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OPENING
Natasha wanted to “belong”
She was trying to find her “identity”
She had a lot “anger issues” and “emotional problem”
Natasha craved for “approval”
She felt that she didn’t have any “purpose”
She felt “lost & alone”
She wasn’t sure why she’s here on earth for
She slipped to deep “depression”
She realized that she was “not in control”, she thought she was
There was “no life” inside of her
Until one day, a warrior of Jesus Christ, one of her professor “invited” her to church
A church where she felt God’s love
Natasha came to know Jesus because somebody “invited” her to church
I came to know Christ because there was one Pastor Sam Talaver who "invited” me to church
Do you have any idea how many Natashas are out there waiting to hear about Jesus?
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention said, “Suicide claims more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined
25 Million Americans suffer from depression each year
Peter said:
But Paul said:
BREATHE!
Agape is an evangelical church, and being such, evangelism or “sharing Jesus”, should be ahead in our way of life
From the facts that I presented to you last week, only 3 out of 10 christians believed that it is their responsibility to witness for others
That means that I need to help the 70% of our church family to understand that, indeed, evangelism or proclaiming the good news about Jesus is our responsibility
Dr. Luke said:
And Paul said:
BREATHE!
Last Sunday we started this “Back to Church” Sermon Series
The Lord used a parable to illustrate the Kingdom of Heaven
He told His disciples that His kingdom is like a wedding banquet
He commanded them to
As His disciples, we are commanded to the same
It is not a choice, it is a “command”
It may also be worth noting that many biblical figures were shepherds
Among them the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, the twelve tribes, David
Abraham, Moses,
And when Jesus picked His first Disciples, He chose fishermen
The relevance of why He did that is because:
First, He wants us to fish
Then, He wants us to shepherd for them
BREATHE!
Jesus said, “go and invite, in other words “go and fish”
Last week I mentioned to you 5 things to remember if you want to be effective in fishing for men
Know what you’re fishing for
Go where the fish are biting
Learn to think like a fish
Go where the fish are biting
Catch fish on their terms
Use more than one hook
And I also shared with you some 4 Ways to FISH for Men
Focus on Receptive People
Initiate a Conversation
Share the story how Jesus changed your life
Hear them out
BREATHE!
Today I’d like us to look at some things we need when we go out fishing for men
TEXT: Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two
Jesus was already on His way to Jerusalem to fulfill what He came here on earth for
After sending out the 12, still, Jesus knows that a large number of people are ready to to receive His kingdom message
And so He sent out another batch of herald, this time He sent out seventy / seventy-two
I’ll explain in a little later why some Bible translations said 70 and not 72
Meanwhile, let me read to your text today
BREATHE!
Many good manuscript read 70 are the Revised Standard Version (RSV)
But there are also many that read 72
With evidence at our disposal, certainty is impossible
The numbers appears to be symbolic of the nations of the world
The Jews view on the Table of Nations in where there are 70 names in the Hebrew text
and 72 in the Septuagint | the pre-christian greek version
Some, however, associate the number with that of the elders appointed by Moses (see )
72 with 2 who remained in the camp
They see Jesus as the second Moses
Others think of the 70 members of the Sanhedrin
Whatever is the truth behind this conjectures, it is important for us to note that Jesus sent the disciples ahead in pairs
BREATHE!
Luke 10:2-4
The harvest is plentiful means that there is much work to do
And they go to no easy task
Lambs in the midst of wolves are in no enviable situation
Jesus told them to bring nothing
In other words, He told them to always depend on the Lord
Greet no one on the road is not an exhortation to impoliteness
It is a reminder that their business is urgent and that they are not to delay by dallying with wayside acquaintances
BREATHEA!
When entering a house, they are to give the greeting of peace
If the house owner is a “man of peace”, their peace will rest upon him and a state of harmony will exist
They must not refuse to receive if they offer them meals for free, because the laborer deserves their wages
Not going from “house to house” would mean engaging in a social round of being entertained
There is an urgency about their mission, so they myst press on
BREATHE!
They should eat whatever is offered to them
They must not be sidetracked into fussiness about food and food laws
They were to heal and to preach
But if the town’s people do not welcome them, they are to go into the streets and
Firstly, wipe or shake the dust off their feet - this is a Jewish practice when leaving a Gentile city, to show their separation from the gentile practices.
We don’t have to literally do it now because through Jesus the Jews and the Gentiles are one ()
Secondly, they are to say that the rejection of their message does not alter the realities that the kingdom of God had come near
In rejecting the preachers, they were not simply rejecting a couple of poor itinerants, but the very kingdom of God
And there will serious consequences
The use of name of the city of Sodom is proverbial to the Lord’s day of judgement
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