The goal of mission
Series: Evangelism
Speaker: Brian Tung
Date: 13th October 2012
Passages:
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00:00:04 --> 00:00:05 Gracious Lord and Heavenly Father,
00:00:05 --> 00:00:08 we long to be blessed
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00:00:52 --> 00:00:56 I read sometime this week, last week,
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00:01:00 --> 00:01:01 I don't know.
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00:02:01 --> 00:02:04 For those of us who are a bit older,
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00:11:01 --> 00:11:02 I'm sure I
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00:11:05 --> 00:11:06 really grotesque
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00:11:45 --> 00:11:46 I don't know
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00:11:57 --> 00:11:58 I didn't
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00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 I don't
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00:18:47 --> 00:18:48 report to
00:18:48 --> 00:18:48 Jesus,
00:18:49 --> 00:18:49 you know,
00:18:50 --> 00:18:51 our 2020
00:18:51 --> 00:18:51 vision,
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 we killed
00:18:52 --> 00:18:53 it.
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 Thank you,
00:18:54 --> 00:18:55 Jesus.
00:18:57 --> 00:18:58 How would
00:18:58 --> 00:18:59 you expect
00:18:59 --> 00:18:59 him to
00:18:59 --> 00:19:00 respond,
00:19:00 --> 00:19:01 well done,
00:19:01 --> 00:19:01 my good and
00:19:01 --> 00:19:02 faithful servant?
00:19:02 --> 00:19:03 No,
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 I knew it
00:19:04 --> 00:19:04 all along.
00:19:05 --> 00:19:05 No.
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 Jesus says,
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 don't rejoice.
00:19:10 --> 00:19:11 Don't rejoice
00:19:11 --> 00:19:11 that the
00:19:11 --> 00:19:12 Spirit submit
00:19:12 --> 00:19:12 to you.
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 Don't rejoice
00:19:13 --> 00:19:13 at this
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 manifestation
00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 of power.
00:19:16 --> 00:19:16 I know
00:19:16 --> 00:19:16 that.
00:19:18 --> 00:19:18 What ought
00:19:18 --> 00:19:19 you to be
00:19:19 --> 00:19:19 rejoicing in?
00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 Rejoice
00:19:22 --> 00:19:22 that your
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 names are
00:19:23 --> 00:19:24 written in
00:19:24 --> 00:19:24 heaven.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 What do
00:19:27 --> 00:19:27 you make
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 of that?
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 As we
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 come to
00:19:31 --> 00:19:32 the Lord
00:19:32 --> 00:19:33 in praise
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 in the
00:19:34 --> 00:19:34 year 2020
00:19:34 --> 00:19:35 and rejoice
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 as his
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 great work,
00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 his response
00:19:38 --> 00:19:38 as it were
00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 to us
00:19:39 --> 00:19:39 would be,
00:19:40 --> 00:19:40 don't rejoice
00:19:40 --> 00:19:42 at that?
00:19:42 --> 00:19:43 Rejoice
00:19:43 --> 00:19:43 rather that
00:19:43 --> 00:19:44 your names
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 are written
00:19:45 --> 00:19:46 in heaven.
00:19:46 --> 00:19:46 Rather
00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 self-serving,
00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 don't you
00:19:48 --> 00:19:48 think?
00:19:50 --> 00:19:51 Perhaps
00:19:51 --> 00:19:52 Jesus is
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 alluding to
00:19:53 --> 00:19:54 the permanence
00:19:54 --> 00:19:55 of his
00:19:55 --> 00:19:55 work.
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57 Something
00:19:57 --> 00:19:57 greater is
00:19:57 --> 00:19:58 coming and
00:19:58 --> 00:19:58 something
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 greater is
00:19:59 --> 00:19:59 coming.
00:20:01 --> 00:20:01 I want to
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 suggest to
00:20:02 --> 00:20:02 you that
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 perhaps
00:20:03 --> 00:20:05 one of the
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 things that
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 we need to
00:20:07 --> 00:20:08 understand is
00:20:08 --> 00:20:09 the distinction
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 between the
00:20:10 --> 00:20:11 goal of
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 mission and
00:20:12 --> 00:20:13 the means
00:20:13 --> 00:20:14 of mission.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:18 I think
00:20:18 --> 00:20:19 every church
00:20:19 --> 00:20:19 that I've
00:20:19 --> 00:20:19 been to
00:20:19 --> 00:20:21 love to
00:20:21 --> 00:20:22 focus on
00:20:22 --> 00:20:24 mission
00:20:24 --> 00:20:24 activities.
00:20:25 --> 00:20:26 We pray
00:20:26 --> 00:20:26 for mission.
00:20:27 --> 00:20:28 We think
00:20:28 --> 00:20:28 about mission.
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 We think
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 about all the
00:20:29 --> 00:20:30 bits and
00:20:30 --> 00:20:30 pieces.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 It's really,
00:20:32 --> 00:20:32 really important
00:20:32 --> 00:20:34 to such an
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 extent that
00:20:35 --> 00:20:35 we actually
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 think that
00:20:36 --> 00:20:36 the mission
00:20:36 --> 00:20:37 is the
00:20:37 --> 00:20:37 mission.
00:20:41 --> 00:20:42 Logically,
00:20:42 --> 00:20:42 the mission
00:20:42 --> 00:20:42 isn't the
00:20:42 --> 00:20:43 mission.
00:20:43 --> 00:20:43 The mission
00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 is the
00:20:44 --> 00:20:45 means to
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 get somewhere
00:20:46 --> 00:20:46 else.
00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 The journey
00:20:47 --> 00:20:48 is the
00:20:48 --> 00:20:48 journey,
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49 the process.
00:20:49 --> 00:20:50 There is an
00:20:50 --> 00:20:50 end point.
00:20:50 --> 00:20:51 There is the
00:20:51 --> 00:20:51 journey's end.
00:20:51 --> 00:20:52 There is the
00:20:52 --> 00:20:53 destination.
00:20:55 --> 00:20:55 Now,
00:20:56 --> 00:20:57 if that were
00:20:57 --> 00:20:57 the case,
00:20:57 --> 00:20:58 what is the
00:20:58 --> 00:20:59 end point,
00:20:59 --> 00:20:59 what is the
00:20:59 --> 00:21:00 journey's end
00:21:00 --> 00:21:01 for the
00:21:01 --> 00:21:02 mission of
00:21:02 --> 00:21:02 Jesus?
00:21:03 --> 00:21:04 What is the
00:21:04 --> 00:21:05 thing that we
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 ought to
00:21:05 --> 00:21:06 celebrate?
00:21:06 --> 00:21:07 when we
00:21:07 --> 00:21:08 recognise that
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 we have
00:21:09 --> 00:21:09 arrived?
00:21:10 --> 00:21:11 Come and
00:21:11 --> 00:21:11 have a look.
00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 This is only
00:21:13 --> 00:21:16 almost
00:21:16 --> 00:21:17 incidental in
00:21:17 --> 00:21:17 what Jesus
00:21:17 --> 00:21:18 says, but I
00:21:18 --> 00:21:18 think it
00:21:18 --> 00:21:19 says a lot.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:20 In verse
00:21:20 --> 00:21:21 22,
00:21:23 --> 00:21:23 we'll start
00:21:23 --> 00:21:24 in 21.
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 After the
00:21:26 --> 00:21:26 response,
00:21:26 --> 00:21:26 Jesus,
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 filled of joy
00:21:28 --> 00:21:28 through the
00:21:28 --> 00:21:29 Holy Spirit,
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 said,
00:21:29 --> 00:21:30 I praise you,
00:21:30 --> 00:21:30 Father,
00:21:30 --> 00:21:30 Lord of
00:21:30 --> 00:21:31 heaven and
00:21:31 --> 00:21:31 earth,
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 because you
00:21:32 --> 00:21:32 have hidden
00:21:32 --> 00:21:32 these things
00:21:32 --> 00:21:33 from the
00:21:33 --> 00:21:33 wise and
00:21:33 --> 00:21:34 learned and
00:21:34 --> 00:21:34 revealed them
00:21:34 --> 00:21:35 to little
00:21:35 --> 00:21:35 children.
00:21:35 --> 00:21:35 Yes,
00:21:35 --> 00:21:36 Father,
00:21:36 --> 00:21:36 for this
00:21:36 --> 00:21:37 was your
00:21:37 --> 00:21:37 good pleasure.
00:21:38 --> 00:21:39 All things
00:21:39 --> 00:21:39 have been
00:21:39 --> 00:21:39 committed to
00:21:39 --> 00:21:40 me by
00:21:40 --> 00:21:40 my
00:21:40 --> 00:21:41 Father.
00:21:41 --> 00:21:42 No one
00:21:42 --> 00:21:42 knows who
00:21:42 --> 00:21:43 the Son
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 is except
00:21:44 --> 00:21:44 the Father,
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 and no one
00:21:45 --> 00:21:45 knows who
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 the Father
00:21:46 --> 00:21:46 is except
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 the Son,
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 and those
00:21:48 --> 00:21:48 to whom
00:21:48 --> 00:21:49 the Son
00:21:49 --> 00:21:50 chooses to
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 reveal him.
00:21:52 --> 00:21:53 Again,
00:21:53 --> 00:21:54 it's a curious
00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 prayer.
00:21:54 --> 00:21:56 Why do we
00:21:56 --> 00:21:56 need to know
00:21:56 --> 00:21:57 that?
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 See,
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 what Jesus
00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 has opened
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 up our
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 eyes to
00:22:01 --> 00:22:03 is a
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 glimpse
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 of the
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 greatest
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 reality,
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 of the
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 life within
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 God
00:22:10 --> 00:22:10 himself.
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 See,
00:22:13 --> 00:22:13 journey's end
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 for his
00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 mission,
00:22:15 --> 00:22:16 and for our
00:22:16 --> 00:22:16 mission,
00:22:17 --> 00:22:18 is the
00:22:18 --> 00:22:18 knowledge of
00:22:18 --> 00:22:19 God.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 It's to
00:22:21 --> 00:22:22 come into
00:22:22 --> 00:22:22 the very
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 life of
00:22:23 --> 00:22:23 God,
00:22:23 --> 00:22:24 to know
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 him,
00:22:25 --> 00:22:26 to be
00:22:26 --> 00:22:26 known by
00:22:26 --> 00:22:27 him,
00:22:27 --> 00:22:28 to love
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 him,
00:22:29 --> 00:22:29 to be
00:22:29 --> 00:22:30 loved by
00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 him.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:33 To have
00:22:33 --> 00:22:33 your name
00:22:33 --> 00:22:34 written in
00:22:34 --> 00:22:35 heaven is
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 to mean
00:22:36 --> 00:22:36 that you
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 have
00:22:37 --> 00:22:37 fellowship
00:22:37 --> 00:22:38 with God.
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 That is
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 journey's end.
00:22:42 --> 00:22:42 If you
00:22:42 --> 00:22:42 like to
00:22:42 --> 00:22:43 imagine
00:22:43 --> 00:22:43 it,
00:22:45 --> 00:22:45 mission
00:22:45 --> 00:22:47 serves
00:22:47 --> 00:22:49 the sake
00:22:49 --> 00:22:49 of
00:22:49 --> 00:22:51 church.
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55 Fellowship
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 is the
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 goal of
00:22:57 --> 00:22:57 mission.
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59 Although
00:22:59 --> 00:23:00 there is a
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 recursive
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 relationship
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 between the
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 two in
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 this age.
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 But
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 nevertheless,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:06 fellowship,
00:23:06 --> 00:23:07 relationship
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 with God,
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 participating
00:23:09 --> 00:23:09 in the
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 life of
00:23:10 --> 00:23:10 God.
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 Do not
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 rejoice in
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12 the power
00:23:12 --> 00:23:13 that you
00:23:13 --> 00:23:13 have seen.
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 Rejoice in
00:23:14 --> 00:23:15 the fact
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 that you
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 are in
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 fellowship
00:23:17 --> 00:23:18 with God.
00:23:18 --> 00:23:18 You are
00:23:18 --> 00:23:19 in fellowship
00:23:19 --> 00:23:19 with God
00:23:19 --> 00:23:20 because you
00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 know who
00:23:21 --> 00:23:21 Jesus
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 really is.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:23 And in
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 an age
00:23:24 --> 00:23:26 of aimless
00:23:26 --> 00:23:26 wandering,
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 that provides
00:23:28 --> 00:23:28 the greatest
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 security.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 As we
00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 struggle to
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00:23:34 --> 00:23:35 in this
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00:23:36 --> 00:23:36 to be
00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 known by
00:23:37 --> 00:23:38 God,
00:23:38 --> 00:23:38 to be
00:23:38 --> 00:23:39 loved by
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00:23:39 --> 00:23:41 to dwell
00:23:41 --> 00:23:42 with God
00:23:42 --> 00:23:43 in that
00:23:43 --> 00:23:43 relationship
00:23:43 --> 00:23:44 of love
00:23:44 --> 00:23:45 for eternity
00:23:45 --> 00:23:46 provides
00:23:46 --> 00:23:48 the greatest
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 security.
00:23:49 --> 00:23:49 eternity.
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 Well,
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 a lot
00:23:51 --> 00:23:53 has changed
00:23:53 --> 00:23:53 since the
00:23:53 --> 00:23:54 time of
00:23:54 --> 00:23:54 the 70.
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 They look
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 forward to
00:23:57 --> 00:23:57 the time
00:23:57 --> 00:23:58 of what
00:23:58 --> 00:23:58 Jesus will
00:23:58 --> 00:24:00 do and
00:24:00 --> 00:24:00 they will
00:24:00 --> 00:24:01 eventually
00:24:01 --> 00:24:02 see what
00:24:02 --> 00:24:03 he has
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 done.
00:24:04 --> 00:24:04 But we
00:24:04 --> 00:24:05 look back.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:07 We have
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 seen the
00:24:08 --> 00:24:08 defeat of
00:24:08 --> 00:24:08 Satan on
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 the cross.
00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 We have
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 seen
00:24:11 --> 00:24:12 Jesus,
00:24:13 --> 00:24:13 having died
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 on the cross,
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 is offering
00:24:16 --> 00:24:16 forgiveness
00:24:16 --> 00:24:18 for all
00:24:18 --> 00:24:18 our sins.
00:24:19 --> 00:24:20 There is
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 no sin
00:24:21 --> 00:24:21 that is
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22 too great
00:24:22 --> 00:24:22 for him
00:24:22 --> 00:24:24 to forgive.
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 We have
00:24:26 --> 00:24:26 seen
00:24:26 --> 00:24:28 the resurrection
00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 of our
00:24:29 --> 00:24:29 Lord.
00:24:31 --> 00:24:31 Death
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 is now
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33 overcome.
00:24:34 --> 00:24:34 The kingdom
00:24:34 --> 00:24:36 is assured
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 and guaranteed.
00:24:38 --> 00:24:38 It will
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 come again
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 in power
00:24:40 --> 00:24:42 to bring
00:24:42 --> 00:24:44 new life.
00:24:44 --> 00:24:47 Yes,
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 that is
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 different,
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 but a lot
00:24:49 --> 00:24:49 hasn't
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 changed.
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 There are
00:24:52 --> 00:24:52 things that
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 are the
00:24:53 --> 00:24:53 same.
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 The harvest
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 is still
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 plentiful.
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59 I make it
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 a point to
00:25:00 --> 00:25:01 go and
00:25:01 --> 00:25:02 meet people
00:25:02 --> 00:25:03 in our
00:25:03 --> 00:25:03 community.
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 You know,
00:25:04 --> 00:25:05 even though
00:25:05 --> 00:25:07 it might
00:25:07 --> 00:25:07 seem
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 difficult,
00:25:10 --> 00:25:10 but what
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 I see is
00:25:11 --> 00:25:11 this.
00:25:11 --> 00:25:12 I see
00:25:12 --> 00:25:12 ordinary
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 lives
00:25:13 --> 00:25:15 dominated
00:25:15 --> 00:25:15 by
00:25:15 --> 00:25:17 fear.
00:25:19 --> 00:25:19 Somebody
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 once said
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 that we
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 now live
00:25:21 --> 00:25:21 in the
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 age of
00:25:22 --> 00:25:22 anxiety.
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 My
00:25:24 --> 00:25:24 understanding
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 of anxiety
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 is that
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 that is
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 the
00:25:27 --> 00:25:27 sort of
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 almost
00:25:28 --> 00:25:28 emotional
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 response
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 to fear,
00:25:31 --> 00:25:31 to
00:25:31 --> 00:25:31 uncertainty.
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 You know,
00:25:34 --> 00:25:34 as we
00:25:34 --> 00:25:35 grow in
00:25:35 --> 00:25:35 our
00:25:35 --> 00:25:37 material
00:25:37 --> 00:25:37 wealth,
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 we are
00:25:38 --> 00:25:39 afraid of
00:25:39 --> 00:25:39 another
00:25:39 --> 00:25:39 GFC
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 because we
00:25:40 --> 00:25:40 might just
00:25:40 --> 00:25:41 lose it
00:25:41 --> 00:25:41 all.
00:25:42 --> 00:25:43 Ironic
00:25:43 --> 00:25:45 that the
00:25:45 --> 00:25:45 more we
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 have,
00:25:46 --> 00:25:47 the more
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 we fear,
00:25:48 --> 00:25:48 the more
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 anxious we
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 are.
00:25:50 --> 00:25:51 People of
00:25:51 --> 00:25:52 our age,
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 our neighbours,
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 ourselves,
00:25:54 --> 00:25:54 what we are
00:25:54 --> 00:25:55 yearning for
00:25:55 --> 00:25:56 is to be
00:25:56 --> 00:25:58 secure in
00:25:58 --> 00:25:58 the love
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 of God,
00:25:59 --> 00:25:59 is it not?
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 The people
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 2 years
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 ago on the
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 way to
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 Jerusalem,
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 they are
00:26:06 --> 00:26:07 longing for
00:26:07 --> 00:26:08 God to
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 come and
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 save them.
00:26:09 --> 00:26:09 That is
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 still true
00:26:10 --> 00:26:11 in our
00:26:11 --> 00:26:12 own age,
00:26:12 --> 00:26:13 in our
00:26:13 --> 00:26:13 own
00:26:13 --> 00:26:14 place.
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 The workers
00:26:15 --> 00:26:16 are few.
00:26:17 --> 00:26:17 70 is
00:26:17 --> 00:26:18 simply
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 not
00:26:19 --> 00:26:20 enough.
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 It is
00:26:22 --> 00:26:23 also true
00:26:23 --> 00:26:23 that the
00:26:23 --> 00:26:23 name of
00:26:23 --> 00:26:24 Jesus
00:26:24 --> 00:26:25 is just
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 as strong
00:26:26 --> 00:26:28 to save.
00:26:28 --> 00:26:29 The name
00:26:29 --> 00:26:31 to which
00:26:31 --> 00:26:32 the powers
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 of the
00:26:33 --> 00:26:34 evil one
00:26:34 --> 00:26:35 submits
00:26:35 --> 00:26:36 to is
00:26:36 --> 00:26:37 still the
00:26:37 --> 00:26:38 same name
00:26:38 --> 00:26:39 that saves
00:26:39 --> 00:26:39 in this
00:26:39 --> 00:26:39 world.
00:26:40 --> 00:26:40 It has
00:26:40 --> 00:26:40 not
00:26:40 --> 00:26:41 lost
00:26:41 --> 00:26:41 its
00:26:41 --> 00:26:41 power.
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 One of
00:26:45 --> 00:26:45 the things
00:26:45 --> 00:26:46 that is
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 apparent
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 when you
00:26:47 --> 00:26:48 read this
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 account
00:26:49 --> 00:26:50 is that
00:26:50 --> 00:26:51 the mission
00:26:51 --> 00:26:51 of the
00:26:51 --> 00:26:52 70 is
00:26:52 --> 00:26:53 not the
00:26:53 --> 00:26:53 mission of
00:26:53 --> 00:26:53 the 70.
00:26:57 --> 00:26:57 Deb has
00:26:57 --> 00:26:58 mentioned
00:26:58 --> 00:26:58 this.
00:26:58 --> 00:26:59 It is
00:26:59 --> 00:26:59 the mission
00:26:59 --> 00:27:00 of God.
00:27:02 --> 00:27:02 The 70
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 does not
00:27:03 --> 00:27:03 have a
00:27:03 --> 00:27:03 mission.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 We do
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 not have
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 a mission.
00:27:05 --> 00:27:05 We have
00:27:05 --> 00:27:06 a God
00:27:06 --> 00:27:07 who has
00:27:07 --> 00:27:07 a mission.
00:27:07 --> 00:27:08 It is
00:27:08 --> 00:27:09 Jesus
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 who has
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 set his
00:27:09 --> 00:27:10 face to
00:27:10 --> 00:27:10 Jerusalem.
00:27:11 --> 00:27:11 It is
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 Jesus
00:27:12 --> 00:27:12 who has
00:27:12 --> 00:27:12 come to
00:27:12 --> 00:27:13 seek and
00:27:13 --> 00:27:13 save the
00:27:13 --> 00:27:13 lost.
00:27:14 --> 00:27:15 We are
00:27:15 --> 00:27:15 simply
00:27:15 --> 00:27:16 invited to
00:27:16 --> 00:27:16 participate
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 in this
00:27:17 --> 00:27:18 mission.
00:27:19 --> 00:27:19 The honors
00:27:19 --> 00:27:20 belong to
00:27:20 --> 00:27:20 him.
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 He is
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 the one
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 who
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 directs,
00:27:22 --> 00:27:22 who gives
00:27:22 --> 00:27:23 us the
00:27:23 --> 00:27:23 content,
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 the method,
00:27:25 --> 00:27:26 the expectation
00:27:26 --> 00:27:27 of this
00:27:27 --> 00:27:28 mission.
00:27:28 --> 00:27:29 It is
00:27:29 --> 00:27:29 his mission.
00:27:30 --> 00:27:30 It is
00:27:30 --> 00:27:30 the same
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 God,
00:27:31 --> 00:27:31 the same
00:27:31 --> 00:27:31 Jesus,
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 who is
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 at work.
00:27:33 --> 00:27:33 It is
00:27:33 --> 00:27:34 his name
00:27:34 --> 00:27:34 that is
00:27:34 --> 00:27:35 powerful in
00:27:35 --> 00:27:36 this world.
00:27:36 --> 00:27:36 I want
00:27:36 --> 00:27:37 to tell
00:27:37 --> 00:27:37 you quite
00:27:37 --> 00:27:38 a long
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 story.
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 It is
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 the story
00:27:41 --> 00:27:43 of a
00:27:43 --> 00:27:44 pastor who
00:27:44 --> 00:27:44 started a
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 church in
00:27:45 --> 00:27:45 Canada.
00:27:46 --> 00:27:46 I don't
00:27:46 --> 00:27:46 know where
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 it is.
00:27:47 --> 00:27:48 The church
00:27:48 --> 00:27:48 has experienced
00:27:48 --> 00:27:50 steady decline
00:27:50 --> 00:27:50 over the
00:27:50 --> 00:27:51 years.
00:27:51 --> 00:27:51 By the time
00:27:51 --> 00:27:52 he joined
00:27:52 --> 00:27:52 the church,
00:27:52 --> 00:27:53 there is
00:27:53 --> 00:27:53 only a
00:27:53 --> 00:27:53 small group
00:27:53 --> 00:27:54 left.
00:27:55 --> 00:27:55 It was
00:27:55 --> 00:27:56 the Canadian
00:27:56 --> 00:27:56 summer.
00:27:57 --> 00:27:57 Josh,
00:27:58 --> 00:27:59 Canadian
00:27:59 --> 00:27:59 summer.
00:28:01 --> 00:28:01 Terrible
00:28:01 --> 00:28:02 place to
00:28:02 --> 00:28:02 be,
00:28:03 --> 00:28:03 Canada.
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 Especially
00:28:05 --> 00:28:05 church.
00:28:06 --> 00:28:06 I don't
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 know if
00:28:07 --> 00:28:07 you guys
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 actually
00:28:08 --> 00:28:08 come here
00:28:08 --> 00:28:09 in January,
00:28:09 --> 00:28:10 but there
00:28:10 --> 00:28:10 is no
00:28:10 --> 00:28:11 one here
00:28:11 --> 00:28:11 except
00:28:11 --> 00:28:12 everyone
00:28:12 --> 00:28:12 who
00:28:12 --> 00:28:13 come and
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 visit our
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 church.
00:28:15 --> 00:28:16 In
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 Canadian
00:28:17 --> 00:28:18 summer,
00:28:18 --> 00:28:19 this guy's
00:28:19 --> 00:28:20 church is
00:28:20 --> 00:28:20 a tiny
00:28:20 --> 00:28:21 little
00:28:21 --> 00:28:21 church,
00:28:22 --> 00:28:22 and in
00:28:22 --> 00:28:22 summertime
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 is even
00:28:23 --> 00:28:24 worse.
00:28:26 --> 00:28:26 During
00:28:26 --> 00:28:27 the summer
00:28:27 --> 00:28:27 holidays,
00:28:27 --> 00:28:27 there is
00:28:27 --> 00:28:30 a family
00:28:30 --> 00:28:31 visiting the
00:28:31 --> 00:28:31 church.
00:28:32 --> 00:28:32 Just
00:28:32 --> 00:28:32 moving to
00:28:32 --> 00:28:33 the city
00:28:33 --> 00:28:33 a few
00:28:33 --> 00:28:34 months ago,
00:28:34 --> 00:28:34 wanting to
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 find a
00:28:35 --> 00:28:35 new church.
00:28:35 --> 00:28:36 The
00:28:36 --> 00:28:37 father is
00:28:37 --> 00:28:37 a successful
00:28:37 --> 00:28:38 businessman,
00:28:39 --> 00:28:39 the wife is
00:28:39 --> 00:28:40 particularly
00:28:40 --> 00:28:40 sophisticated,
00:28:41 --> 00:28:41 they have
00:28:41 --> 00:28:42 four kids,
00:28:42 --> 00:28:43 and they've
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 been attending
00:28:44 --> 00:28:45 a mega
00:28:45 --> 00:28:46 church in
00:28:46 --> 00:28:46 the city.
00:28:47 --> 00:28:48 Beautiful
00:28:48 --> 00:28:48 beauty,
00:28:49 --> 00:28:50 up-to-date
00:28:50 --> 00:28:50 technology,
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 a children's
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 program.
00:28:53 --> 00:28:54 How about
00:28:54 --> 00:28:54 that?
00:28:55 --> 00:28:55 A luxury.
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 And this
00:28:58 --> 00:28:59 pastor realized
00:28:59 --> 00:28:59 that his
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 little church
00:29:00 --> 00:29:01 could not
00:29:01 --> 00:29:02 match up to
00:29:02 --> 00:29:02 what they
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03 have experienced,
00:29:03 --> 00:29:03 things.
00:29:04 --> 00:29:04 And for
00:29:04 --> 00:29:04 him, it
00:29:04 --> 00:29:05 was rather
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 embarrassing.
00:29:07 --> 00:29:08 And to
00:29:08 --> 00:29:09 top it all
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10 off, to
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 top it all
00:29:11 --> 00:29:12 off, you
00:29:12 --> 00:29:13 know, I
00:29:13 --> 00:29:13 was at a
00:29:13 --> 00:29:14 little church
00:29:14 --> 00:29:14 prior to
00:29:14 --> 00:29:16 this, and
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 one of the
00:29:17 --> 00:29:18 worst things,
00:29:18 --> 00:29:19 worst things
00:29:19 --> 00:29:19 for this
00:29:19 --> 00:29:21 church is
00:29:21 --> 00:29:22 when I
00:29:22 --> 00:29:22 had to
00:29:22 --> 00:29:23 lead the
00:29:23 --> 00:29:23 music.
00:29:25 --> 00:29:26 With my
00:29:26 --> 00:29:27 guitar.
00:29:28 --> 00:29:29 It is
00:29:29 --> 00:29:30 awful.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:30 You know,
00:29:30 --> 00:29:31 my wife
00:29:31 --> 00:29:31 said to
00:29:31 --> 00:29:32 me, after
00:29:32 --> 00:29:33 Sunday, she
00:29:33 --> 00:29:34 had to go
00:29:34 --> 00:29:34 and take
00:29:34 --> 00:29:34 a shower.
00:29:38 --> 00:29:38 It's
00:29:38 --> 00:29:40 unclean.
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 And this
00:29:44 --> 00:29:45 guy, his
00:29:45 --> 00:29:47 musician was
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 away.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:48 It was a
00:29:48 --> 00:29:48 horrible
00:29:48 --> 00:29:50 experience, so
00:29:50 --> 00:29:51 he thought.
00:29:51 --> 00:29:53 And during
00:29:53 --> 00:29:53 the time of
00:29:53 --> 00:29:54 announcement, he
00:29:54 --> 00:29:55 was apologetic,
00:29:55 --> 00:29:56 he said, you
00:29:56 --> 00:29:56 know, not
00:29:56 --> 00:29:57 directly in his
00:29:57 --> 00:29:57 family, you
00:29:57 --> 00:29:58 know, normally
00:29:58 --> 00:29:58 we have more
00:29:58 --> 00:29:59 people.
00:29:59 --> 00:30:00 Normally, there's
00:30:00 --> 00:30:00 someone who
00:30:00 --> 00:30:01 can actually
00:30:01 --> 00:30:02 play music.
00:30:02 --> 00:30:02 You know, she's
00:30:02 --> 00:30:03 doing fine, but
00:30:03 --> 00:30:04 you know, we
00:30:04 --> 00:30:05 actually have
00:30:05 --> 00:30:06 real musicians
00:30:06 --> 00:30:06 here.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:10 But anyway, he
00:30:10 --> 00:30:11 was frankly
00:30:11 --> 00:30:12 quite embarrassed
00:30:12 --> 00:30:13 by church.
00:30:14 --> 00:30:14 Nothing to
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 offer this
00:30:15 --> 00:30:16 powerful,
00:30:16 --> 00:30:17 sophisticated
00:30:17 --> 00:30:17 people.
00:30:18 --> 00:30:19 But what
00:30:19 --> 00:30:20 surprised him
00:30:20 --> 00:30:20 the next week
00:30:20 --> 00:30:21 is that this
00:30:21 --> 00:30:22 same family
00:30:22 --> 00:30:22 turned up.
00:30:23 --> 00:30:24 And at the
00:30:24 --> 00:30:25 door, rather
00:30:25 --> 00:30:25 than, you
00:30:25 --> 00:30:26 know, blurting
00:30:26 --> 00:30:27 out, you
00:30:27 --> 00:30:27 know, welcome
00:30:27 --> 00:30:28 back, he
00:30:28 --> 00:30:29 kind of said,
00:30:29 --> 00:30:29 why did you
00:30:29 --> 00:30:30 come back?
00:30:31 --> 00:30:32 You know, he
00:30:32 --> 00:30:32 just didn't
00:30:32 --> 00:30:32 expect it.
00:30:32 --> 00:30:33 I'm sure if
00:30:33 --> 00:30:33 he were to
00:30:33 --> 00:30:34 talk to
00:30:34 --> 00:30:34 Deb, she
00:30:34 --> 00:30:35 would say,
00:30:35 --> 00:30:35 this is not
00:30:35 --> 00:30:35 how you
00:30:35 --> 00:30:36 welcome
00:30:36 --> 00:30:36 people.
00:30:38 --> 00:30:39 But to
00:30:39 --> 00:30:39 his even
00:30:39 --> 00:30:40 greater
00:30:40 --> 00:30:41 surprise, this
00:30:41 --> 00:30:41 family kept
00:30:41 --> 00:30:42 coming back
00:30:42 --> 00:30:43 week after
00:30:43 --> 00:30:44 week, until
00:30:44 --> 00:30:45 finally, they
00:30:45 --> 00:30:46 decided to
00:30:46 --> 00:30:47 formally join
00:30:47 --> 00:30:47 the church.
00:30:48 --> 00:30:48 And the
00:30:48 --> 00:30:49 pastor had to
00:30:49 --> 00:30:50 ask this
00:30:50 --> 00:30:50 question, why
00:30:50 --> 00:30:51 did you
00:30:51 --> 00:30:52 decide to
00:30:52 --> 00:30:52 choose us
00:30:52 --> 00:30:53 over this
00:30:53 --> 00:30:54 amazing mega
00:30:54 --> 00:30:55 church down
00:30:55 --> 00:30:55 the road?
00:30:56 --> 00:30:57 And the
00:30:57 --> 00:30:57 man asked,
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 look, quite
00:30:58 --> 00:30:59 frankly, I
00:30:59 --> 00:30:59 have to
00:30:59 --> 00:31:00 admit, we
00:31:00 --> 00:31:01 didn't decide
00:31:01 --> 00:31:01 to join
00:31:01 --> 00:31:02 you, we
00:31:02 --> 00:31:02 wanted to
00:31:02 --> 00:31:02 go back to
00:31:02 --> 00:31:03 the other
00:31:03 --> 00:31:03 church.
00:31:04 --> 00:31:04 But every
00:31:04 --> 00:31:05 time we
00:31:05 --> 00:31:05 got into
00:31:05 --> 00:31:06 the car, we
00:31:06 --> 00:31:06 just ended
00:31:06 --> 00:31:07 up coming
00:31:07 --> 00:31:07 into your
00:31:07 --> 00:31:08 drive, you
00:31:08 --> 00:31:09 know, your
00:31:09 --> 00:31:09 car park.
00:31:10 --> 00:31:12 And one
00:31:12 --> 00:31:12 time I
00:31:12 --> 00:31:13 turned to
00:31:13 --> 00:31:13 my wife and
00:31:13 --> 00:31:14 I asked,
00:31:14 --> 00:31:15 why do we
00:31:15 --> 00:31:15 keep coming
00:31:15 --> 00:31:16 back when
00:31:16 --> 00:31:18 there is so
00:31:18 --> 00:31:18 much less to
00:31:18 --> 00:31:20 offer us than
00:31:20 --> 00:31:20 this other
00:31:20 --> 00:31:21 church?
00:31:22 --> 00:31:22 And the
00:31:22 --> 00:31:23 wife's response
00:31:23 --> 00:31:24 was, because
00:31:24 --> 00:31:25 every time we
00:31:25 --> 00:31:27 come here, we
00:31:27 --> 00:31:28 meet God.
00:31:33 --> 00:31:34 Are people
00:31:34 --> 00:31:35 looking for a
00:31:35 --> 00:31:35 comfortable
00:31:35 --> 00:31:35 building?
00:31:36 --> 00:31:37 Toilets that
00:31:37 --> 00:31:38 are more
00:31:38 --> 00:31:39 permanent?
00:31:41 --> 00:31:42 Yes, and we
00:31:42 --> 00:31:43 should praise
00:31:43 --> 00:31:43 God for those
00:31:43 --> 00:31:44 things.
00:31:46 --> 00:31:47 But ultimately,
00:31:47 --> 00:31:47 what people are
00:31:47 --> 00:31:49 looking for is
00:31:49 --> 00:31:50 God.
00:31:50 --> 00:31:52 when you
00:31:52 --> 00:31:53 come tonight, I
00:31:53 --> 00:31:54 hope that you
00:31:54 --> 00:31:55 are expecting,
00:31:56 --> 00:31:57 longing to
00:31:57 --> 00:31:58 meet with God
00:31:58 --> 00:31:59 face to face.
00:32:01 --> 00:32:02 This is God's
00:32:02 --> 00:32:03 mission, entrusted
00:32:03 --> 00:32:04 to us.
00:32:04 --> 00:32:04 It is the
00:32:04 --> 00:32:05 gospel of
00:32:05 --> 00:32:06 Jesus Christ
00:32:06 --> 00:32:07 that we
00:32:07 --> 00:32:08 have.
00:32:08 --> 00:32:10 We have
00:32:10 --> 00:32:11 just as
00:32:11 --> 00:32:12 much God
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 to offer
00:32:13 --> 00:32:14 as Hillsong.
00:32:16 --> 00:32:16 And some
00:32:16 --> 00:32:16 people will say
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 perhaps more.
00:32:17 --> 00:32:22 people's
00:32:22 --> 00:32:22 life could
00:32:22 --> 00:32:23 be just
00:32:23 --> 00:32:23 as
00:32:23 --> 00:32:24 transformed
00:32:24 --> 00:32:26 in our
00:32:26 --> 00:32:27 midst as
00:32:27 --> 00:32:28 any church
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 in this
00:32:29 --> 00:32:29 city.
00:32:31 --> 00:32:32 We must
00:32:32 --> 00:32:34 never be
00:32:34 --> 00:32:35 embarrassed
00:32:35 --> 00:32:36 by representing
00:32:36 --> 00:32:37 our Lord.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:38 Whether we
00:32:38 --> 00:32:39 minister to
00:32:39 --> 00:32:40 hundreds of
00:32:40 --> 00:32:41 thousands of
00:32:41 --> 00:32:42 people or
00:32:42 --> 00:32:43 to just
00:32:43 --> 00:32:43 one,
00:32:45 --> 00:32:46 it is
00:32:46 --> 00:32:46 still an
00:32:46 --> 00:32:47 enormous
00:32:47 --> 00:32:48 privilege.
00:32:49 --> 00:32:49 And let
00:32:49 --> 00:32:50 me remind
00:32:50 --> 00:32:51 you from
00:32:51 --> 00:32:51 Luke 10
00:32:51 --> 00:32:52 that it
00:32:52 --> 00:32:52 is the
00:32:52 --> 00:32:54 same
00:32:54 --> 00:32:55 powerful
00:32:55 --> 00:32:56 name
00:32:56 --> 00:32:57 that we
00:32:57 --> 00:32:58 carry,
00:32:58 --> 00:32:59 we bear
00:32:59 --> 00:33:00 with us.
00:33:01 --> 00:33:02 If you
00:33:02 --> 00:33:02 have the
00:33:02 --> 00:33:03 gospel of
00:33:03 --> 00:33:04 the Lord
00:33:04 --> 00:33:04 Jesus,
00:33:04 --> 00:33:04 you have
00:33:04 --> 00:33:05 the power
00:33:05 --> 00:33:06 of life
00:33:06 --> 00:33:07 and death
00:33:07 --> 00:33:07 in your
00:33:07 --> 00:33:08 hands and
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 on your
00:33:09 --> 00:33:09 lips.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:10 Jesus says
00:33:10 --> 00:33:11 this remarkable
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 thing in
00:33:12 --> 00:33:13 verse 16.
00:33:13 --> 00:33:13 When they
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14 hear you,
00:33:15 --> 00:33:16 they hear
00:33:16 --> 00:33:16 me.
00:33:16 --> 00:33:19 as you
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 go about
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 in these
00:33:20 --> 00:33:21 cities meeting
00:33:21 --> 00:33:21 the crowd,
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 I am
00:33:23 --> 00:33:23 going about.
00:33:24 --> 00:33:24 To reject
00:33:24 --> 00:33:25 you is to
00:33:25 --> 00:33:26 reject me.
00:33:26 --> 00:33:27 To reject
00:33:27 --> 00:33:28 me is to
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 reject the
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 one who
00:33:30 --> 00:33:30 has sent
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 me.
00:33:31 --> 00:33:31 me.
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 I wonder
00:33:36 --> 00:33:36 if there's
00:33:36 --> 00:33:37 a restlessness
00:33:37 --> 00:33:37 in your
00:33:37 --> 00:33:38 heart,
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 in your
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 soul,
00:33:40 --> 00:33:41 longing to
00:33:41 --> 00:33:41 belong,
00:33:42 --> 00:33:42 longing for
00:33:42 --> 00:33:43 an identity,
00:33:43 --> 00:33:44 longing for
00:33:44 --> 00:33:44 a purpose,
00:33:45 --> 00:33:46 a cause
00:33:46 --> 00:33:47 that is
00:33:47 --> 00:33:48 worthy to
00:33:48 --> 00:33:49 invest your
00:33:49 --> 00:33:50 life in.
00:33:50 --> 00:33:51 me.
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 Well,
00:33:53 --> 00:33:53 Jesus'
00:33:53 --> 00:33:54 word to
00:33:54 --> 00:33:54 you is
00:33:54 --> 00:33:55 come and
00:33:55 --> 00:33:56 follow me
00:33:56 --> 00:33:58 into the
00:33:58 --> 00:34:00 world to
00:34:00 --> 00:34:01 proclaim the
00:34:01 --> 00:34:02 coming kingdom,
00:34:03 --> 00:34:05 to see the
00:34:05 --> 00:34:05 great harvest,
00:34:06 --> 00:34:07 the longing,
00:34:08 --> 00:34:10 to experience,
00:34:10 --> 00:34:11 to witness the
00:34:11 --> 00:34:12 great power in
00:34:12 --> 00:34:12 the name of
00:34:12 --> 00:34:12 Jesus.
00:34:13 --> 00:34:13 In the midst
00:34:13 --> 00:34:14 of danger,
00:34:15 --> 00:34:15 there is a
00:34:15 --> 00:34:16 great urgency
00:34:16 --> 00:34:16 for it is
00:34:16 --> 00:34:18 life and
00:34:18 --> 00:34:18 death.
00:34:18 --> 00:34:21 perhaps you
00:34:21 --> 00:34:21 need to
00:34:21 --> 00:34:22 come to
00:34:22 --> 00:34:23 Jesus to
00:34:23 --> 00:34:23 follow him
00:34:23 --> 00:34:23 for the
00:34:23 --> 00:34:24 first time.
00:34:26 --> 00:34:27 Perhaps you
00:34:27 --> 00:34:27 have been
00:34:27 --> 00:34:28 following Jesus
00:34:28 --> 00:34:28 for quite some
00:34:28 --> 00:34:29 time, but
00:34:29 --> 00:34:30 you still feel
00:34:30 --> 00:34:30 lost.
00:34:31 --> 00:34:31 Perhaps you
00:34:31 --> 00:34:32 have been
00:34:32 --> 00:34:32 distracted
00:34:32 --> 00:34:35 from the
00:34:35 --> 00:34:35 mission.
00:34:38 --> 00:34:39 Let me
00:34:39 --> 00:34:39 suggest to
00:34:39 --> 00:34:41 you and
00:34:41 --> 00:34:41 I,
00:34:44 --> 00:34:45 perhaps what
00:34:45 --> 00:34:46 we need is
00:34:46 --> 00:34:47 to redefine
00:34:47 --> 00:34:48 our lives
00:34:48 --> 00:34:50 by the
00:34:50 --> 00:34:51 mission of
00:34:51 --> 00:34:51 God.
00:34:55 --> 00:34:55 What does
00:34:55 --> 00:34:56 that mean?
00:34:57 --> 00:34:58 For you,
00:34:58 --> 00:34:59 for your
00:34:59 --> 00:34:59 identity,
00:34:59 --> 00:35:00 for your
00:35:00 --> 00:35:00 meaning,
00:35:00 --> 00:35:01 for your
00:35:01 --> 00:35:01 purpose,
00:35:01 --> 00:35:01 for your
00:35:01 --> 00:35:02 ambition,
00:35:02 --> 00:35:03 to be
00:35:03 --> 00:35:03 defined by
00:35:03 --> 00:35:04 nothing else
00:35:04 --> 00:35:06 because nothing
00:35:06 --> 00:35:07 else is
00:35:07 --> 00:35:08 worthy of
00:35:08 --> 00:35:09 your life.
00:35:12 --> 00:35:13 What does
00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 it mean to
00:35:14 --> 00:35:15 be defined by
00:35:15 --> 00:35:15 the mission of
00:35:15 --> 00:35:16 God for you?
00:35:17 --> 00:35:21 the
00:35:21 --> 00:35:21 numerous
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 things coming
00:35:22 --> 00:35:22 up in
00:35:22 --> 00:35:23 our church.
00:35:25 --> 00:35:25 And I
00:35:25 --> 00:35:26 don't want to
00:35:26 --> 00:35:26 rush through
00:35:26 --> 00:35:27 this.
00:35:27 --> 00:35:27 I'm hoping
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 that you
00:35:28 --> 00:35:29 have some
00:35:29 --> 00:35:29 moment
00:35:29 --> 00:35:31 tonight to
00:35:31 --> 00:35:32 think about
00:35:32 --> 00:35:34 to wrestle
00:35:34 --> 00:35:37 with your
00:35:37 --> 00:35:37 own
00:35:37 --> 00:35:37 restlessness.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:37 Amen.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:38 Amen.
00:35:38 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:42 Amen.
00:35:42 --> 00:35:44 Amen.
00:35:44 --> 00:35:44 Amen.
00:35:44 --> 00:35:44 Amen.