinners like us

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 don't have to belong to the kingdom of this world anymore,

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 but rather through faith in Christ,

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 sinners like us can be transferred from belonging to this earthly kingdom,

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 and now belong to the rule and the reign of God

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 as citizens of the kingdom of God.

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 He came proclaiming good news.

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 And he did this because of the bad news.

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 There's a problem here.

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 Look there to verse 36 with me.

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 It says,

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 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them

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 because they were harassed and helpless

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 like sheep without a shepherd.

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 I don't know if you know much about sheep,

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 but they are not intelligent animals.

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 And without a shepherd,

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 they wonder about,

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 they easily get lost,

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 they're at risk of being harmed,

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 they have nobody there to feed them,

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 to provide for them,

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 to guide them,

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 to lead them,

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 to protect them from dangers,

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 from predators of wolves

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 and others that would seek to do them harm.

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 They're weak,

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 they're vulnerable,

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 they're at great risk to themselves

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 without a shepherd.

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 They're harassed and they're helpless,

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 as our passage says this morning.

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 But Jesus,

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 he looks out at these crowds of people

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 and he says that

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 these crowds of people

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 are like sheep without a shepherd.

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 This is a description of lostness.

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 They are aimless,

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 helpless,

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 harassed,

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 because they don't belong

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 to the good shepherd,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 They're lost.

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 What I want us to understand

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 is that this is the state

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 of everyone outside of Christ.

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 And this is the greatest problem

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 in the world.

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 Now think about it with me.

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 What do you think the greatest problem

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 in the world is right now?

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 If your answer goes to poverty,

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 that's a problem.

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 That's too small.

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 Bad politicians in Washington,

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 bad leadership,

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 bad decisions,

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 that's a problem.

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 It's too small.

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 Cancer,

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 disease,

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 sickness,

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 that's too small.

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 War,

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 violence,

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 people killing each other

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 here and there

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 and everywhere,

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 that's too small.

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 The greatest problem

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 that the world faces right now

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 is lostness.

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 There are people

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 in every place

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 of the globe

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 who are spiritually harassed

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 and helpless

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 like sheep without a shepherd

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 because they do not know Jesus.

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 And we should understand

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 that this is an eternal issue,

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 church.

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 I realize it may be going out of style

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 to speak about hell,

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 but I want to be clear with you,

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 church,

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 that hell awaits all who are lost.

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 This is the bad news

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 of the gospel.

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 The only way that sinners

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 can escape the wrath of God

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 that we have earned ourselves

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 for our sin,

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 the only way that we can escape

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 the punishment

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 that we are owed

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 for our sin

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 is for sinners

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 to hear the message

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 of the gospel,

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 the good news

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 that Christ Jesus

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 came into this world

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 to save sinners,

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 the good news

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 that Christ Jesus

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 has paid for our sins

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 so that we don't have to,

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 the good news

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 that Jesus defeated death

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 so it's no longer

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 an enemy for us,

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 the good news

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 that Jesus conquered the grave

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 so that it won't conquer us,

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 unless you hear that message

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 of the good news

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 of the gospel

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 and believe it,

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 you will die in your sins

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 and go to hell.

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 Does this sound like bad news

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 to you?

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 Does that sound like a problem

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 to you?

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 Paul Chitwood,

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 he rightly says,

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 every other problem

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 will end the day you die.

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 There is no addiction

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 in the grave,

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 no family conflict

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 in the grave,

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 all your problems

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 end but one.

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 The magnitude of that problem

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 sets in the minute you die.

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 The greatest problem

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 the world faces right now

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 is that men and women

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 all over the globe

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 do not know the name of Jesus,

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 do not love Jesus,

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 do not honor Jesus,

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 do not worship Jesus,

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 they're lost.

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 And what they desperately need

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 more than anything

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 is to enter into

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 the kingdom of God

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 by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 And the only way

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 they will enter into

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 the kingdom of God

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 by faith in Jesus Christ

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 is if they hear

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 the message of the gospel

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 spoken to them

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 so that they might believe

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 and be saved.

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 Let me give you

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 a little perspective

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 on this,

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 church,

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 globally.

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 Globally,

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 the issue of lostness

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 globally is profound.

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 You may have heard me

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 pray for unreached

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 people groups

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 and maybe you've

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 heard that term

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 and you don't know

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 exactly what that means.

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 Unreached people groups.

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 This definition comes

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 from global frontier missions.

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 Unreached people groups

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 are defined as

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 an identifiable group

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 of people

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 distinguished by

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 a distinct culture,

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 language,

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 or social class

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 who lack

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 a community

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 of Christians

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 able to evangelize

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 the rest of the people group

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 without outside help.

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 That's key.

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 Without outside help.

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 So in other words,

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 the only opportunity

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 for the people group

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 to hear about

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 salvation in Jesus Christ

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 is through

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 an external witness.

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 Somebody else

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 coming in

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 from the outside

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 bringing the gospel

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 to them.

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 Most missiologists

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 they consider

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 2% of the population

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 becoming Christ followers

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 as the tipping point

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 at which the group

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 is now considered

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 generally reached

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 with the gospel.

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 Just 2%.

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 How many

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 unreached people groups

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 are there?

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 Let me give you

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 some numbers.

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 There are now

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 8 billion people

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 alive in the world today.

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 3.4 billion

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 of them

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 live in unreached

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 people groups

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 with little

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 to no access

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 to the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's

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 42.5%

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 of the entire

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 global population.

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 Now

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 approximately

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 85%

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 of these

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 unreached

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 people groups

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 they live in

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 what's called

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 the 1040 window.

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 Now I'm going to

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 take you all the way

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 back to elementary school

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 when you learn

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 latitude and

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 longitude.

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 The 1040 window

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 is the

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 rectangular area

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 of North Africa

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 the Middle East

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 and Asia

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 that is approximately

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 between 10 degrees

00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:54.000
 north latitude

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 and 40 degrees

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 north latitude.

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 two thirds

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 of the world

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 lives there.

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 Many of them

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 unreached

00:14:02.640 --> 00:14:03.500
 with the gospel.

00:14:03.660 --> 00:14:04.600
 They have never

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 heard the name

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 of Jesus.

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 And this is a

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 shocking number.

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 Less than

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 3%

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 of all

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 known

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 missionary work

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 is done

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 in this area.

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 What are we doing?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Well it's

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 dangerous.

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 It's incredibly

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 dangerous.

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 This message is

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.759
 not well received

00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.439
 there.

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 It's costly

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.580
 to go there.

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 It's difficult

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 terrain.

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 It's hostile

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 territory.

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 It is not

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 safe for you

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.240
 and your family

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.700
 to go.

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 There are a

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 million reasons

00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.419
 not to go

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 but someone

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 must go

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 or they will

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 die in their

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 sins and they

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 will go to

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 hell.

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 Church,

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 Romans 10.

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 The message

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.159
 of the gospel

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 is so simple

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 and profound.

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 Romans 10

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.479
 it tells us

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 that everyone

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 who calls

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 upon the name

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.439
 of the Lord

00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.759
 will be saved.

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 How beautiful

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 is that?

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 But then Paul

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 goes on

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 and asks

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 some questions.

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 How then

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 will they call

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 on him

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 whom they

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 have not

00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:11.059
 believed?

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 And how

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 are they

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 to believe

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 in him

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 of whom

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 they have

00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:15.019
 never heard?

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 And how

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 are they

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 to hear

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 without

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 someone

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:17.959
 preaching?

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 And how

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 are they

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.740
 to preach

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.100
 unless

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 they are

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 sent?

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 As it

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 is written,

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 how beautiful

00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.180
 are the feet

00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:24.620
 of those

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.180
 who preach

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 the good

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 news.

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 It's a

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.300
 problem

00:15:27.300 --> 00:15:28.280
 globally.

00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.280
 Lostness.

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 But it's

00:15:31.160 --> 00:15:31.519
 not just

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.480
 a problem

00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.280
 out there.

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 Let's zoom

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 back in

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 to where

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 we are

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 here

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 all in

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 all

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 South

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 Carolina

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 because

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 think

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 with me

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 it's

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 not just

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 an

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 out

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 there

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 problem

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 there's

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 a problem

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 of lostness

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 right here

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 in our

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 neighborhood

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 right here

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 in our

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 community

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 right here

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 where we

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 live

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 locally.

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 Most of

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 us here

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 where we

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 live

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 are familiar

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 with the

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 name of

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 Jesus.

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 Most of

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 the people

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 where we

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 live

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 know the

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 name of

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 Jesus.

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 But I

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 am convinced

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 that many

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.740
 have confused

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.560
 familiarity

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:05.900
 with faith.

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 It is not

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.840
 enough to be

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.160
 familiar with

00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:12.100
 the name of

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.460
 Jesus.

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 To know who

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:14.139
 Jesus is

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.259
 is not enough

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.879
 to save

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.720
 anybody.

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 Just like

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 if you

00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:20.720
 are drowning

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.340
 to know

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.659
 what a

00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.279
 life jacket

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.779
 is

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 is not

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.500
 enough to

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.059
 save you.

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 Not unless

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.480
 you take

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.439
 hold and

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.120
 grab and

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.899
 grasp and

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.620
 cling to that

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.279
 life jacket

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.200
 wrap it around

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.700
 you so that

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.539
 it preserves

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.039
 your life.

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.460
 To know

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:36.159
 intellectually

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.120
 what salvation

00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.039
 is is not

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.600
 enough.

00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.319
 You have to

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:40.399
 cling to it.

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.759
 to know

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.299
 who Jesus

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.959
 is is not

00:16:42.959 --> 00:16:43.299
 enough to

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.220
 save anyone

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.860
 apart from

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:46.459
 personal faith

00:16:46.459 --> 00:16:47.299
 in Jesus

00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:47.919
 Christ as

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.240
 Lord.

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.120
 Our problem

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.699
 here is not

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.220
 that we

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.039
 have not

00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:54.639
 heard the

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.120
 name of

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.399
 Jesus.

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:55.899
 It's that

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:57.059
 we think

00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:57.519
 knowing his

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.879
 name is

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.240
 enough.

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.500
 To have

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.039
 gone to

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.579
 church as

00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:03.179
 a child

00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:04.019
 and to be

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.819
 familiar with

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.400
 the stories

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:05.819
 of Jesus

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.259
 is not

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.740
 enough to

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.220
 save you.

00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:07.759
 To know

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.660
 the old

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.279
 hymns.

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.480
 to have

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.859
 a copy

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.480
 of the

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:11.799
 Bible

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.160
 and the

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.359
 glove

00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.779
 compartment

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.119
 of your

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:13.440
 truck.

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.000
 It's not

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.359
 enough to

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:15.799
 save you.

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.700
 The only

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.440
 thing that

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:20.139
 can save

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:22.279
 anyone is

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.859
 personal faith

00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.599
 in Jesus

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.460
 Christ as

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 Lord.

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.519
 As I look

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:28.779
 at the

00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.519
 landscape here

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:29.920
 where we

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.379
 live I

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.740
 think it's

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.119
 clear that

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.619
 we have a

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.099
 lostness

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:33.059
 problem right

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:33.779
 here.

00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.799
 The latest

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.660
 religious data

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.200
 that I could

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.180
 dig up was

00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:39.059
 from 2010

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.019
 I realize

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.599
 that's 14

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.240
 years ago

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.819
 now lots

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.460
 has changed

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:42.980
 in 14

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.000
 years but

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.359
 as of

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.740
 2010 43

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.500
 and a half

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.259
 percent of

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.720
 Charleston

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.579
 County residents

00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.379
 claimed no

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:51.480
 religious affiliation

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.019
 whatsoever.

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.279
 That's almost

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.659
 half.

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 Does that

00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:55.419
 number surprise

00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:55.619
 you?

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.819
 And so if

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.319
 you're wondering

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.899
 where you can

00:17:58.899 --> 00:17:59.359
 go find a

00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:00.000
 lost person

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.799
 to talk to

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.899
 go find

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:02.700
 two people

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.679
 and between

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.099
 the three

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.679
 of you one

00:18:04.679 --> 00:18:05.039
 of you needs

00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:05.460
 to hear about

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.799
 Jesus.

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.039
 That's what

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.379
 the numbers

00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.740
 say.

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.700
 14 years

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.120
 ago and I

00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:09.579
 don't know

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.440
 that they've

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.660
 made positive

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.740
 trends since

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:12.960
 then.

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.279
 That's just

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.740
 a guess.

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:17.460
 Just 22.2%

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.539
 identified as

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.400
 an evangelical

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.240
 Protestant

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:21.740
 and I have

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.559
 no idea of

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.500
 that category

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.059
 how many of

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.339
 those are

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:24.759
 what I just

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.240
 described.

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.700
 People who

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 grew up in

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 church are

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 familiar with

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 church,

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 familiar with

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 the gospel,

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 familiar with

00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.140
 Jesus but

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 do not have

00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:32.859
 personal faith

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 in Christ.

00:18:35.179 --> 00:18:36.019
 Lostness is a

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.919
 problem right

00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:38.159
 here in our

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 neighborhoods,

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 in our

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 families,

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 in our

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 places of

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 work.

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 How many of

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 us have

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 lost people

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 in our

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 families?

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 How many of

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 us in our

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 own neighborhoods,

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 on our own

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 streets,

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 within a

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 five minute

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 radius of

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 where we

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 live,

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 where we go

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 about our

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 day to day

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 lives,

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 have people

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 within our

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 reach who

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 are lost,

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 harassed,

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 and helpless

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 like sheep

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 without a

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 shepherd?

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 What are we

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 going to do

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.500
 about this

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.899
 problem,

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 church?

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 Well,

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 the first

00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:16.099
 thing we

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 need,

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 point number

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 two,

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 the first

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:19.959
 thing we

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 need is to

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 share Jesus'

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 perspective on

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 the problem.

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 This is the

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 perspective,

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 point number

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 two.

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 I want you

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 to notice

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 Jesus'

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 perspective on

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 the problem

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.299
 of lostness.

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 Look there

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 to verse

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 36 again.

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 It says,

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 when he

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 saw the

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 crowds,

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 he had

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 compassion

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.159
 on them.

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 He had

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 compassion

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.539
 on them.

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 That word

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.339
 there,

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.940
 compassion,

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 you know

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 what it

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 literally

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 means?

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 It means

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.599
 a movement

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 in the

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 bowels.

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 Okay?

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 It's not a

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.720
 potty joke,

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 all right?

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 It's not what

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 you think when

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 we hear that

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 language.

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 In this

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 culture,

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 in this

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 time,

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 the bowels

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 were thought

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 to be the

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.059
 place of

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.059
 love,

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 and pity.

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.399
 In other

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 words,

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:02.799
 what it's

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 saying is

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 he felt

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.159
 this in

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.339
 his gut,

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.559
 deep down

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 within him.

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 This wasn't

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.139
 a fake,

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.220
 superficial,

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.440
 surface-level

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.960
 pity.

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 This was a

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.799
 movement within

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 him of

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.099
 genuine,

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.099
 heartfelt,

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.179
 yearning,

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:18.259
 and compassion

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.940
 for the

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.379
 lost.

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 It's the

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.819
 same language,

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 same word

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 that's used

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 in the

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.740
 parable of

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 the Good

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 Samaritan.

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 You know

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 the story.

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 Everybody

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 else went

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 about their

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.000
 business.

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 They saw

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.740
 this man

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 struggling

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 on the

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.880
 road,

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 hurt,

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 needy,

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 and they

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 went on

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 about their

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.740
 business,

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 but the

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.160
 Good

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.640
 Samaritan

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 felt compassion,

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 was moved

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.660
 with compassion

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.440
 to love his

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.519
 neighbor in

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.839
 need.

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.420
 He felt

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.279
 compassion.

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 We have to

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 ask whether

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.000
 or not we

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.640
 share that

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.420
 same movement

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.160
 within us.

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 When we

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.740
 think about

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.200
 the lost

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.819
 around us,

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.359
 do we

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:51.519
 feel compassion?

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 compassion.

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 So many

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.180
 Christians,

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.779
 unfortunately,

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.099
 if we're

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.619
 being honest,

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 we don't

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.859
 feel compassion.

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.639
 We feel

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.779
 indifference.

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.920
 We are

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 too busy

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.759
 with our

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.220
 business,

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 too busy

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.059
 going about

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.519
 our day,

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 too occupied

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.720
 with our

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.299
 own lives

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.819
 to actually

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.660
 look out

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.460
 and care

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:11.960
 about the

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:13.160
 world around

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.660
 us that

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:15.000
 is perishing.

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 I wonder

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.920
 if that

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.639
 describes you.

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 If we're

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.400
 not indifferent,

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.139
 sometimes we,

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.920
 act even

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.380
 worse than

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.620
 that,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.240
 sometimes we

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.860
 actually feel

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:25.040
 anger and

00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:26.320
 frustration towards

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.820
 the lost.

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.420
 They don't

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.060
 act like

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.560
 Christians.

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:28.840
 Well,

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.060
 should we

00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:29.660
 be surprised?

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.640
 They don't

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.240
 think like we

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.640
 want them to

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.340
 think or act

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.780
 like we want

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.080
 them to

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.380
 act.

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.900
 They act

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.600
 like lost

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.100
 people,

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.540
 so instead

00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:36.880
 of having

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.759
 compassion on

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:37.900
 them,

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.580
 we get

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.660
 frustrated with

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:39.800
 them.

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.220
 Why can't

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.480
 they get

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.759
 themselves

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.160
 together?

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.400
 Church,

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.060
 this ought

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:45.240
 not be.

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.840
 If we want

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.560
 to reach the

00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:47.160
 lost in our

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.620
 community,

00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:48.480
 it has to

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.240
 start within

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.759
 our hearts.

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.059
 We have

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.480
 to view

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.079
 them as

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.000
 Christ views

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.259
 them.

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.559
 We have

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.460
 to be moved

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.379
 with compassion

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.099
 for them.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.480
 We have

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.240
 to love

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.799
 them as

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.460
 Christ has

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.259
 loved us.

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.420
 Aren't we

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.019
 glad that the

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.400
 Lord had

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.079
 compassion on

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.460
 us?

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.279
 Aren't we

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.859
 glad that the

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.420
 Lord was not

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.819
 indifferent towards

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.579
 our need?

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.200
 Aren't we

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.839
 glad that the

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.900
 Lord was not

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.779
 angry towards

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.420
 our sin?

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.700
 That the

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.339
 Lord came

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.920
 down to

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.720
 us to bring

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.379
 us a message

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.760
 of hope,

00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:19.340
 to pay for

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.940
 our sin,

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.500
 to love

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.820
 us by

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.240
 laying down

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.560
 his own

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.360
 life for

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.600
 us?

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.060
 Aren't we

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:25.120
 glad that

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.420
 the Lord

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.060
 had compassion

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.700
 on us?

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.080
 As we

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.440
 think about

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.920
 bringing the

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.420
 gospel to

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.780
 the lost,

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.100
 we don't

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.480
 have to

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.280
 extend to

00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:33.240
 them anything

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.860
 the Lord

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.260
 has not

00:22:34.260 --> 00:22:34.980
 first extended

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.580
 to us in

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.040
 the gospel.

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:39.340
 Jesus sees

00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:39.840
 the lost

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.100
 with a

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.080
 perspective of

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.880
 compassion.

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.540
 Not only

00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:42.960
 this,

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.960
 he also

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.580
 sees the

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:44.980
 lost with

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.540
 a perspective

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.920
 of hope.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.500
 Perspective

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.299
 of hope.

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.619
 Look there

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:49.859
 to verse

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.480
 37.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.279
 As Jesus

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.180
 looks out

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.539
 and sees

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.039
 the crowds,

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.539
 he says

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.920
 to his

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.519
 disciples,

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.720
 the harvest

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.819
 is plentiful.

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:00.720
 The harvest

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.240
 is plentiful.

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.460
 See,

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.899
 the metaphor,

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.579
 it changes

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.240
 here from

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.960
 a shepherding

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.460
 illustration

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.000
 now to

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.720
 a farming

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.500
 illustration.

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.159
 He says

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.619
 the lost

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.000
 people in

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.319
 the world

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.039
 aren't just

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.039
 shepherdless

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.700
 sheep.

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.319
 Jesus

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.779
 says they're

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.579
 also like

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.180
 wheat,

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.460
 ready and

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.279
 waiting to

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.380
 be harvested.

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 The harvest

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.660
 is plentiful,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.299
 he says.

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.220
 This isn't

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.480
 the only

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.000
 time that we

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.340
 see this

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.620
 sort of

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.180
 illustration,

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.059
 even in

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.700
 the book

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.319
 of Matthew.

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.279
 And typically

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.940
 as we think

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.920
 about harvest,

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.400
 as we hear

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.920
 that language

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.779
 of a harvest

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.660
 being reaped,

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.000
 speaking of

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.700
 end time

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.220
 language,

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.700
 end time

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.019
 language,

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.380
 the end

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.860
 of the age

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.340
 when Christ

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.960
 returns and

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.900
 he saves

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.720
 all of his

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.559
 people all

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.960
 over the

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.240
 globe,

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.840
 every corner

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.380
 of the earth,

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.100
 every tribe,

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.480
 tongue,

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.960
 and nation.

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.340
 There's a

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.319
 harvest of

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.880
 those coming

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.720
 to the

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.079
 Lord.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.799
 Just a few

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.400
 chapters later,

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.240
 Matthew 13,

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.380
 Jesus tells

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.880
 a parable

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.500
 called the

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:53.900
 parable of

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.360
 the weeds,

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.900
 and he tells

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.500
 the disciples

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.980
 that there

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.500
 is coming

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.180
 an end

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.279
 time harvest

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.180
 where the

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.759
 weeds of

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.079
 the world

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.420
 will be

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.120
 burned up,

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.200
 but the

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.740
 wheat will

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.200
 be gathered

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.680
 into the

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.940
 barn.

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.319
 Matthew

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.019
 chapter 3,

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.420
 John the

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.720
 Baptist,

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.960
 he warns

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.660
 the Pharisees

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:08.900
 and the

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.500
 Sadducees

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.279
 that judgment

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.100
 is coming.

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.660
 He says his

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.539
 winnowing fork

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.039
 is in his

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.380
 hand,

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.400
 he will

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.880
 clear the

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.260
 threshing

00:24:15.260 --> 00:24:15.820
 floor and

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.420
 will gather

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.140
 his wheat

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.800
 into the

00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:18.140
 barn,

00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.400
 but the

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.000
 chaff he

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.480
 will burn

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.180
 away with

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.840
 unquenchable

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.360
 fire.

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:22.660
 See,

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.180
 Jesus looks

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.840
 out at the

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:26.320
 lost world,

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.680
 at the

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.460
 lostness of

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.000
 the world,

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.640
 and he sees

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.640
 what only he

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.380
 can see.

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.680
 He sees with

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.100
 complete clarity

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.280
 the wheat that

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.360
 are ready to be

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.860
 harvested.

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.140
 He sees with

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.320
 perfect sight

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:40.920
 future believers

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.100
 from every

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.740
 tribe,

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.180
 tongue,

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:43.820
 and nation,

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.420
 all of

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.060
 God's elect

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.800
 from every

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.480
 nation on

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.740
 earth.

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.700
 He sees

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.460
 the harvest.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.019
 All those

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.880
 who will

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.740
 certainly come

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.320
 to faith in

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:53.460
 Christ when

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.279
 they hear the

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.140
 message of

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.240
 the gospel.

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.660
 That's Jesus'

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.080
 perspective on

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.580
 the lost.

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.140
 And if that's

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.039
 his perspective,

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.759
 we should know

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.340
 that the

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.060
 problem that

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.779
 we face is

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.000
 not hopeless,

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.640
 church.

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:09.320
 there is a

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.480
 harvest to

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.740
 be had if

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.660
 we would go

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.220
 and share.

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.620
 The problem

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.580
 of lostness

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:19.160
 is an

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.640
 incredible

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.600
 opportunity to

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.320
 bring glory

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.940
 to King

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.280
 Jesus.

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.600
 Could you

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.160
 just imagine

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.440
 it?

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:28.460
 That 1040

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.460
 window with

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.860
 all the lost

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.400
 and unreached

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.000
 people groups.

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.360
 Could you

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.860
 imagine men

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.200
 and women

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.560
 from the

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.160
 Ansari

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.940
 people of

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.300
 India

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.619
 hearing and

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.180
 believing the

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.639
 gospel for

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.059
 the very

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.899
 first time?

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.399
 The very

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.200
 first people

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.559
 from their

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.079
 people group

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.099
 to hear the

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.519
 name of

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.859
 Jesus.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.519
 For them to

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:43.940
 come to

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.419
 faith in

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.700
 Jesus.

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.099
 For that

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.980
 faith to

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.859
 spread throughout

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.480
 their family.

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.399
 For it to

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.980
 spread throughout

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.680
 their community.

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.819
 For disciples

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.539
 to be made.

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.119
 For the church

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.779
 to be built.

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.419
 For the gospel

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.460
 to spread in

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.940
 areas where

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.399
 it's never

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.960
 yet come.

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.139
 For men and

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.659
 women of the

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.960
 Bambara people

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.779
 in Mali.

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.619
 People who

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.159
 are made in

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.619
 the image of

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.139
 God who have

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:04.359
 never heard the

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.960
 name of

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.519
 Christ.

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.680
 Church, there

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.500
 is work to

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.920
 be done.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.860
 The church

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.279
 isn't meant to

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.759
 just be a

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.799
 gathering place

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.340
 where we come

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.880
 together and

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.420
 worship as

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.380
 significant and

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.120
 important as

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.860
 that is.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.400
 I pour so

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.980
 much energy

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.660
 into this

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.480
 one hour a

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.680
 week.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.100
 I hope you

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.340
 know I

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.860
 value it.

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.900
 This is not

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.620
 the end of

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:21.880
 what the

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.220
 church is

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.640
 meant to be

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:22.940
 and do.

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.759
 We gather

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.480
 here that we

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.559
 might scatter

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.319
 with a message

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.200
 to proclaim

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.140
 to the lost

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:31.259
 who don't

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.079
 have what we

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.779
 have by the

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.140
 grace of

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.480
 God.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:36.019
 church, there

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.920
 is a harvest

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.099
 to be reaped.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.400
 Can you

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.019
 imagine it?

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.480
 What would it

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.420
 be like if

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.000
 our neighbors

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.519
 who don't

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.140
 know Christ

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.740
 right now

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.700
 heard the

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.240
 message of

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.660
 the gospel

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.279
 from your

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.259
 lips, came

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.819
 to faith in

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.240
 Christ?

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.599
 If our

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.279
 family members

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.839
 who don't

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.559
 know Christ

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.240
 right now,

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.799
 currently,

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.579
 heard the

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.000
 message of

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.400
 the gospel

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.819
 and came

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.259
 to faith,

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.599
 could you

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.759
 imagine the

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.740
 potential for

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.559
 eternal impact

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.279
 that sits

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.599
 in this

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.039
 room right

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.319
 now?

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.359
 Every day

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.759
 we have

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.539
 these opportunities

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:09.179
 to impact

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.599
 someone's

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.279
 eternity for

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.700
 the glory

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.139
 of God,

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.440
 but there's

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.179
 another problem

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:12.839
 here, isn't

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.039
 there?

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.559
 Jesus says,

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.119
 the harvest

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:17.119
 is plentiful,

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:19.159
 but the

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:20.200
 laborers are

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.839
 few.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.659
 The harvest

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.659
 is plentiful,

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.159
 church,

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.200
 but the

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.980
 laborers

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.399
 are few.

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.060
 The harvest

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.440
 that we

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.200
 long to

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.580
 see,

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.180
 we long

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.440
 to see

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.000
 lost people

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.480
 coming into

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.880
 the kingdom,

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.320
 don't we?

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.460
 Amen?

00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.140
 Don't we?

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.480
 The harvest

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.100
 will only

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.720
 come in

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.480
 as laborers

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.080
 go out.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.640
 I don't

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.820
 know how

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.440
 much farming

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.000
 you have

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.340
 done.

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.759
 Wheat

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.160
 does not

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.800
 walk itself

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.200
 into the

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.480
 barn.

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.140
 Neither

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.540
 do the

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.360
 lost walk

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.040
 themselves into

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.420
 the kingdom

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.900
 of God.

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.600
 I don't

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:57.820
 know if

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:57.960
 you've

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.300
 noticed,

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.720
 that non-believers

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.100
 are not

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.720
 beating down

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.080
 the doors

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.320
 of our

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:01.780
 church to

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:02.180
 join us

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.660
 for worship

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.120
 on Sunday

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.420
 morning.

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.580
 That's not

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.980
 how this

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.400
 works.

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.400
 The harvest

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.140
 is plentiful,

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:08.600
 but the

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.500
 laborers,

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.940
 the laborers

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.200
 who will

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.720
 go and

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.340
 share the

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.820
 good news,

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.080
 who will

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.440
 go and

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.480
 proclaim the

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.100
 gospel so

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.420
 that that

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.100
 seed of

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.500
 the word

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.000
 of Christ

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.640
 might sow

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.280
 deep into

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.740
 the hearts

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.040
 of the

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:19.560
 lost and

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:21.080
 sprout faith

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.380
 in their

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.700
 hearts.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.160
 The laborers

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.860
 are few.

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.360
 So,

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.940
 what should

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.040
 we do?

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.539
 The answer

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.139
 might surprise

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.359
 you.

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.420
 He says,

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.879
 third,

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.839
 pray.

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.460
 Pray.

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.720
 Pray.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.779
 Pray.

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.240
 The harvest

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.119
 is plentiful,

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.500
 but the

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.379
 laborers are

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.879
 few.

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.579
 Therefore,

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.299
 pray earnestly

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.039
 to the Lord

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.659
 of the harvest

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.839
 to send out

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.720
 laborers into

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 his harvest.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.819
 Pray,

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.980
 he says.

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:54.579
 does that

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.819
 answer

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.579
 surprise you?

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.319
 If you

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.680
 and I

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.480
 were given

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.120
 the instructions

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.460
 here,

00:28:59.559 --> 00:28:59.799
 you know

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.019
 what we

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.460
 would say?

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.680
 The harvest

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.420
 is plentiful,

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:02.920
 there's a

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.460
 harvest to be

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.759
 had,

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.579
 laborers are

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:04.900
 few,

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.440
 therefore,

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.480
 go,

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.299
 right?

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.720
 Go out

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:08.980
 there,

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.339
 go,

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.180
 go earnestly,

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.440
 go,

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.319
 get to work.

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.960
 But he

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.420
 says,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.079
 therefore,

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.839
 pray.

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.279
 Now,

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.539
 of course,

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.079
 the disciples,

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.759
 they do

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.059
 go.

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.539
 This is

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.200
 where context

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.019
 helps us,

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.299
 right?

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.500
 They pray

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.059
 and then

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.619
 they go.

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.099
 This isn't

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.779
 pray and

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.519
 don't go.

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.700
 Look at what

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.299
 happens just

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.919
 in the next

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.619
 verses here

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:31.980
 in chapter

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.319
 10.

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.419
 Jesus sends

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.059
 them out

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.480
 into the

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.019
 harvest field.

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.319
 Chapter

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.679
 10,

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.599
 Jesus sends

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.859
 out the

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.159
 twelve,

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.899
 telling them,

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.019
 proclaim as

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.579
 you go,

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.599
 saying,

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.359
 the kingdom

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.899
 of heaven

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.440
 is at

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.879
 hand.

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.980
 This is

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.720
 not pray

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.259
 for somebody

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.720
 else to do

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.019
 what you

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.720
 are unwilling

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.240
 to do.

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.159
 The disciples

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.539
 were about

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.099
 to be sent

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.779
 out as

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.559
 laborers,

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.599
 but before

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.299
 they go

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.180
 and as

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.799
 they go,

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.660
 Jesus commands

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.960
 them,

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.579
 pray earnestly

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.079
 to the

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.599
 Lord of the

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.059
 harvest,

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.779
 the one who

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.619
 rules over

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.039
 it all.

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.960
 Pray earnestly

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.579
 that he

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.160
 would send

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.240
 out laborers

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.980
 into the

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.579
 harvest field,

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.079
 not other

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.619
 laborers

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.839
 beside you,

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.000
 other laborers

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.500
 alongside you.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.240
 More and

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.200
 more and

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.180
 more and

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.240
 more laborers

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.660
 so that the

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.299
 message of

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.839
 the gospel

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.359
 would be

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.399
 heard and

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.759
 would be

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.859
 believed and

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.160
 that we

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.660
 might see

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.680
 a harvest

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.800
 for the

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.420
 glory of

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.840
 God.

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.779
 Pray and

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.120
 go.

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.340
 Pray and

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.600
 go.

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.019
 That's the

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.480
 game plan

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.800
 for the

00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:29.160
 church.

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.580
 Pray and

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:30.900
 go.

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.180
 Pray and

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.200
 go.

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.500
 Craig Tuck

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.400
 is the

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.700
 associational

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.259
 mission

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.019
 strategist for

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.519
 the Charleston

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.820
 Baptist

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.500
 Association.

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:41.880
 Some of

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.100
 you know

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.620
 that name.

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.600
 He's

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.180
 somebody who

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.120
 cares deeply

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.800
 about seeing

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.259
 the gospel

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.160
 spread throughout

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.320
 our area

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.840
 and the

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.460
 Charleston

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.540
 County area.

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:50.840
 If you

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.180
 go get

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.580
 breakfast

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:51.860
 with

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.320
 Craig

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.640
 at

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.440
 938

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.060
 you will

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.480
 start to

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.880
 hear this

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.259
 beeping

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.700
 noise.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.100
 Beep,

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.860
 beep,

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.600
 beep,

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.000
 beep,

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.140
 beep,

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.380
 beep,

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.620
 beep.

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.860
 I'm telling

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.080
 you right

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.480
 now so you

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.680
 know what

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.120
 to expect.

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.980
 938 is

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.180
 going to

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.440
 happen.

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.700
 I just

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.080
 assume it

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.460
 happens in

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.800
 the evening

00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:06.240
 as well

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.880
 at 938

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.420
 but every

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.900
 day his

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.840
 watch is set

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.160
 with an

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.800
 alarm to

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:11.580
 go off and

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.060
 interrupt

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.940
 whatever it

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.279
 is he's

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.620
 doing,

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:13.940
 whatever

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.480
 important

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.259
 meeting he

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.580
 has,

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:19.579
 Whatever it is, he will stop and he will be reminded to pray.

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.460
 Matthew 9, 38.

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:30.319
 Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:36.619
 Church, I want to ask you two questions as we consider how to apply this passage.

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:42.299
 I want each of you to answer these two questions in your own heart and as you go from this place this afternoon.

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:45.879
 Number one, are you praying for laborers?

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:55.240
 Are you earnestly asking God to send out more evangelism-minded Christians into the world

00:31:55.240 --> 00:32:00.359
 that are ready to open up their mouths and actually share the good news of the gospel no matter the cost?

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:08.119
 Are you praying for more laborers here in Charleston, here in Allendal, in Mount Pleasant and beyond?

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:14.739
 Are you praying for laborers in the 1040 window all across the globe where men and women do not know the name of Jesus?

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:16.159
 Are you praying?

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.919
 And question number two, are you going?

00:32:26.219 --> 00:32:29.899
 The Great Commission is given to all of us, church.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:34.700
 Jesus says, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:41.360
 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:46.940
 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:49.920
 teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you,

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:55.140
 and surely I am with you even to the uttermost ends of the earth.

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.920
 Are you going?

00:32:56.920 --> 00:33:03.340
 For some, that might mean packing up and going somewhere far away.

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:11.660
 Church, I pray that a Seaweed Bay Baptist Church might in some time, in some way,

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:14.779
 be used of the Lord to send missionaries to the end of the earth.

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:17.740
 That might seem like a big prayer for us right now.

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:19.160
 Maybe it is.

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.440
 I believe the Lord will do it in time.

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:26.200
 I pray that the Lord would show us somehow, some way,

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:30.360
 how we can support this missionary endeavor to the ends of the earth

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:35.160
 to bring the gospel to places and peoples who do not know the good news of Christ.

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:45.519
 But for all of us, it means beginning to see right where you are as a mission field.

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:52.380
 Right now, right where the Lord has placed you in your homes, in your places of work,

00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:57.680
 in your neighborhoods, in your communities, in your route to and from the grocery store,

00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.920
 whatever it is that you do day in and day out,

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:03.759
 to begin to see it as a mission field,

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.920
 and to begin to see the lost all around you as Christ does,

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:09.340
 with compassion and hope that the Lord will save,

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:13.079
 if we would open our mouth and proclaim the good news of the gospel.

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:20.900
 Who do you know that needs to hear the message of the gospel?

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:28.860
 Who do you know that is harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd?

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:30.420
 Who needs to hear the gospel?

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:38.480
 I want to close this morning by sharing one more story about Hudson Taylor.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.840
 His life was an answer to prayer.

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:44.120
 I don't know if you know his story very well or not.

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:47.200
 His mother and his father, before he was even born,

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:49.160
 committed him in prayer to the Lord

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:52.920
 and prayed that their child might one day be saved

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:55.579
 and might one day go and be a missionary in China.

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.539
 Can you believe that?

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.620
 And through prayer, their desires were answered.

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:04.680
 Hudson Taylor became obsessed with bringing the message of the gospel to China.

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:09.980
 He joined the Chinese Evangelization Society and set sail in 1853.

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:15.920
 And the Heroes of Faith on Pioneer Trails book shared one more story I want to share with you this morning.

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.500
 He said that while traveling one day on a boat,

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:23.019
 Hudson Taylor met a Chinese man who had once visited England.

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:27.320
 And the man listened to Hudson Taylor as he shared the gospel.

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:31.480
 And he was emotionally moved by what he heard about the grace of God.

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:34.360
 He was moved to tears at the message of the gospel.

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.120
 But something within him, I don't know what it was,

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:40.240
 he refused to accept the offer of salvation.

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:43.860
 Well, a little while later, Hudson Taylor was watching.

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:50.559
 And the man, Hudson Taylor saw the man distressed

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.860
 and saw him throw himself overboard

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:55.599
 and began to sink in the water.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:00.880
 Obviously distressed, Hudson looked around for help

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:03.660
 and he saw a fishing boat that had a drag net close by

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:05.340
 and so he shouted out to the fishermen,

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:07.800
 Come over here, drag your net on this spot.

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.880
 A man just jumped over here.

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.860
 He sank, he's drowning.

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:13.500
 And they responded and they said,

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.720
 It's not convenient.

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.099
 I said, Don't talk about convenience.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.180
 A man is drowning here, he cried.

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:22.300
 We're busy fishing.

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.300
 We cannot come.

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.380
 Taylor urged them to come at once.

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.760
 He offered to pay them

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:30.900
 and they perked up a little bit about this offer.

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.559
 They wanted to know how much they could get.

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:35.760
 He offered $5 and they refused.

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:38.620
 So he said, Y'all come quickly and bring this net.

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:40.280
 I'll give you all the money I have, $14.

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:45.280
 Finally, the boat was brought and the hooks were let down.

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:47.260
 In less than a minute, they brought up the body.

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:50.420
 But all efforts at resuscitation failed

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:52.000
 and the man was dead.

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:57.380
 Hudson Taylor, the incident obviously was sad in and of itself.

00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:02.000
 But in this incident, he saw an even greater lesson.

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.980
 The book asked the question,

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:08.420
 Were not those fishermen guilty of the death of the man?

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:12.539
 And that they had the opportunity and the means of saving him,

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:14.340
 but refused to use them.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.700
 Most assuredly, they were guilty.

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:19.500
 And yet, says Taylor,

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.780
 let us pause,

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:24.880
 ere we pronounce judgment against them,

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:27.139
 lest a greater than Nathan answer,

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.680
 Thou art the man.

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:32.699
 Is it so wicked a thing to neglect to save the body?

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 Of how much sorer punishment then is he worthy

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 who leaves the immortal soul to perish?

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 The Lord Jesus commands me,

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 commands you,

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 go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

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 Shall we say to him,

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 No, it is not convenient?

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 Shall we tell him that we are busy at fishing

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 or other business and cannot go?

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 Oh, let us pray and let us labor

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 for the salvation of China's un-evangelized millions.

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 Let us pray and let us labor, church.

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 Let us pray and let us go.

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 Lord, we ask now in prayer,

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 would you send out laborers into your harvest field?

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 We ask, Father,

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 would you move this church to obedience

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 to the Great Commission?

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 Help us to see this is not optional.

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 Help us to see the harvest as you see the lost.

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 Help us to share your heart of compassion

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 on those who are suffering, harassed and helpless

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 like sheep without a shepherd.

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 Father, we pray,

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 would you bring eternal salvation

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 to the souls of the lost

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 through the lips of this church?

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 We ask this in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.