Practice Proclaiming
Being and Making Disciples • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 41:21
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· 4 viewsPractice Proclaiming- a time of practicing together proclaiming the Gospel.
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1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road.
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. But if not, it will return to you.
7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,
11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’
Jesus tells them where to go. Jesus tells them who to talk to, who to focus on, who to engage. Jesus tells them what to say. Even, what to say if it is going well, what to say if it is NOT going well.
And I believe the Holy Spirit is still doing this, still showing us.
AND, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, I think we can be just as intentional in practicing our proclaiming as Jesus was in having his disciples go on these practice missions.
To start, we aren’t going out into the villages. We are going to practice here amongst ourselves.
Here is ultimately the questions I want you to develop concrete actual answers to.
Where will you go?
Who will you speak to?
What will you say?
Goal: everyone gets the chance to proclaim the gospel in a context that feels like Tuesday, to a person they would really talk to, using words they would actually say.
