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*/The Harvest;/* NV 4~/17~/05 am ~/ Matthew 9:35-38 & Luke 10:2
!! *OS: 1 * Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
(Mark McCurry ~/ Community Outreach)
*I. **Community ~/ Worldwide Outreach - the overall ministry of the church.*
A. We exist to glorify God through helping others know Jesus, grow to be like Him, and show Him to the world.
B. Discipleship is the key to our fulfilling that mission.
C. Understand Mission!
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God gives a mission because its good – not because He wants us to be burdened.
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Not like church used to be – go to church on Sunday to take your punishment for all your sins.
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The greatest thing you can ever do in life is to help another person.
4.
If you’re frustrated in your Christian life, you feel as though something just isn’t the way it should be – maybe it’s because you haven’t grasped the mission.
*II.
**Reminder – We are in the people business.*
A. We want to be the church that God wants us to be!
B. This church belongs to Jesus – “I will build My church”
C. We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, will all our mind – Love our neighbor as ourself.
D. We are to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey all the things that Jesus has commanded.
E. That’s church – People business.
*III.
**If you want to be a disciple of Jesus you must be about the harvest – planting seed for the harvest.*
A. The farmer that spends too much time in the barn will starve.
B. A church that places their identity in what they do on Sunday will die.
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Sunday worship is only a minute part of being the church.
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Our greatest work when we are a disciple of Jesus is done out there, not in here.
*TS]* Two passages this morning – *2 - 3* Matthew 9: 35-38 & Luke 10:2
!! ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· 38δεήθητε οὐ̂ν του̂ κυρίου του̂ θερισμου̂ ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτου̂.
!! *PQ:* As disciples of Jesus what do we learn about the harvest?
*I. **4** The Harvest is Plentiful.*
A. For some reason over the past years someone has tricked us into believing that the American culture is no longer receptive to the truth about God.
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We have a world of people out there to reach.
A world of people who need good news; A world of people who need healing physically, spiritually, and emotionally; A world of people who feel harassed and helpless without anyone who cares.
2.
According to a recent poll of American young adult men, 48% believe that most of the problems in the world today are a result of man himself.
Only 41% indicated agreement that Jesus has provided the way to know God personally.
Only 29% could correctly state how one becomes a Christian.
But 67% were interested in knowing more about Christianity.
\\ What’s Gone Wrong With The Harvest.
James Engel and Wilbert Norton
B. Since 9~/11 (actually before) there has been a shift in the values of America.
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Evident in the last couple of elections.
2. *5* Notice these two examples: (RD – April 2005, “New Proof Prayer Works” ~/ US News & World Report – Dec 2004 “The Power of Prayer”) Two of Many
C. *6* Digress for a moment – Have you ever wondered why the Harvest is always plentiful?
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There has always been, and will always be pain, suffering, and death in the world.
– Life will always be not fair.
2.
Interesting – It was fine and dandy until the devil came along, and in his desire to destroy people he actually fuels a need and desire for God.
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Like – Pulling corn, beans, or any vegetable & fruit to eat (you have to check to be sure) proper timing is a major concept of proper harvesting.
*TS]* There is no problem with the harvest – the harvest is plentiful.
The problem is with the workers.
*II.
**7** The workers are few.*
A. To be a disciple is to be a worker in the harvest
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Church – harvest team
2. A German soldier was wounded.
He was ordered to go to the military hospital for treatment.
When he arrived at the large and imposing building, he saw two doors, one marked, "For the slightly wounded," and the other, "For the seriously wounded."
\\ He entered through the first door and found himself going down a long hall.
At the end of it were two more doors, one marked, "For officer" and the other, "For non-officers."
He entered through the latter and found himself going down another long hall.
At the end of it were two more doors, one marked, "For party members" and the other, "For non-party members."
He took the second door, and when he opened it he found himself out on the street.
\\ When the soldier returned home, his mother asked him, "How did you get along at the hospital?"
\\ "Well, Mother," he replied, "to tell the truth, the people there didn’t do anything for me, but you ought to see the tremendous organization they have!"
\\ The soldier’s comment describes many churches in our day: really organized, but accomplishing little.
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What we have to do is, be organized about the business!
– People Business.
B. *8* There are only two questions that really matter:
1.
What is our business?
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How is business?
C. Why is business pretty lousy in most churches compared to the 1st century church?
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Some say, we are to busy, and feel we have enough problems of our own to take on helping someone else.
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Could it be because we’ve lost our identity since the first century?
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They were centered on Jesus (Disciples) – we’ve become centered on Sunday service.
(Members)
*TS]* Give it some thought – the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
*III.
** 9 The first step in the harvest is to ask.*
A. Hadden Robinson - To confess to you that I have had a life-long struggle sitting at the feet of Jesus is something I do with a great deal of embarrassment.
Because when I read the New Testament, I discover that in the ministry of our Lord, prayer was absolutely crucial.
For me, prayer is preparation for the battle.
For Jesus, it seemed to be the battle itself.
For Jesus, prayer was like running the marathon, and ministry was like going to receive the gold medal.
Prayer was like taking the final examination, and ministry was like going to receive the diploma.
Where did he sweat great drops of blood?
It was not at Pilate’s hall.
It was not as he staggered under the load of the cross up Golgotha’s hill.
It was in the Garden of Gethsemane.
The writer to the Hebrews tells us that with strong cryings and tears Jesus made his petitions to God. Had I had been there in that hour of his agony and watched the way he suffered, I would have despaired of the future.
I think I would have said, “If he’s behaving this way when all he’s doing is praying, what in the world is he going to do when he faces a crisis?
It’s too bad he can’t be like his three sleeping friends.
They found a spiritual peace in the midst of the storm.”
But when the crisis came, Jesus went to the cross in triumph.
It was his three friends who fell back and fell away.
B. To be a worker in the harvest begins on our knees, and church its time to pray.
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Our history – It all started when we started to pray.
C. *10* Why we must pray for the workers and harvest:
1. :The harvest is now – The best time to do something worthwhile is between yesterday and tomorrow.
2. :The harvest is plentiful - If a fruit is ripe and it is not picked, it will drop and be destroyed.
3. :The harvest must be seen for the worker in us to come out.
So prayer is a necessity.
!! *TS] 11 * ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· 38δεήθητε οὐ̂ν του̂ κυρίου του̂ θερισμου̂ ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτου̂.
Working in the Lord’s field is difficult, and comes with a price.
It all boils down to our willingness to pay the price.
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