Praying for global impact
Series: Mission Month
Speaker: Brian Tung
Date: 6th May 2012
00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 I'm thinking what a privilege it is for me to have the best job in the church,
00:00:03 --> 00:00:05 to be the ministering in charge of mission,
00:00:06 --> 00:00:08 and to have a whole month.
00:00:08 --> 00:00:10 Like, we don't have a month of membership.
00:00:11 --> 00:00:14 We could, but we're not.
00:00:14 --> 00:00:16 But we got a whole month of global missions.
00:00:17 --> 00:00:20 So, wow, you know, that's pretty privileged.
00:00:21 --> 00:00:25 And as I sought to argue in that video,
00:00:25 --> 00:00:30 that mission, a global mission, is a gospel imperative.
00:00:32 --> 00:00:34 I urge you, if you're not convinced, to check it out,
00:00:34 --> 00:00:39 even if you were convinced, to check it out in Luke 24.
00:00:39 --> 00:00:40 Luke 24.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:43 So the context is post-resurrection,
00:00:44 --> 00:00:49 and Jesus was explaining to his disciples what just happened
00:00:49 --> 00:00:50 and the meaning of it.
00:00:51 --> 00:00:53 And he kind of said, well, you should know this
00:00:53 --> 00:00:56 because the Old Testament has taught you this,
00:00:57 --> 00:00:59 that the Christ must die, the Christ must rise,
00:00:59 --> 00:01:05 and repentance of faith must be preached to all the nations
00:01:05 --> 00:01:06 in the name of Jesus.
00:01:07 --> 00:01:09 So global mission, gospel imperatives.
00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 And again, you know, just to reiterate,
00:01:12 --> 00:01:14 there are lots of things we can do without.
00:01:15 --> 00:01:15 Okay?
00:01:15 --> 00:01:17 And we still have the Christian faith, Christianity,
00:01:18 --> 00:01:19 and you can still be a Christian.
00:01:19 --> 00:01:20 We don't need this building.
00:01:21 --> 00:01:22 Okay?
00:01:22 --> 00:01:23 Unless it rains.
00:01:23 --> 00:01:28 Christianity, we don't need this building to, you know.
00:01:28 --> 00:01:31 We don't, God forbid, need a parish council.
00:01:32 --> 00:01:36 If that disappears tomorrow, there's still Christianity.
00:01:36 --> 00:01:37 You don't even need the ministers.
00:01:38 --> 00:01:39 It's quite amazing.
00:01:39 --> 00:01:40 We're not Roman Catholics.
00:01:42 --> 00:01:45 We could all get, you know, the staff could die tomorrow
00:01:45 --> 00:01:48 or horrible disease, and you could still be Christians.
00:01:48 --> 00:01:49 That's one of them.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:53 But you can't do without the death of Jesus,
00:01:54 --> 00:01:59 the resurrection of Jesus, and the mission, global mission,
00:01:59 --> 00:02:00 to proclaim.
00:02:01 --> 00:02:02 What do I mean by mission?
00:02:02 --> 00:02:07 I simply mean the proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom of God.
00:02:07 --> 00:02:09 It is as simple as that.
00:02:09 --> 00:02:13 It is telling people about Jesus who's king of the kingdom.
00:02:14 --> 00:02:14 So mission.
00:02:15 --> 00:02:16 Simple enough.
00:02:16 --> 00:02:18 What do we mean by global mission?
00:02:18 --> 00:02:19 Global mission.
00:02:19 --> 00:02:21 And that's quite easy.
00:02:21 --> 00:02:23 Global means the world.
00:02:24 --> 00:02:25 Okay?
00:02:25 --> 00:02:30 Global mission involves preaching Jesus to all the world.
00:02:30 --> 00:02:35 And I'm slowly coming to the conviction
00:02:35 --> 00:02:41 that global mission is not just going from here to there.
00:02:42 --> 00:02:45 I think that the world has changed, has moved on,
00:02:46 --> 00:02:51 that the here and the there sort of distinction is no longer valid.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:55 So if I can so tentatively and nervously suggest,
00:02:55 --> 00:02:59 perhaps we should change local and global impact
00:02:59 --> 00:03:01 to just global impact.
00:03:02 --> 00:03:06 Just to help us to see that what we do here
00:03:06 --> 00:03:09 is part of what's happening in the whole world.
00:03:11 --> 00:03:16 I think nowadays, everyone goes from everywhere to everywhere.
00:03:17 --> 00:03:22 What is, I think, most challenging in the task of mission
00:03:22 --> 00:03:28 is crossing barriers, crossing cultural barriers
00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 to different parts of the world,
00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 perhaps to different type of people,
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 even in this part of the world.
00:03:38 --> 00:03:40 I don't know whether you're convinced of this,
00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 but ironically, I think globalisation and technology
00:03:44 --> 00:03:48 are both making us even more homogenous.
00:03:49 --> 00:03:51 You know, on Facebook, you might think,
00:03:52 --> 00:03:54 wow, I've got a million friends,
00:03:55 --> 00:04:00 but most of them are people just like you and me.
00:04:01 --> 00:04:03 Well, maybe, no, I don't know.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:09 But technology is making us into sort of siloing
00:04:09 --> 00:04:10 with people just like us.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:15 In fact, increasingly, I look at churches around in Sydney,
00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 we are becoming more homogenous than ever before.
00:04:19 --> 00:04:21 You might look, oh, you know, no, no, that's not true.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:24 There's Chinese people and non-Chinese people and whatever.
00:04:24 --> 00:04:28 But at some level, no, actually, we're all pretty similar.
00:04:28 --> 00:04:30 We all live in the North Shore.
00:04:30 --> 00:04:32 We have sort of vaguely similar sort of values.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:36 They're not sort of, you know, really crazy people in our church,
00:04:37 --> 00:04:38 except for Josh.
00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 You know, but he's an exception.
00:04:42 --> 00:04:43 But he's from Canada.
00:04:48 --> 00:04:49 You know, it's...
00:04:49 --> 00:04:51 We...
00:04:51 --> 00:04:53 There was a book that I was reading
00:04:53 --> 00:04:55 that was kind of saying that it makes a hard...
00:04:55 --> 00:04:57 Like, we actually lost the skill
00:04:57 --> 00:05:01 of relating to people who are just different to us.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:02 We don't know how to talk to them.
00:05:02 --> 00:05:04 We don't know how to disagree with them.
00:05:04 --> 00:05:05 We just give up, you know.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:08 They are not our Facebook friends.
00:05:08 --> 00:05:11 And we just stick with people that we can talk to,
00:05:11 --> 00:05:13 that we can agree with.
00:05:14 --> 00:05:15 And church becomes a...
00:05:15 --> 00:05:17 And this is why I think in global mission,
00:05:17 --> 00:05:21 the biggest challenge to us is to cross those barriers,
00:05:22 --> 00:05:26 to take Jesus to people who are just different to us.
00:05:26 --> 00:05:30 And that's what we're talking about.
00:05:30 --> 00:05:31 And it is imperative.
00:05:31 --> 00:05:33 It is not an optional extra.
00:05:33 --> 00:05:36 For those of us sitting here in the North Shore today,
00:05:37 --> 00:05:41 we need to be taking Jesus to people not in the North Shore.
00:05:42 --> 00:05:45 Why aren't we running missions in Mount Druid?
00:05:46 --> 00:05:47 Why are we doing that?
00:05:49 --> 00:05:50 Why aren't we...
00:05:50 --> 00:05:51 I don't know.
00:05:51 --> 00:05:52 Like, it's not an...
00:05:52 --> 00:05:55 We need to take Jesus to all those people.
00:05:55 --> 00:05:59 And we'll be looking at different elements of this global mission
00:05:59 --> 00:06:02 in the course of the next few weeks.
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05 But this week, just three things.
00:06:05 --> 00:06:07 I want to focus your attention on the passage
00:06:07 --> 00:06:09 that we're looking at tonight.
00:06:10 --> 00:06:13 The first thing that I would say is the context of the passage
00:06:13 --> 00:06:15 is very different to our own.
00:06:16 --> 00:06:19 I want to say this because just in case you're really naughty
00:06:19 --> 00:06:21 and you go beyond chapter 9 into chapter 10,
00:06:23 --> 00:06:26 and you actually see Jesus sending off his disciples,
00:06:27 --> 00:06:29 and he makes sort of funny statements and saying,
00:06:29 --> 00:06:30 don't...
00:06:30 --> 00:06:32 Whatever you do, like, go on this mission,
00:06:33 --> 00:06:34 don't go to the Samaritans,
00:06:35 --> 00:06:36 and don't go to the Gentiles.
00:06:37 --> 00:06:37 Right?
00:06:37 --> 00:06:39 And you might think, well, what's going on there?
00:06:40 --> 00:06:41 Can I just ignore that part?
00:06:41 --> 00:06:47 Or how can we be consistently saying global mission means evangelising everyone
00:06:47 --> 00:06:48 when Jesus...
00:06:48 --> 00:06:49 Well, it's a different context.
00:06:49 --> 00:06:52 It's a different salvation historical context.
00:06:53 --> 00:06:55 The Bible itself explains it.
00:06:56 --> 00:06:58 There is a plan at play.
00:06:59 --> 00:07:02 The Jews, the people of Israel,
00:07:03 --> 00:07:06 is a beneficiary of the gospel,
00:07:06 --> 00:07:08 of the work of the Messiah first,
00:07:08 --> 00:07:10 and then the rest of us.
00:07:10 --> 00:07:12 So there is a priority in the plan.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:15 And Matthew 9 and 10
00:07:15 --> 00:07:18 is kind of like an expression of that.
00:07:19 --> 00:07:21 The plan is still continuing
00:07:21 --> 00:07:25 and therefore is still relevant to us.
00:07:26 --> 00:07:28 So I want to point out approximately four things
00:07:28 --> 00:07:30 out of the passage that we're reading.
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 If you go to the passage,
00:07:32 --> 00:07:34 Matthew 9, verse 35.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:38 Sorry, let me call up.
00:07:38 --> 00:07:39 35.
00:07:41 --> 00:07:44 Jesus went through all the towns and villages,
00:07:44 --> 00:07:46 teaching in their synagogues,
00:07:46 --> 00:07:48 preaching the good news of the kingdom
00:07:48 --> 00:07:51 and healing every disease and sickness.
00:07:52 --> 00:07:55 It's a summary statement of what Jesus has been doing.
00:07:56 --> 00:07:59 If you look at chapter 8, chapter 9,
00:08:00 --> 00:08:01 all of it,
00:08:01 --> 00:08:05 you'll find that Jesus is doing exactly what that statement says.
00:08:05 --> 00:08:07 He's going around preaching
00:08:07 --> 00:08:09 and he's going around healing.
00:08:11 --> 00:08:12 He might, you know,
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 he's rather restrictive.
00:08:14 --> 00:08:17 Surely he was doing more than just preaching and healing.
00:08:18 --> 00:08:20 Surely he was eating and chatting to people,
00:08:21 --> 00:08:21 going to part.
00:08:21 --> 00:08:22 But no, no, no.
00:08:22 --> 00:08:24 The two activities
00:08:24 --> 00:08:26 which Matthew focused on
00:08:26 --> 00:08:27 are these two.
00:08:28 --> 00:08:29 Preaching the gospel of the kingdom
00:08:29 --> 00:08:32 and healing every disease.
00:08:32 --> 00:08:32 Well, preaching.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:36 It tells us something about
00:08:36 --> 00:08:39 the central core of Christianity.
00:08:39 --> 00:08:40 The core of Christianity,
00:08:40 --> 00:08:42 the central message of Christianity
00:08:42 --> 00:08:44 is not be a good person.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:45 Okay?
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 And if that is what you think,
00:08:49 --> 00:08:51 I want you to throw that away.
00:08:53 --> 00:08:53 Okay?
00:08:54 --> 00:08:58 The central message of the Bible of Christianity
00:08:58 --> 00:09:00 is not be a good person.
00:09:00 --> 00:09:03 Nor is it come and join a religion.
00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 In a sense.
00:09:05 --> 00:09:06 It's not, that is not,
00:09:07 --> 00:09:07 the message,
00:09:07 --> 00:09:09 the central core of the message of the Christianity
00:09:09 --> 00:09:10 is a warning.
00:09:11 --> 00:09:12 A warning.
00:09:12 --> 00:09:14 It is like a sign on a highway.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:16 If you're on your L's,
00:09:16 --> 00:09:18 you dread to see the sign
00:09:18 --> 00:09:19 because it says,
00:09:19 --> 00:09:20 wrong way,
00:09:20 --> 00:09:22 go back.
00:09:24 --> 00:09:24 Okay?
00:09:25 --> 00:09:25 That,
00:09:25 --> 00:09:27 that is the message of Jesus.
00:09:28 --> 00:09:30 Matthew chapter 4, 17.
00:09:30 --> 00:09:31 Jesus says,
00:09:31 --> 00:09:31 repent,
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34 for the kingdom of heaven is near.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:34 Repent.
00:09:35 --> 00:09:35 Wrong way,
00:09:36 --> 00:09:37 go the other way.
00:09:38 --> 00:09:38 Turn, turn around.
00:09:39 --> 00:09:39 Why?
00:09:39 --> 00:09:41 Because the kingdom of heaven is near.
00:09:41 --> 00:09:41 Because,
00:09:42 --> 00:09:44 if you keep going the way that you do,
00:09:45 --> 00:09:48 you will have a head-on collision with God.
00:09:49 --> 00:09:51 And when his kingdom comes,
00:09:51 --> 00:09:53 his judgment comes
00:09:53 --> 00:09:57 to destroy evil and wickedness and rebellion.
00:09:57 --> 00:10:00 And you are heading,
00:10:00 --> 00:10:06 and you are heading face-to-face on a head-on collision with God.
00:10:06 --> 00:10:07 So,
00:10:07 --> 00:10:07 wrong way,
00:10:08 --> 00:10:09 go back.
00:10:09 --> 00:10:10 Repent,
00:10:10 --> 00:10:12 for the kingdom of heaven is near.
00:10:14 --> 00:10:15 The core of the Christian man.
00:10:15 --> 00:10:16 Secondly,
00:10:16 --> 00:10:20 we are told that Jesus was healing every sickness and disease.
00:10:20 --> 00:10:24 And if you go back to chapter 9,
00:10:24 --> 00:10:25 chapter 8,
00:10:26 --> 00:10:26 what do you see?
00:10:26 --> 00:10:26 Well,
00:10:26 --> 00:10:27 chapter 9,
00:10:27 --> 00:10:28 verse 1,
00:10:28 --> 00:10:30 Jesus healed a paralytic man.
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 He forgave his sins.
00:10:33 --> 00:10:33 Chapter 9,
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 verse 18,
00:10:35 --> 00:10:36 there was a dead girl,
00:10:36 --> 00:10:38 and Jesus gave life back to her.
00:10:38 --> 00:10:42 In the same little passage,
00:10:43 --> 00:10:48 we read of Jesus healing a woman who's been bleeding for 12 years.
00:10:49 --> 00:10:50 Verse 27,
00:10:51 --> 00:10:53 Jesus overcomes an evil spirit
00:10:53 --> 00:10:57 and gives sight and speech back to a man.
00:10:58 --> 00:10:59 What's that about?
00:11:00 --> 00:11:02 It is about the world that we live in.
00:11:03 --> 00:11:04 What is the world like
00:11:04 --> 00:11:06 that is not the kingdom of God?
00:11:06 --> 00:11:09 Where God is not,
00:11:09 --> 00:11:10 as it were,
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 ruling in an absolute sense.
00:11:11 --> 00:11:12 Where we are ruling.
00:11:13 --> 00:11:14 Well,
00:11:14 --> 00:11:15 that is the world that we live in.
00:11:15 --> 00:11:18 And it is a world that is broken and cursed.
00:11:20 --> 00:11:21 Long enough,
00:11:21 --> 00:11:22 we all experience it.
00:11:23 --> 00:11:29 It is a world of sickness and disease and tragedy and war and injustice
00:11:29 --> 00:11:33 and self-serving ambition.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:35 And above all,
00:11:35 --> 00:11:37 it is a world of death.
00:11:38 --> 00:11:40 Jesus has come
00:11:40 --> 00:11:42 to preach
00:11:42 --> 00:11:46 the news that God's kingdom is coming.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:52 And what he does is he demonstrates what that kingdom is like.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:53 And so he
00:11:53 --> 00:11:56 went to the towns and villages
00:11:56 --> 00:11:59 to heal every sickness and disease.
00:11:59 --> 00:12:02 He freed people from evil and oppression.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:03 He gave life
00:12:03 --> 00:12:06 where there is death.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:06 He
00:12:06 --> 00:12:09 has come to bring a foretaste
00:12:09 --> 00:12:10 of the kingdom
00:12:10 --> 00:12:11 of heaven
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13 where the good rule of God
00:12:13 --> 00:12:15 reigns supreme.
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17 So 35,
00:12:18 --> 00:12:18 verse 35,
00:12:19 --> 00:12:20 is a summary statement
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 of the work
00:12:21 --> 00:12:22 of Jesus.
00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 Jesus has come into the world
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 to do that.
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 Well,
00:12:25 --> 00:12:27 what's that to do with
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28 our mission?
00:12:29 --> 00:12:29 Well,
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 there are three things to note.
00:12:31 --> 00:12:31 Firstly,
00:12:31 --> 00:12:32 the motivation
00:12:32 --> 00:12:33 of mission.
00:12:34 --> 00:12:35 Come with me
00:12:35 --> 00:12:35 to have a look at
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 verse 36.
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 So a summary statement
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 of what Jesus has done.
00:12:40 --> 00:12:41 36,
00:12:41 --> 00:12:42 when he saw the crowds,
00:12:42 --> 00:12:42 that is,
00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 as he went around
00:12:43 --> 00:12:44 to the towns
00:12:44 --> 00:12:45 and the villages
00:12:45 --> 00:12:46 and he saw the people,
00:12:47 --> 00:12:47 what did he see?
00:12:47 --> 00:12:49 He had compassion on them
00:12:49 --> 00:12:51 because they were harassed
00:12:51 --> 00:12:51 and helpless
00:12:51 --> 00:12:53 like sheep
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 without a shepherd.
00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 The motivation
00:12:57 --> 00:12:58 for mission.
00:12:59 --> 00:12:59 We
00:12:59 --> 00:13:01 have inherited
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 this idea of God
00:13:02 --> 00:13:03 from
00:13:03 --> 00:13:06 the 19th century.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 It's called deism,
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 for those of you
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 who are interested in this.
00:13:10 --> 00:13:11 This idea of God
00:13:11 --> 00:13:11 is,
00:13:12 --> 00:13:12 we look at the world
00:13:12 --> 00:13:13 around us
00:13:13 --> 00:13:14 and it's a wonderful,
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 complex place.
00:13:16 --> 00:13:18 It's a complex machine
00:13:18 --> 00:13:20 like a supercomputer,
00:13:21 --> 00:13:21 right,
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 with all the little bits
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 and,
00:13:23 --> 00:13:24 and what we do in science
00:13:24 --> 00:13:25 is that we discover
00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 the intricacies
00:13:26 --> 00:13:27 of the world
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 and,
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 and God is this genius
00:13:29 --> 00:13:31 who kind of built
00:13:31 --> 00:13:33 this amazing computer,
00:13:33 --> 00:13:35 computer in his backyard.
00:13:35 --> 00:13:35 You know,
00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 he's that clever.
00:13:37 --> 00:13:38 But the thing about
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 this genius,
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40 inventor God
00:13:40 --> 00:13:42 is that he's both
00:13:42 --> 00:13:44 blind and indifferent.
00:13:45 --> 00:13:45 You know,
00:13:45 --> 00:13:46 he's built this machine,
00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 he flipped the switch,
00:13:48 --> 00:13:49 and the machine just,
00:13:50 --> 00:13:50 you know,
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 it just churns.
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 It runs his routines
00:13:52 --> 00:13:54 and sometimes things
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 happens in a routine
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 and,
00:13:57 --> 00:13:57 you know,
00:13:57 --> 00:13:57 he's,
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 and he doesn't do
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 anything about it.
00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 He's blind
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 to whatever
00:14:01 --> 00:14:02 happens to it.
00:14:03 --> 00:14:03 You know,
00:14:03 --> 00:14:04 when tragedy
00:14:04 --> 00:14:06 strikes in our life,
00:14:06 --> 00:14:06 you know,
00:14:06 --> 00:14:07 there's a terrible
00:14:07 --> 00:14:08 car accident
00:14:08 --> 00:14:09 that takes away
00:14:09 --> 00:14:10 the life of somebody
00:14:10 --> 00:14:11 who cares about,
00:14:11 --> 00:14:12 the inventor,
00:14:13 --> 00:14:13 God,
00:14:14 --> 00:14:15 can't see it.
00:14:16 --> 00:14:16 That's why
00:14:16 --> 00:14:17 he's not there
00:14:17 --> 00:14:18 to do anything.
00:14:19 --> 00:14:19 He didn't do it
00:14:19 --> 00:14:20 because he's blind
00:14:20 --> 00:14:21 or he's indifferent
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 or he can't do
00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 anything about it.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 It's called deism.
00:14:26 --> 00:14:26 You know,
00:14:26 --> 00:14:27 another sort of
00:14:27 --> 00:14:29 popular conception
00:14:29 --> 00:14:29 of that is
00:14:29 --> 00:14:30 God off the gaps.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:31 You know,
00:14:31 --> 00:14:33 if we can't explain
00:14:33 --> 00:14:33 something,
00:14:33 --> 00:14:34 it must be God.
00:14:35 --> 00:14:36 Everything else
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 we can explain,
00:14:37 --> 00:14:38 it can't be God.
00:14:38 --> 00:14:41 this is not
00:14:41 --> 00:14:42 the picture
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 of the God
00:14:43 --> 00:14:43 of the Bible.
00:14:44 --> 00:14:45 What happens
00:14:45 --> 00:14:47 when Jesus saw
00:14:47 --> 00:14:47 the suffering
00:14:47 --> 00:14:49 of the people?
00:14:49 --> 00:14:50 We are told
00:14:50 --> 00:14:51 in verse 36
00:14:51 --> 00:14:52 that he was
00:14:52 --> 00:14:54 moved
00:14:54 --> 00:14:55 by compassion.
00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 Not unmoved.
00:14:59 --> 00:14:59 Not just
00:14:59 --> 00:15:00 a God of the gaps.
00:15:00 --> 00:15:01 Not this blind,
00:15:02 --> 00:15:02 indifferent,
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 genius,
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 computer maker,
00:15:05 --> 00:15:06 designer person.
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 He sees
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 your pain
00:15:08 --> 00:15:10 He sees
00:15:10 --> 00:15:11 your trouble,
00:15:12 --> 00:15:12 He sees
00:15:12 --> 00:15:13 your suffering
00:15:13 --> 00:15:14 that you are
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 experiencing
00:15:15 --> 00:15:17 and it breaks
00:15:17 --> 00:15:17 His heart.
00:15:20 --> 00:15:21 And He
00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 did something
00:15:22 --> 00:15:22 about it.
00:15:23 --> 00:15:24 He sent
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 His Son
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00:15:30 --> 00:15:32 our suffering.
00:15:33 --> 00:15:33 You know,
00:15:33 --> 00:15:34 global mission.
00:15:35 --> 00:15:36 The word mission,
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 it comes from
00:15:37 --> 00:15:37 a Latin word,
00:15:38 --> 00:15:38 missio,
00:15:39 --> 00:15:39 which means
00:15:39 --> 00:15:41 sent.
00:15:43 --> 00:15:44 The Father
00:15:44 --> 00:15:45 sent the Son
00:15:45 --> 00:15:48 as He sees
00:15:48 --> 00:15:50 your suffering,
00:15:50 --> 00:15:50 my suffering.
00:15:51 --> 00:15:51 And the Son
00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 has come
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00:15:53 --> 00:15:54 every disease
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 and sickness,
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00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 the kingdom
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 of God.
00:16:03 --> 00:16:03 God.
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 And the first
00:16:06 --> 00:16:06 thing that we
00:16:06 --> 00:16:07 need to
00:16:07 --> 00:16:07 understand
00:16:07 --> 00:16:08 in our
00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 global mission,
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00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 our global
00:16:11 --> 00:16:11 mission is
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 as followers
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 of Jesus,
00:16:13 --> 00:16:15 we need to
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 have the same
00:16:16 --> 00:16:16 compassion
00:16:16 --> 00:16:18 that He has.
00:16:18 --> 00:16:20 He wanted
00:16:20 --> 00:16:21 His disciples
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00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 that the harvest
00:16:23 --> 00:16:25 is plentiful
00:16:25 --> 00:16:26 but not
00:16:26 --> 00:16:28 enough workers
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00:16:32 --> 00:16:34 by His
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00:16:35 --> 00:16:36 I was reading
00:16:36 --> 00:16:37 this week,
00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 apparently a study
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 was done by
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00:16:40 --> 00:16:41 of California,
00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 Berkeley.
00:16:41 --> 00:16:43 The report
00:16:43 --> 00:16:44 of the study,
00:16:44 --> 00:16:45 if you want
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 to look it up,
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 is published
00:16:47 --> 00:16:48 in a journal,
00:16:48 --> 00:16:48 Social,
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00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 and Personality
00:16:50 --> 00:16:51 Signs.
00:16:52 --> 00:16:53 And apparently
00:16:53 --> 00:16:53 this is the
00:16:53 --> 00:16:55 result of this
00:16:55 --> 00:16:56 study that
00:16:56 --> 00:16:56 they've done.
00:16:58 --> 00:16:58 Atheists
00:16:58 --> 00:17:01 help people
00:17:01 --> 00:17:02 because of
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 compassion.
00:17:05 --> 00:17:05 Right?
00:17:05 --> 00:17:06 They see a
00:17:06 --> 00:17:07 child
00:17:07 --> 00:17:09 on a TV
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 set
00:17:10 --> 00:17:11 and they're
00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 not unmoved.
00:17:13 --> 00:17:14 This study
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00:17:15 --> 00:17:15 that religious
00:17:15 --> 00:17:16 people,
00:17:16 --> 00:17:17 that is people
00:17:17 --> 00:17:17 like you and
00:17:17 --> 00:17:17 me,
00:17:18 --> 00:17:19 we help
00:17:19 --> 00:17:20 people
00:17:20 --> 00:17:21 because of
00:17:21 --> 00:17:21 our doctrine,
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 because of
00:17:24 --> 00:17:25 our communal
00:17:25 --> 00:17:26 identity
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00:17:27 --> 00:17:28 reputational
00:17:28 --> 00:17:29 concerns.
00:17:34 --> 00:17:34 Now,
00:17:34 --> 00:17:35 I don't know
00:17:35 --> 00:17:35 how,
00:17:36 --> 00:17:36 you know,
00:17:36 --> 00:17:37 the parameters
00:17:37 --> 00:17:38 and scopes
00:17:38 --> 00:17:38 of the study
00:17:38 --> 00:17:38 and all,
00:17:39 --> 00:17:39 but assuming
00:17:39 --> 00:17:40 that it is
00:17:40 --> 00:17:41 true for a
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00:17:41 --> 00:17:42 that would
00:17:42 --> 00:17:42 be awful,
00:17:42 --> 00:17:43 wouldn't it?
00:17:45 --> 00:17:45 Imagine
00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 if your
00:17:46 --> 00:17:47 parents were
00:17:47 --> 00:17:48 to treat
00:17:48 --> 00:17:48 you like
00:17:48 --> 00:17:48 that,
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50 or your
00:17:50 --> 00:17:51 boyfriend or
00:17:51 --> 00:17:52 girlfriend or
00:17:52 --> 00:17:52 your wife,
00:17:52 --> 00:17:52 you know,
00:17:53 --> 00:17:56 I noticed
00:17:56 --> 00:17:56 that you
00:17:56 --> 00:17:57 were sick,
00:17:57 --> 00:17:58 so I'm
00:17:58 --> 00:17:58 calling,
00:17:59 --> 00:18:00 but please
00:18:00 --> 00:18:01 note that
00:18:01 --> 00:18:01 I'm calling
00:18:01 --> 00:18:02 not because
00:18:02 --> 00:18:02 I care,
00:18:03 --> 00:18:05 I'm only
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 calling because
00:18:06 --> 00:18:07 that's just
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 something that
00:18:08 --> 00:18:08 I have to
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00:18:09 --> 00:18:09 you know,
00:18:09 --> 00:18:10 is that
00:18:10 --> 00:18:10 so in my
00:18:10 --> 00:18:11 royal description?
00:18:14 --> 00:18:14 And I'm
00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 calling because
00:18:15 --> 00:18:16 that's what I've
00:18:16 --> 00:18:17 been told that
00:18:17 --> 00:18:17 I have to
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 do.
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 Worse still,
00:18:20 --> 00:18:21 I'm only
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 calling because
00:18:22 --> 00:18:23 that's what
00:18:23 --> 00:18:23 people at
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00:18:24 --> 00:18:24 do as well
00:18:24 --> 00:18:24 too.
00:18:25 --> 00:18:25 Not because
00:18:25 --> 00:18:26 I care,
00:18:27 --> 00:18:28 frankly I
00:18:28 --> 00:18:28 don't.
00:18:29 --> 00:18:29 Imagine
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00:18:31 --> 00:18:31 Awful,
00:18:31 --> 00:18:32 wouldn't it?
00:18:32 --> 00:18:34 That is
00:18:34 --> 00:18:35 not the
00:18:35 --> 00:18:35 God of
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00:18:35 --> 00:18:36 that is
00:18:36 --> 00:18:36 not the
00:18:36 --> 00:18:37 Jesus whom
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00:18:37 --> 00:18:38 Jesus cares.
00:18:39 --> 00:18:39 He sees
00:18:39 --> 00:18:40 people in
00:18:40 --> 00:18:41 need and
00:18:41 --> 00:18:42 it breaks
00:18:42 --> 00:18:43 his heart.
00:18:44 --> 00:18:45 And as
00:18:45 --> 00:18:46 followers of
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00:18:46 --> 00:18:47 we are to
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00:18:48 --> 00:18:48 Jesus.
00:18:52 --> 00:18:53 Look
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 around you,
00:18:54 --> 00:18:55 look at
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00:18:56 --> 00:18:58 look at
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00:19:00 --> 00:19:02 the needs
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00:19:02 --> 00:19:03 people.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 Can you
00:19:04 --> 00:19:04 see it?
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 The lost
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 and harassed
00:19:07 --> 00:19:07 and helpless
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 people.
00:19:09 --> 00:19:10 We are
00:19:10 --> 00:19:10 meant to
00:19:10 --> 00:19:12 see those
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 people and
00:19:13 --> 00:19:13 that ought to
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 break our
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00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 And mind
00:19:15 --> 00:19:15 you,
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17 not the
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00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 you know,
00:19:22 --> 00:19:22 not the
00:19:22 --> 00:19:24 sick person
00:19:24 --> 00:19:25 in the
00:19:25 --> 00:19:25 hospital.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:26 Of course
00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 that would
00:19:27 --> 00:19:27 move us
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00:19:28 --> 00:19:30 but the
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 sinful
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00:19:35 --> 00:19:35 who because
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 of their
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00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 you,
00:19:39 --> 00:19:39 who is
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00:19:40 --> 00:19:40 advantage
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00:19:41 --> 00:19:42 who tramples
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00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 we are
00:19:47 --> 00:19:47 to feel
00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 compassion
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00:19:51 --> 00:19:52 When they
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 behave in
00:19:53 --> 00:19:53 their self
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00:19:54 --> 00:19:55 way,
00:19:55 --> 00:19:56 we are
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00:19:57 --> 00:19:58 is part
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00:20:02 --> 00:20:02 And that
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 ought to
00:20:03 --> 00:20:04 break our
00:20:04 --> 00:20:05 heart instead
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 of us
00:20:06 --> 00:20:06 getting angry,
00:20:07 --> 00:20:08 getting even,
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 putting our
00:20:10 --> 00:20:10 foot down and
00:20:10 --> 00:20:11 asserting our
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00:20:13 --> 00:20:14 No,
00:20:14 --> 00:20:14 when Jesus
00:20:14 --> 00:20:16 saw sinful
00:20:16 --> 00:20:16 people in their
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 sinfulness,
00:20:17 --> 00:20:18 he had compassion.
00:20:18 --> 00:20:19 what did Jesus
00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 do when he
00:20:20 --> 00:20:22 had compassion
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00:20:22 --> 00:20:22 crowd?
00:20:22 --> 00:20:23 What did it
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24 move him
00:20:24 --> 00:20:24 to do?
00:20:25 --> 00:20:25 Well,
00:20:25 --> 00:20:25 eventually,
00:20:26 --> 00:20:27 to the cross
00:20:27 --> 00:20:28 to die for
00:20:28 --> 00:20:29 them and to
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 save them.
00:20:30 --> 00:20:30 But in this
00:20:30 --> 00:20:31 particular context,
00:20:32 --> 00:20:32 what did it
00:20:32 --> 00:20:33 move him to
00:20:33 --> 00:20:33 do?
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 Verse 38,
00:20:35 --> 00:20:37 they looked
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38 like sheep
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00:20:38 --> 00:20:39 shepherd.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:40 And he
00:20:40 --> 00:20:41 said to his
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00:20:41 --> 00:20:42 the harvest
00:20:42 --> 00:20:43 is plentiful,
00:20:43 --> 00:20:43 but the
00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 workers are
00:20:44 --> 00:20:44 few.
00:20:45 --> 00:20:45 Therefore,
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 38,
00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 ask the
00:20:47 --> 00:20:47 Lord of
00:20:47 --> 00:20:47 the harvest
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00:20:52 --> 00:20:52 What did
00:20:52 --> 00:20:53 it move
00:20:53 --> 00:20:54 Jesus to
00:20:54 --> 00:20:54 do?
00:20:54 --> 00:20:54 His
00:20:54 --> 00:20:54 compassion.
00:20:55 --> 00:20:55 It
00:20:55 --> 00:20:55 moves him
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00:21:01 --> 00:21:04 to ask
00:21:04 --> 00:21:05 the Lord
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 of the
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 harvest to
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00:21:06 --> 00:21:07 workers.
00:21:07 --> 00:21:07 So that's
00:21:07 --> 00:21:08 the second
00:21:08 --> 00:21:08 thing.
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 The first
00:21:09 --> 00:21:09 is the
00:21:09 --> 00:21:10 motivation for
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00:21:10 --> 00:21:11 is to
00:21:11 --> 00:21:12 compassion of
00:21:12 --> 00:21:12 God.
00:21:13 --> 00:21:13 Secondly,
00:21:13 --> 00:21:14 the first
00:21:14 --> 00:21:14 thing that
00:21:14 --> 00:21:14 we do,
00:21:14 --> 00:21:15 first activity
00:21:15 --> 00:21:17 is prayer.
00:21:18 --> 00:21:19 I think
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00:21:22 --> 00:21:23 if we
00:21:23 --> 00:21:23 think that
00:21:23 --> 00:21:24 it all
00:21:24 --> 00:21:24 depends on
00:21:24 --> 00:21:25 us,
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 you know,
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 when we
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 see a
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 needy
00:21:26 --> 00:21:27 person or
00:21:27 --> 00:21:27 an
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 unrighteous
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00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 then what
00:21:29 --> 00:21:30 we need
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00:21:31 --> 00:21:31 to,
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 you know,
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00:21:34 --> 00:21:35 raise money,
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00:21:37 --> 00:21:37 change,
00:21:38 --> 00:21:38 whatever it
00:21:38 --> 00:21:38 is,
00:21:39 --> 00:21:39 the last
00:21:39 --> 00:21:40 thing that
00:21:40 --> 00:21:40 we would
00:21:40 --> 00:21:41 do is
00:21:41 --> 00:21:43 to pray.
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 But the
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 first thing
00:21:47 --> 00:21:47 that we
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 need to
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00:21:50 --> 00:21:52 this is
00:21:52 --> 00:21:52 not our
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00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 This
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00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 speak of
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00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 our
00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 mission.
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 In fact,
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 I'm going
00:22:01 --> 00:22:02 to throw
00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 something
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 theologically
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 controversial
00:22:04 --> 00:22:04 out there
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 for you.
00:22:05 --> 00:22:05 I want
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 to suggest
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 that St.
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 Paul's
00:22:07 --> 00:22:07 has no
00:22:07 --> 00:22:07 mission.
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 In fact,
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 no church
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 has a
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 mission.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 Rather,
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 what we
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 have is
00:22:13 --> 00:22:13 a God
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 who is
00:22:14 --> 00:22:14 on a
00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 mission.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:17 Matter of
00:22:17 --> 00:22:17 semantics,
00:22:17 --> 00:22:17 yes,
00:22:17 --> 00:22:17 yes,
00:22:18 --> 00:22:18 yes,
00:22:18 --> 00:22:18 yes,
00:22:18 --> 00:22:18 yes,
00:22:18 --> 00:22:18 but
00:22:18 --> 00:22:19 important
00:22:19 --> 00:22:19 distinction.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 God
00:22:21 --> 00:22:21 has a
00:22:21 --> 00:22:21 mission.
00:22:22 --> 00:22:22 We
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 don't.
00:22:23 --> 00:22:24 He
00:22:24 --> 00:22:24 invites
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 us
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00:22:25 --> 00:22:26 part
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00:22:26 --> 00:22:26 his
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00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 It
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 is
00:22:28 --> 00:22:29 his
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00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 The
00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 workers
00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 are
00:22:30 --> 00:22:31 his.
00:22:31 --> 00:22:31 The
00:22:31 --> 00:22:31 world
00:22:31 --> 00:22:32 is
00:22:32 --> 00:22:32 his.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:32 The
00:22:32 --> 00:22:33 money
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00:22:33 --> 00:22:33 The
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00:22:35 --> 00:22:35 That
00:22:35 --> 00:22:35 is
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 why
00:22:36 --> 00:22:36 Jesus,
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00:22:39 --> 00:22:40 commands
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 his
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 followers
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 to pray.
00:22:44 --> 00:22:45 We
00:22:45 --> 00:22:48 may
00:22:48 --> 00:22:49 subconsciously
00:22:49 --> 00:22:49 have
00:22:49 --> 00:22:49 adopted
00:22:49 --> 00:22:51 this
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 thinking
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 that
00:22:52 --> 00:22:52 praying,
00:22:53 --> 00:22:53 yes,
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00:22:53 --> 00:22:54 important
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 for
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 mission,
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 but it's
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 the type
00:22:57 --> 00:22:57 of thing
00:22:57 --> 00:22:58 that you
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 do when
00:22:59 --> 00:23:00 you can't
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 go to
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 Peter
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 Marisberg.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:04 If you're
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 a
00:23:04 --> 00:23:05 clean toss,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 that's
00:23:05 --> 00:23:06 where you
00:23:06 --> 00:23:06 go.
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 If you
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 are
00:23:09 --> 00:23:09 working
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 and you
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 earn a
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 decent
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12 salary,
00:23:12 --> 00:23:12 you can
00:23:12 --> 00:23:13 give.
00:23:14 --> 00:23:15 But if
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 you're not
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 a clean
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 toss and
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 you're not
00:23:17 --> 00:23:17 working,
00:23:17 --> 00:23:18 then maybe
00:23:18 --> 00:23:20 you pray.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 I want
00:23:22 --> 00:23:23 to suggest
00:23:23 --> 00:23:23 to you
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 that is
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 so far
00:23:25 --> 00:23:26 from the
00:23:26 --> 00:23:26 teaching of
00:23:26 --> 00:23:27 scripture.
00:23:28 --> 00:23:28 Prayer is
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 not something
00:23:29 --> 00:23:29 that we
00:23:29 --> 00:23:30 do when
00:23:30 --> 00:23:31 we can't
00:23:31 --> 00:23:31 do anything
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 else in
00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 mission.
00:23:33 --> 00:23:34 I want
00:23:34 --> 00:23:35 to suggest
00:23:35 --> 00:23:35 to you
00:23:35 --> 00:23:36 that praying
00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 is part
00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 of the
00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 mission,
00:23:39 --> 00:23:39 that praying
00:23:39 --> 00:23:41 is just
00:23:41 --> 00:23:42 as important
00:23:42 --> 00:23:42 as going.
00:23:43 --> 00:23:44 Here's
00:23:44 --> 00:23:44 something else
00:23:44 --> 00:23:45 controversial,
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 that when
00:23:47 --> 00:23:48 you're praying
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 your 30
00:23:49 --> 00:23:49 days of
00:23:49 --> 00:23:50 challenge,
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 that you
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 are engaging
00:23:52 --> 00:23:54 in something
00:23:54 --> 00:23:54 that is
00:23:54 --> 00:23:55 just as
00:23:55 --> 00:23:55 important
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 as what
00:23:56 --> 00:23:56 the
00:23:56 --> 00:23:56 Clint
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 Hosses
00:23:57 --> 00:23:57 are
00:23:57 --> 00:23:57 doing
00:23:57 --> 00:23:58 in
00:23:58 --> 00:23:58 Peter
00:23:58 --> 00:23:59 Merisberg.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 Every
00:24:04 --> 00:24:05 Christian is
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 engaged in
00:24:06 --> 00:24:06 this global
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 mission.
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 Mission
00:24:09 --> 00:24:09 isn't just
00:24:09 --> 00:24:10 for the
00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 professional
00:24:11 --> 00:24:12 missionary.
00:24:14 --> 00:24:14 Going out
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 to Mount
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 Druid or
00:24:16 --> 00:24:17 reaching out
00:24:17 --> 00:24:17 to the
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 homeless people
00:24:18 --> 00:24:19 in Chesswood
00:24:19 --> 00:24:19 isn't just
00:24:19 --> 00:24:20 for someone
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 who's gone
00:24:21 --> 00:24:21 to Bible
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22 college.
00:24:24 --> 00:24:24 Global
00:24:24 --> 00:24:25 mission is
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 for all
00:24:26 --> 00:24:26 of us.
00:24:27 --> 00:24:28 And you,
00:24:28 --> 00:24:28 it doesn't
00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 matter what
00:24:29 --> 00:24:29 stage in
00:24:29 --> 00:24:30 life, what
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 capacity, what
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 resources, you
00:24:32 --> 00:24:32 can get
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33 involved in
00:24:33 --> 00:24:33 it.
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 And the
00:24:34 --> 00:24:34 most important
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 thing that
00:24:35 --> 00:24:35 you can
00:24:35 --> 00:24:37 do is
00:24:37 --> 00:24:37 to pray.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 Move
00:24:40 --> 00:24:40 by God's
00:24:40 --> 00:24:41 compassion,
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42 move to
00:24:42 --> 00:24:42 prayer.
00:24:42 --> 00:24:43 Well, what
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 do we pray
00:24:44 --> 00:24:44 for, verse
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 38 again?
00:24:47 --> 00:24:48 Jesus says,
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 pray for the
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 Lord of the
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 harvest to
00:24:51 --> 00:24:51 send out
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 workers.
00:24:53 --> 00:24:54 I have to
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 say that this
00:24:55 --> 00:24:55 is actually
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 quite hard to
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 comprehend in
00:24:57 --> 00:24:58 many respects.
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 It's kind of
00:25:00 --> 00:25:01 like an odd
00:25:01 --> 00:25:02 thing to pray
00:25:02 --> 00:25:02 for.
00:25:03 --> 00:25:04 You know, you
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 would have
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 expected Jesus
00:25:04 --> 00:25:05 to say, no,
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 pray that
00:25:08 --> 00:25:10 the harvest
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 is plentiful,
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 pray that the
00:25:13 --> 00:25:14 harvest will be
00:25:14 --> 00:25:14 harvested.
00:25:15 --> 00:25:15 You know,
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 there's a
00:25:16 --> 00:25:16 world of
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 needy people
00:25:17 --> 00:25:17 out there,
00:25:17 --> 00:25:18 pray that God
00:25:18 --> 00:25:19 will meet
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 the needs of
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 people.
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 I mean, he
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 can do that,
00:25:22 --> 00:25:22 can't he?
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 He's our
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 almighty God,
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 created
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 everything.
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 This is why
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 this prayer is
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 so odd,
00:25:31 --> 00:25:32 that of all
00:25:32 --> 00:25:32 the things that
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 we are to
00:25:33 --> 00:25:33 pray for,
00:25:33 --> 00:25:33 that his
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 disciples are
00:25:34 --> 00:25:35 to pray for,
00:25:35 --> 00:25:35 that we are
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36 to pray that
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 God will send
00:25:37 --> 00:25:38 out workers.
00:25:40 --> 00:25:41 Yes, our
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 God can meet
00:25:42 --> 00:25:43 human needs
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 directly, he
00:25:44 --> 00:25:45 can rain down
00:25:45 --> 00:25:45 manna from
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 heaven to
00:25:46 --> 00:25:47 feed the
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 hungry, he
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 can rain down
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 fire to
00:25:50 --> 00:25:50 devour the
00:25:50 --> 00:25:51 wicked.
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 But here,
00:25:54 --> 00:25:55 Jesus commands
00:25:55 --> 00:25:57 his disciples
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 to pray, not
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 just to save
00:25:59 --> 00:26:00 people, but
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 that God will
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 send out workers
00:26:02 --> 00:26:04 into the
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 harvest field.
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 The harvest
00:26:06 --> 00:26:07 is plentiful,
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 but more
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 workers is
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 needed.
00:26:10 --> 00:26:12 just to skip
00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 forward in
00:26:12 --> 00:26:13 chapter 10,
00:26:14 --> 00:26:14 you see that
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 Jesus then
00:26:15 --> 00:26:16 immediately sent
00:26:16 --> 00:26:17 out the
00:26:17 --> 00:26:18 disciples into
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 the world.
00:26:20 --> 00:26:20 The followers,
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 in fact, became
00:26:21 --> 00:26:23 the answer to
00:26:23 --> 00:26:24 their own
00:26:24 --> 00:26:24 prayers.
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 It is true
00:26:26 --> 00:26:27 that God could
00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 fix the world
00:26:28 --> 00:26:30 with a
00:26:30 --> 00:26:30 snap of
00:26:30 --> 00:26:30 finger.
00:26:33 --> 00:26:34 That might be
00:26:34 --> 00:26:35 our wisdom
00:26:35 --> 00:26:37 and how we
00:26:37 --> 00:26:38 might see
00:26:38 --> 00:26:39 things, but
00:26:39 --> 00:26:40 God in his
00:26:40 --> 00:26:41 wisdom and
00:26:41 --> 00:26:42 in his
00:26:42 --> 00:26:43 might has
00:26:43 --> 00:26:45 chosen to
00:26:45 --> 00:26:46 save this
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 world to
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 meet the
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 needs of
00:26:47 --> 00:26:49 people through
00:26:49 --> 00:26:50 other people.
00:26:53 --> 00:26:53 Proclaiming,
00:26:54 --> 00:26:55 bringing the
00:26:55 --> 00:26:57 kingdom of
00:26:57 --> 00:26:58 his kingdom.
00:26:59 --> 00:27:01 For global
00:27:01 --> 00:27:02 mission is
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 just not a
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 task to be
00:27:04 --> 00:27:05 done, not
00:27:05 --> 00:27:05 just a
00:27:05 --> 00:27:06 project to
00:27:06 --> 00:27:09 undertake, but
00:27:09 --> 00:27:10 relationships to
00:27:10 --> 00:27:11 be formed.
00:27:12 --> 00:27:13 When we pray,
00:27:13 --> 00:27:14 when we engage
00:27:14 --> 00:27:14 in mission,
00:27:16 --> 00:27:19 we're forming
00:27:19 --> 00:27:20 a fellowship.
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 We're being
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 involved in
00:27:22 --> 00:27:23 the lives of
00:27:23 --> 00:27:23 people far,
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 far away.
00:27:25 --> 00:27:26 There's
00:27:26 --> 00:27:26 relationship.
00:27:27 --> 00:27:27 It is not
00:27:27 --> 00:27:28 just superstition.
00:27:29 --> 00:27:30 Somehow, if we
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 raise X dollars,
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 then things will
00:27:32 --> 00:27:33 happen.
00:27:33 --> 00:27:35 global mission
00:27:35 --> 00:27:36 involves faith.
00:27:36 --> 00:27:37 It's not just a
00:27:37 --> 00:27:38 forming of
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 relationship with
00:27:38 --> 00:27:40 other people, it
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 is a forming of
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 relationship with
00:27:42 --> 00:27:42 God.
00:27:45 --> 00:27:46 Fundamentally, at
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 a theological
00:27:47 --> 00:27:48 level, we see
00:27:48 --> 00:27:50 here that global
00:27:50 --> 00:27:51 mission, the
00:27:51 --> 00:27:52 underlying
00:27:52 --> 00:27:54 theology, that
00:27:54 --> 00:27:55 God uses
00:27:55 --> 00:27:56 people, that
00:27:56 --> 00:27:57 almighty God
00:27:57 --> 00:27:58 who can use
00:27:58 --> 00:27:58 anything that he
00:27:58 --> 00:28:00 wants, use
00:28:00 --> 00:28:04 you and me, to
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 save people.
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 That is why
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 Jesus commands
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 his followers to
00:28:08 --> 00:28:09 pray for God to
00:28:09 --> 00:28:10 set out workers.
00:28:13 --> 00:28:14 The context of
00:28:14 --> 00:28:15 the passage is
00:28:15 --> 00:28:16 different to
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 ours in terms of
00:28:17 --> 00:28:18 its salvation
00:28:18 --> 00:28:19 historical context,
00:28:20 --> 00:28:22 but the plan
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 continues.
00:28:23 --> 00:28:25 There are
00:28:25 --> 00:28:25 still things
00:28:25 --> 00:28:26 relevant for
00:28:26 --> 00:28:28 us today, and
00:28:28 --> 00:28:28 I want to draw
00:28:28 --> 00:28:29 four conclusions
00:28:29 --> 00:28:30 from this
00:28:30 --> 00:28:30 passage.
00:28:31 --> 00:28:31 The first
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 thing is,
00:28:34 --> 00:28:34 God's kingdom
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 is still
00:28:35 --> 00:28:35 coming.
00:28:37 --> 00:28:38 As Jesus
00:28:38 --> 00:28:39 went around
00:28:39 --> 00:28:40 the towns and
00:28:40 --> 00:28:40 the villages
00:28:40 --> 00:28:42 proclaiming the
00:28:42 --> 00:28:43 kingdom of God,
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 saying, you're on a
00:28:44 --> 00:28:45 collision course, so
00:28:45 --> 00:28:47 repent and believe
00:28:47 --> 00:28:48 in the good news,
00:28:48 --> 00:28:49 that is still
00:28:49 --> 00:28:49 true.
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 The kingdom of
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 God is still
00:28:53 --> 00:28:53 coming.
00:28:53 --> 00:28:54 The judgment of
00:28:54 --> 00:28:55 God on this
00:28:55 --> 00:28:56 world is still
00:28:56 --> 00:28:57 coming.
00:28:58 --> 00:28:59 This is still
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 the time to
00:29:00 --> 00:29:02 repent and
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03 believe the
00:29:03 --> 00:29:04 good news.
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 If you haven't
00:29:06 --> 00:29:07 done that, let
00:29:07 --> 00:29:08 me invite you to
00:29:08 --> 00:29:09 take the
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10 opportunity, for
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 the window of
00:29:11 --> 00:29:13 opportunity is
00:29:13 --> 00:29:14 getting smaller.
00:29:14 --> 00:29:14 That is still
00:29:14 --> 00:29:15 true.
00:29:15 --> 00:29:16 The kingdom of
00:29:16 --> 00:29:16 God is still
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 coming, the
00:29:17 --> 00:29:17 opportunity,
00:29:18 --> 00:29:19 to escape the
00:29:19 --> 00:29:19 judgment of God
00:29:19 --> 00:29:20 is still there.
00:29:20 --> 00:29:22 Secondly, what
00:29:22 --> 00:29:23 is still true is
00:29:23 --> 00:29:23 the compassion of
00:29:23 --> 00:29:24 Jesus.
00:29:26 --> 00:29:28 Don't prove
00:29:28 --> 00:29:29 this Berkeley
00:29:29 --> 00:29:30 study to be
00:29:30 --> 00:29:30 true.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:32 As a religious
00:29:32 --> 00:29:34 person, don't
00:29:34 --> 00:29:35 be motivated by
00:29:35 --> 00:29:36 simply your
00:29:36 --> 00:29:37 doctrine.
00:29:38 --> 00:29:38 Let your
00:29:38 --> 00:29:40 doctrine move
00:29:40 --> 00:29:40 your heart.
00:29:41 --> 00:29:42 Don't do
00:29:42 --> 00:29:43 things because
00:29:43 --> 00:29:44 you have to,
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 or because
00:29:44 --> 00:29:45 everybody else
00:29:45 --> 00:29:46 is doing it.
00:29:46 --> 00:29:48 lift your
00:29:48 --> 00:29:49 eyes.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:50 See the
00:29:50 --> 00:29:51 needs.
00:29:52 --> 00:29:53 As you
00:29:53 --> 00:29:54 experience and
00:29:54 --> 00:29:54 see sin in
00:29:54 --> 00:29:56 this world, let
00:29:56 --> 00:29:57 that break
00:29:57 --> 00:29:58 your heart.
00:29:59 --> 00:30:00 Don't be
00:30:00 --> 00:30:00 unmoved.
00:30:02 --> 00:30:02 Do something.
00:30:03 --> 00:30:03 Well, what to
00:30:03 --> 00:30:03 do?
00:30:04 --> 00:30:04 Pray.
00:30:07 --> 00:30:07 Pray.
00:30:07 --> 00:30:08 Pray.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:11 Take that
00:30:11 --> 00:30:11 challenge.
00:30:11 --> 00:30:12 Take the 30-day
00:30:12 --> 00:30:13 challenge.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:14 Every day, not
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 asking you to
00:30:15 --> 00:30:15 wake up at 4 in
00:30:15 --> 00:30:17 the morning, not
00:30:17 --> 00:30:18 asking you to
00:30:18 --> 00:30:19 spend 6 hours
00:30:19 --> 00:30:20 praying, although
00:30:20 --> 00:30:21 if you want to
00:30:21 --> 00:30:22 do that, go for
00:30:22 --> 00:30:22 it.
00:30:24 --> 00:30:25 How hard is it, do
00:30:25 --> 00:30:26 you think, to pray
00:30:26 --> 00:30:28 for the
00:30:28 --> 00:30:29 Goskins?
00:30:29 --> 00:30:30 How long do you
00:30:30 --> 00:30:30 think they will
00:30:30 --> 00:30:31 take you?
00:30:31 --> 00:30:33 I don't
00:30:33 --> 00:30:34 know, 10
00:30:34 --> 00:30:34 seconds?
00:30:35 --> 00:30:36 30 seconds?
00:30:37 --> 00:30:37 It might take you
00:30:37 --> 00:30:38 a little while
00:30:38 --> 00:30:38 longer to find
00:30:38 --> 00:30:39 out where they
00:30:39 --> 00:30:40 are and what
00:30:40 --> 00:30:42 they're doing, but
00:30:42 --> 00:30:42 that wouldn't
00:30:42 --> 00:30:43 take more than
00:30:43 --> 00:30:44 two minutes or
00:30:44 --> 00:30:44 five minutes.
00:30:46 --> 00:30:47 Spend five
00:30:47 --> 00:30:48 minutes every
00:30:48 --> 00:30:49 day just
00:30:49 --> 00:30:50 praying for the
00:30:50 --> 00:30:51 work of God in
00:30:51 --> 00:30:52 this world.
00:30:53 --> 00:30:53 Think about all
00:30:53 --> 00:30:55 the lost tribes,
00:30:55 --> 00:30:56 even in
00:30:56 --> 00:30:56 Chastwood.
00:30:58 --> 00:30:58 Do you know
00:30:58 --> 00:30:58 there are
00:30:58 --> 00:30:59 Napoles in
00:30:59 --> 00:30:59 Chastwood?
00:30:59 --> 00:31:02 I met a
00:31:02 --> 00:31:02 few.
00:31:03 --> 00:31:03 I didn't
00:31:03 --> 00:31:03 know that.
00:31:04 --> 00:31:05 Is there a
00:31:05 --> 00:31:05 Napoles church
00:31:05 --> 00:31:06 in Chastwood?
00:31:07 --> 00:31:08 I don't think
00:31:08 --> 00:31:08 so.
00:31:10 --> 00:31:11 Pray for them.
00:31:11 --> 00:31:12 Where are the
00:31:12 --> 00:31:13 lost tribes?
00:31:13 --> 00:31:14 Where are the
00:31:14 --> 00:31:16 cultural barriers
00:31:16 --> 00:31:17 that we refuse to
00:31:17 --> 00:31:17 cross?
00:31:18 --> 00:31:18 Who are the
00:31:18 --> 00:31:20 lost people in
00:31:20 --> 00:31:20 our midst?
00:31:21 --> 00:31:22 Is it a certain
00:31:22 --> 00:31:22 age group of
00:31:22 --> 00:31:23 people?
00:31:24 --> 00:31:24 Certain
00:31:24 --> 00:31:26 lifestyle of
00:31:26 --> 00:31:26 people?
00:31:27 --> 00:31:27 Certain
00:31:27 --> 00:31:29 professions?
00:31:29 --> 00:31:32 I mean, how
00:31:32 --> 00:31:32 many people
00:31:32 --> 00:31:33 working in
00:31:33 --> 00:31:33 restaurants could
00:31:33 --> 00:31:34 go to church
00:31:34 --> 00:31:34 on a Sunday?
00:31:37 --> 00:31:38 Who reach out
00:31:38 --> 00:31:39 to them?
00:31:41 --> 00:31:42 Pray for
00:31:42 --> 00:31:42 them.
00:31:44 --> 00:31:46 Lastly, so
00:31:46 --> 00:31:47 God's kingdom
00:31:47 --> 00:31:47 is coming.
00:31:47 --> 00:31:48 Be filled with
00:31:48 --> 00:31:48 God's compassion.
00:31:49 --> 00:31:49 Pray.
00:31:50 --> 00:31:51 And lastly, pray
00:31:51 --> 00:31:52 that the Lord of
00:31:52 --> 00:31:53 the harvest will
00:31:53 --> 00:31:54 send out workers.
00:31:54 --> 00:31:54 workers.
00:31:55 --> 00:31:55 Okay?
00:31:55 --> 00:31:56 This is not an
00:31:56 --> 00:31:58 imprimatur to
00:31:58 --> 00:31:59 think of the
00:31:59 --> 00:31:59 person you
00:31:59 --> 00:32:00 dislike the
00:32:00 --> 00:32:01 most and say,
00:32:01 --> 00:32:03 God sent him
00:32:03 --> 00:32:04 out to
00:32:04 --> 00:32:04 Afghanistan.
00:32:07 --> 00:32:07 Okay?
00:32:08 --> 00:32:09 It's not, you
00:32:09 --> 00:32:10 know, pray that
00:32:10 --> 00:32:11 God will send out
00:32:11 --> 00:32:11 workers.
00:32:11 --> 00:32:12 I mean, God has
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 already sent out
00:32:13 --> 00:32:13 workers.
00:32:13 --> 00:32:14 Look at all
00:32:14 --> 00:32:14 these columns.
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 God has sent
00:32:17 --> 00:32:17 out people.
00:32:18 --> 00:32:19 Pray for them.
00:32:19 --> 00:32:22 Not just pray for
00:32:22 --> 00:32:23 them.
00:32:23 --> 00:32:24 It's a whole
00:32:24 --> 00:32:25 world that
00:32:25 --> 00:32:26 still does not
00:32:26 --> 00:32:27 know Jesus.
00:32:27 --> 00:32:28 Pray that God
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 will send out
00:32:29 --> 00:32:29 workers, not
00:32:29 --> 00:32:30 just from out
00:32:30 --> 00:32:31 there somewhere.
00:32:31 --> 00:32:32 Pray that he
00:32:32 --> 00:32:32 might send out
00:32:32 --> 00:32:33 workers from
00:32:33 --> 00:32:34 in here.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:39 But it could
00:32:39 --> 00:32:39 be you.
00:32:41 --> 00:32:41 How about
00:32:41 --> 00:32:41 that?
00:32:42 --> 00:32:43 So when you
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 pray and God
00:32:44 --> 00:32:45 answers your
00:32:45 --> 00:32:46 prayer, be
00:32:46 --> 00:32:47 prepared to go
00:32:47 --> 00:32:48 as well too.
00:32:48 --> 00:32:48 We'll come to
00:32:48 --> 00:32:49 that.
00:32:49 --> 00:32:49 in a few
00:32:49 --> 00:32:50 weeks' time.
00:32:51 --> 00:32:51 But for the
00:32:51 --> 00:32:53 moment, God's
00:32:53 --> 00:32:53 kingdom is
00:32:53 --> 00:32:53 coming.
00:32:53 --> 00:32:54 Be filled with
00:32:54 --> 00:32:54 God's compassion.
00:32:55 --> 00:32:55 Pray.
00:32:55 --> 00:32:56 And finally, pray
00:32:56 --> 00:32:57 that God will
00:32:57 --> 00:32:57 send.
00:32:58 --> 00:32:59 Shall we
00:32:59 --> 00:32:59 pray?
00:33:02 --> 00:33:02 Gracious
00:33:02 --> 00:33:03 God and
00:33:03 --> 00:33:03 Father, we
00:33:03 --> 00:33:04 thank you that
00:33:04 --> 00:33:07 as you see
00:33:07 --> 00:33:08 our needs, as
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 you saw our
00:33:09 --> 00:33:11 needs, you
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 did not remain
00:33:12 --> 00:33:13 unmoved, but
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14 you sent your
00:33:14 --> 00:33:14 Son, our
00:33:14 --> 00:33:15 Lord Jesus
00:33:15 --> 00:33:15 Christ, to
00:33:15 --> 00:33:16 come into the
00:33:16 --> 00:33:17 world to deal
00:33:17 --> 00:33:18 with our sin
00:33:18 --> 00:33:18 and suffering.
00:33:18 --> 00:33:19 Thank you
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 that you
00:33:20 --> 00:33:21 have promised
00:33:21 --> 00:33:22 that you
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 bring an
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 end to
00:33:23 --> 00:33:25 evil and
00:33:25 --> 00:33:25 death and
00:33:25 --> 00:33:26 sickness in
00:33:26 --> 00:33:26 the world.
00:33:27 --> 00:33:28 And we
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 pray, Father,
00:33:29 --> 00:33:29 that Lord Jesus
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 will come
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 soon.
00:33:31 --> 00:33:31 And we
00:33:31 --> 00:33:33 pray in the
00:33:33 --> 00:33:33 meantime that
00:33:33 --> 00:33:34 you will, in
00:33:34 --> 00:33:35 your great
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 mercy, continue
00:33:36 --> 00:33:36 to send
00:33:36 --> 00:33:37 people out
00:33:37 --> 00:33:39 into Chesford,
00:33:39 --> 00:33:40 into Sydney,
00:33:40 --> 00:33:40 into Australia,
00:33:41 --> 00:33:41 into the
00:33:41 --> 00:33:41 world.
00:33:42 --> 00:33:43 It is a
00:33:43 --> 00:33:43 world that is
00:33:43 --> 00:33:44 desperately lost
00:33:44 --> 00:33:45 without you.
00:33:46 --> 00:33:47 Break our
00:33:47 --> 00:33:47 heart, we
00:33:47 --> 00:33:48 pray, Father
00:33:48 --> 00:33:48 God.
00:33:48 --> 00:33:49 Help us to
00:33:49 --> 00:33:49 see those
00:33:49 --> 00:33:50 needs as you
00:33:50 --> 00:33:50 do.
00:33:51 --> 00:33:52 Help us to
00:33:52 --> 00:33:53 react emotionally
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 the way that
00:33:53 --> 00:33:54 you do.
00:33:55 --> 00:33:56 We pray not
00:33:56 --> 00:33:56 only that you
00:33:56 --> 00:33:57 will send
00:33:57 --> 00:33:59 people out,
00:33:59 --> 00:33:59 that you will
00:33:59 --> 00:34:00 send us out,
00:34:01 --> 00:34:01 that we will
00:34:01 --> 00:34:02 meet those
00:34:02 --> 00:34:03 needs, that we
00:34:03 --> 00:34:03 will proclaim
00:34:03 --> 00:34:04 the kingdom.
00:34:04 --> 00:34:05 And we pray,
00:34:05 --> 00:34:05 Father, that
00:34:05 --> 00:34:06 through this,
00:34:06 --> 00:34:07 that you might
00:34:07 --> 00:34:08 save many.
00:34:08 --> 00:34:09 And we pray
00:34:09 --> 00:34:09 this in Jesus'
00:34:09 --> 00:34:10 name.
00:34:10 --> 00:34:10 Amen.