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Intro
Who this morning hasn’t heard of Mr. Rogers?
He has been popularized once again through the movie that came out in 2019 “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood” where he was played by Tom Hanks.
Did you know though, that Fred Rogers was an ordained minister?
Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951.
Rogers wanted to enter seminary after college,[17] but instead chose to go into the nascent medium of television after encountering a TV at his parents' home in 1951 during his senior year at Rollins College.[18]
In a CNN interview, he said, "I went into television because I hated it so, and I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen"
He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station
That desire to minister never left him though and in
While working on the show, Rogers attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963.
His mission as an ordained minister, rather than a church pastor, was to minister to children and their families through television.
He regularly appeared before church officials to maintain his ordination.
You don’t have to go to seminary to be or have a ministry.
The example we see here in our passage from Luke is that at Christians, we are called to be ambassadors for Christ.
Last week we say Jesus instruction to pray.
This week we see his instruction to go.
Next week we will look at what happened when they came back.
Go
The next instruction that Jesus gives in this passage is for these disciples to go your way.
The Greek means to go
to be on the move, esp. in a certain direction,
Go with a purpose.
Go with a goal in mind.
Jesus gives them some instruction in how they are to go though.
He instructs them to go with caution, go lightly, go without distraction, go bearing peace, go humbly, and go with a purpose.
Go cautiously.
behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Jesus first draws their attention to what they are going into.
The word for behold is a forceful statement telling these disciples
"you yourself look, see, perceive”
This is a command emphasizing "Listen up now and pay attention to what I am going to say!"
DO NOT BE NAIVE!
DON'T BE SURPRISED at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you, but expect it!
Peter gives a similar warning to believers
The first thing Jesus does is warn them that the job is dangerous!
It comes "pre-packaged" with persecution guaranteed!
They are to be gentle like lambs, but not be naive.
Some of the opposition might be violent which is the picture of a lamb not just facing one solitary wolf but wolves plural!
In the midst means the wolves like a hungry wolf-pack are surrounding the sent ones!
This calls for continual trust in and dependence on the protection of the Sender, the Lord of the harvest!
Charles Spurgeon wrote
Defenseless, harmless, into the midst of those who would devour you if I did not send you.
It would be foolhardiness to go on your own account; but I send you; and he who sends his lambs among wolves will take care of them.”
We are still lambs among wolves today.
Open doors, and organization that specifically supports persecuted Christians reports that 4761 Christians were killed due to faith related reasons in the last year.
The number may be even higher considering the number that are not known.
We may not face death in America, YET,
but many Christians are harassed and persecuted for their faith in Christ.
We all have been sent on a mission to reach even those who are wolves.
Jesus warned it would not be easy.
Yet, the opposition we face is an opportunity to show strength of character and sincerity of what we truly believe in our heart about the Lord.
We must understand that as ambassadors for Christ, we will also face opposition.
Go lightly.
Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals,
Like the 12 before them, they were to trust the Lord for their needs.
He was their Sender and He would be their Provider.
They were to travel light and trust God for the provisions they needed.
They shouldn’t get distracted by the belongings that they were carrying with them, but should stay focused on their mission.
This is extremely difficult for us in our society today.
We have so much stuff.
And the ability to get more stuff easily!
It is difficult but as Christians, we should strive to have contentment with what God provides.
Resisting the temptation to always want more.
This perspective is godly counsel for any believer.
Be thankful for everything you have, not always longing for luxury.
Be easy to please and grateful for what other people offer.
Our attitude about material possessions needs to be guided by the urgency of our mission.
These seventy-two evangelists had a crucial calling.
They were messengers of the King, sent ahead to herald the approach of his kingdom.
They did not have time to prepare for their journey; they just had to get up and go.
Are there things in our lives that we need to shed that we might be more effective ambassadors for Christ each day?
Go without distraction.
greet no one on the road.
A greeting in that culture was an elaborate ceremony, involving many formalities, perhaps even a meal, and long delays.
This is one of the things Jesus condemns the Pharisees of loving more than God
A person on an extremely urgent mission could be excused from such formalities without being thought rude.
And these disciples are to be on a mission.
Everything in Jesus’ instructions speaks of the shortness of time and the great urgency of the task.
These men were not out to make a social visit, but to preach the gospel without distraction and without delay.
In the words of the English poet Robert Herrick:
Christ, I have read, did to His chaplains say,
Sending them forth, Salute no man by th’ way:
Not, that He taught His ministers to be
Unsmooth, or sour, to all civility;
But to instruct them, to avoid all snares
Of tardidation in the Lord’s affairs.
Manners are good: but till his errand ends,
Salute we must, nor strangers, kin, or friends.
Tardidation is an old word that we no longer use meaning
the act of delaying, delay, postponement; a hindering, retarding
We need to apply this principle in our own service to God.
What Robert Herrick called “snares of tardidation” are things that slow us down in our discipleship.
They may be things that are good in themselves (like extra clothes and nice things to eat, for example), yet they delay us from doing the work that God has for us to do.
The time is too short, and the work of the gospel is too important for us to dilly-dally.
Too many Christians lead divided, distracted lives.
We rush from one thing to the next without ever taking the time to make sure that what we are doing is the best way to fulfill our commitment to Christ.
The people who make the biggest difference for Christ and his kingdom are people who keep their focus on the work that God has called them to do, whether at home, at church, in the workplace, or overseas.
Go bearing peace.
5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’
6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him.
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