•A Heart For The Harvest
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•Matthew 9:35-10:1
9: 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and
healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the
crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and
helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his
disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are
few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send
out laborers into his harvest.” 10:1 And he called to him his twelve
disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and
to heal every disease and every affliction.
•Introduction
1.And
the stated reason they were they so brutally murdered was because they were
“People of the Cross.”
2.A
Word to help us Hear Well
1. An ancient promise is finally being fulfilled –
2.A long-awaited champion has finally come
3.A wonderful message is to be proclaimed –
4.12 shockingly unqualified and unprepared messengers are called and
commissioned
5.A gloriously difficult mission is about to be initiated
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•I. We must see what Jesus Saw (9:35-36)
A.He
reveals the true identity of Jesus of Nazareth – the long awaited Seed of
Abraham who will deliver His people from their sin – birth narratives.
B. His
Own beloved Son in Whom He is well pleased – baptism narrative.
C.His
Appointed Champion who will crush the Head of the Serpent – temptation
narrative.
D. The
long awaited Son of David who will Rule over His people
1.Faint
– Harassed
2.Scattered
– Helpless
•Application:
We must feel what Jesus Felt (9:36) When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion for them…
We must believe what Jesus Knew
A.All
of this had happened to these people because they had no Shepherd.
A.He had blinded them to the truth.
B.He had afflicted them with all sorts of diseases.
C.He had rendered them unclean and impure.
D.He had unleashed demons on them who possessed and oppressed them at
will.
B.UNTIL
NOW!
A.Jesus had come! The Son of Eve, Abraham, and David!
B.He was the Great Shepherd who had been given both the authority (exousia) and power (dunamis) to free and restore these
captives.
C.And He was the Good Shepherd who had the love and desire to help and
heal these sheep that had been brutalized and ravaged.
•We must Respond by doing what
Jesus told us to Do!
(Matthew 9:37) Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is
plentiful, but the laborers are few;
This is more than just volunteering – this is asking God to work in our
hearts so that we can’t not go!
•Conclusion
1.Ponder
joyfully and thoughtfully over the astonishing things Jesus has done in this
text to display His power and authority and ability to deliver men from every
walk of life and from every affliction in life.
2.Pray
regularly and sincerely that God would send you into this amazing harvest of
souls.
3.Prepare
expectantly and intentionally to join in the reaping God is doing around you –
in your everyday, immediate context.
4.Participate
in the face of your fears, in spite of failure, and in the presence of great
hostility by simply shining the light with your life and by your lips.
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