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(Matthew 9:35-38)
I. Introduction.
A. Orientation.
Weve seen that to know Jesus
Means that His moral image is being formed in you.
That means that everything that is true of Him, morally,
Is becoming true of you in some degree
In other words, you have His heart
You love what He loves and hates what He hates.
Weve been looking at how this worked itself out in His life
So that you can see what His Spirit is doing in you
What He is aiming at
So that you can work with Him
To become more like Jesus.
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His heart was moved
Not with anger
Although it could have been
Because they were, for the most part, unconverted;
These are the ones would later reject Him,
And hand Him over to the Romans to be crucified
He didnt look at them in anger, but with compassion.
Why?
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And He was moved with compassion He felt sympathy, pity for them
He wanted to do something for them, and He did
He healed them and ministered the Gospel to them.
But His efforts wouldnt be enough, and so He told His disciples:
The harvest is plentiful there are so many who need to hear the Gospel.
But the workers are few there are few qualified and equipped to bring it to them
Jesus was the only One doing this, while He was training them
And so pray to the Lord of the harvest that He might send more workers to reach
them
That He would not only equip and use them,
But that through their labor in the Gospel,
There would be even more that could do this work.
B. Preview.
What was true then is no less and perhaps even truer today:
The Lord needs more laborers in His harvest.
This morning, I want us to look at three things.
1. That there are many all around you who need to be reached with the Gospel.
2. That there are few qualified and equipped to bring it to them.
3. And so you need to pray to the Lord,
That He would use you,
And that through you, He would raise up many more to do this work.
II. Sermon.
A. First, lets consider that there are many all around you who need to be reached
with the Gospel.
I dont think I really need to labor this point.
Because there are so few who believer, there are many who are in danger.
I dont need to remind you
That whoever dies without repenting of their sins and trusting Jesus, goes down
into hell
Where they will face the consequences of every one of their sins
Against an infinitely holy God, forever,
Once there, there is no escape.
If theyre going to be saved, it has to be while theyre alive
Death seals their condition.
The only thing God has done to save them is the work He did through Jesus.
If they dont trust Jesus, if they dont repent, they wont be saved.
But if they dont hear the Gospel, they cant trust, they cant repent; they cant be
saved.
B. Second, what compounds the problem is that there are few qualified and equipped
to bring this message to them.
Only true believers are really qualified to bring it,
And, as weve seen, there are few who are saved.
Among these few, there are fewer who are equipped to tell them.
Sadly, you can be a true believer
But be confused about what the Lord says.
Its very common, even among believers today
To think the Bible teaches that you are saved merely by believing the facts
You dont have to love and trust Jesus,
You dont have to repent of your sins,
But you will make it to heaven.
C. Finally, you need to do what Jesus told His disciples here: pray that the Lord
would use you and that through you He would raise up many more to do this work.
You need to pray that the Lord would use you
To reach these who are perishing.
When was the last time someone whom you knew died
Who didnt know the Lord?
How did that make you feel?
What went through your mind?
Why didnt I do more to help them find Jesus?
Why didnt I pray more for them?
Why didnt I reach out to them while there was time?
What does that teach you about what you should do for those still living?
You need to reach out to them with the Gospel while you can.
You need to make sure you know Him,
That you know the truth and can effectively communicate it,
That youre living a life that is consistent with the truth,
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But what will happen if they dont hear, if you dont tell them?
They will perish!
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But theres one more point here:
Even if we and every believer today
Did all in our power to reach mankind,
It wouldnt be enough: We need more workers.
Where will we find them?
The Lord will raise them up, as we are faithful to this call.
We need to pray that the Lord would use us
To reach others
To evangelize,
And to make disciples,
So that they can join us in this work.