Sunday, January 12th, 2020 - AM - The Master's Men (Mt. 10:1-4)

For those who are here in this service, and for those who might be listening outside these walls you listening to the surface of the Broomfield Baptist Church and the Second Sunday morning here in January and I invite you to join me. You'll find our passage of study in The Gospel according to Matthew chapter. Number 10. We'll continue our studies here together in the second is called his disciples begin to take this phrase by phrase word by word looking really it called and they said yes Lord even Judas. Did you have the one that betrayed him said? Yes Lord some caution. Song about keeping contacts in the back of her mind when we read a passage like Matthew 10, I don't want us all going out of here thinking that we're all official, you know toppled because well, I mean make the ground level is beginning. Have you seen the Risen Lord if you have you need to make an appointment to see me right after the surgery We need to talk. So Matthew chapter number 10. I'll read verses 1 and 2 together following with me if you would and when he that Jesus had cold 12 disciples. He gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and heal all manner of sickness. and all manner of disease now the names of the 12 apostles are these the first Simon who is called Peter?

And Andrew is brother James the son of Zebedee.

And John his brother Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the Publican James the son of alphaeus and Levi has their name was fat ass. Simon the Canaanite Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Lord I pray and lean upon you during this hour I asked if you would speak to us concerning your world. Hide me behind the cross Lord. May you be magnified and may your name be magnified but Lord you promise in your word that your word would be magnified above all your name. And if we lift up the name of Jesus Christ was that serve was lifted up in the wilderness and don't we think about earlier Lord. You are our Salvation. We Look to You Lord For Life. And these that you called had already tasted that at least the 11 faithful had. What are thank you for their testimony that they were willing to be sent out at your bidding Lord. What you did is a demonstration of your power and your glory that they were able to accomplish the exact thing that you sent them to do. And you also Lord help them to know what to expect as they went out to serve you in a sense Lord. We still take up this mantle and we serve you more and we plead with you for the gift of spiritual healing to be upon your church. We pray the Lord that you would give us victory over. All satanic opposition is our the Lord make me understand clearly little better than the minister for you for those that would follow you and give their life for you Lord. I pray that you bless and watch over them and give them break key to know that wherever you leave them. You'll be with them. If you promise. I'm like these that were sent only to the house of Israel are commissioned Lord today at your church has to go into all the world. And preach the gospel to every creature and yet you still vest that same Authority in your church Lord before they comes from you on high and I understand that even the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against what you want to do and father. I pray that sold would be safe for your people and all that were able to accomplish in the time you give us and you can and I'll thank you for being a great position this morning and work on us and myself included Lord in Jesus name I ask.

a map It's interesting to me when I read through the gospel of Matthew after we study to The Sermon on the Mount he spent many weeks doing that probably months actually in and I really enjoyed seeing that message that Jesus gave on that Hillside that day when they were his followers after he left there. If you read Matthew, I am right away it down from that that message on the mountain that you gave his disciples at first. He was doing the work of the Gospel. He was Healing The Sick he was causing the blind to see he was making a while. He was doing this after that message. Improve these passages of Matthew 8 and 9. You see Jesus busy about Ministry. Doing what struck me as interesting.

You know, he's the king right? He's the Lord and he doesn't want back down from his authoritative position on that. But but notice exact thing that he was already doing. And he gave them power and if you do a comparison, you'll note that Matthew is very specific in its wording. I tried to emphasize it a little bit. Maybe you caught it. Maybe maybe I read it too fast or something. But if you look at with Matthew says he said someone he gave them power. Jesus gave the disciples the 12 power and we'll talk about that word in the moment. But notice he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal. all Manor And again to synthesize all manner of diseases. What were they doing? They were validating to the sword remember if he closes thermal amount they were in all they were astonished at his doctor because he's not as described as one having Authority in on that Authority against a few people into to do the work of the Gospel. That was he says it's your turn to go and validate this message from God. He gives them the message the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. He did see I used to go to Israel go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. It's not intense out there.

What time can you imagine I mean just put yourself in one of their shoes pick one? I don't care any maybe want to pick Peter because maybe you want to relate with the public and make you like Spike taxes little room.

Jesus has these 12 in each one of them. They have a Ministry to do. Who is just as meat for the past verses 1 through 4 for quite some days actually just digging and looking and enjoying the life that I can find. This was recorded on me. The first part of the listing is well, there's there's a lot of fodder there, you know, I mean I could read the whole message the whole series of messages on Peter James and John. I mean there's a lot there but by the time you get down towards the latter portion of the 12 as to what they did and sometimes all we have is just the list of their name listed in the disciple. And we can learn something from that too cute. Our God is a great God. He's he is in control and nothing takes him by surprise. You see from day one after he was on a mission and he began that Ministry day that first message. She did the work of the Gospel there in a chapters 8 and chapter 9 by the time you come to chapter number 9 the close of it. I Lord it to move and that's a powerful word. He is moved with compassion.

What person heart so much, you know the answer you read Matthew 9:4 we pray War. What was it that moved look on his people. He looked on the people he saw him as having no Shepherd. Well, we could spend a whole series of metals you talking about why has God abandoned them Israel had gone to the Judgment because they have walked away from Jehovah and all the Jehovah's promise to alter his word as he said his real name of Rome. They were under the rule of others. But yeah, they they tell mom is so much.

The scribes and the Pharisees of taking that they made their own self-righteousness out of it. I wonder if Jesus couldn't relate very well with Jeremiah. Sometimes when you looked at this quote Shepherds of Israel was to say we saw a little of that in The Sermon on the Mount when he was really making a distinction between with the Pharisees were keeping in their self-righteousness. And the true way of God's Not Just A conforming to a standard or following this list of do's and don'ts but it's what God sees on the inside that matters in our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus disciples. Pray you there for the lord of the Harvest Harvest I'm glad your city now. because our prayer of a dancer Bring a chapter 10. You see the very ones that they were the prey for they became.

I'll check it out on me. You know, I love you. You're saying if you believe the Lord Jesus Christ, and I've trusted him for salvation to have eternal life and there's work to do your call and God.

To do something for him. And we pray Lord. Would you send forth laborers? Would you send for me to say what is Seymour go out of the field? I want to see that just as bad as an extra day in my life been praying for that and Lord showed up on my doormat and he said you've been asking are you ready to answer?

I said yes Lord here. Am I send me I don't know what else to say. Isaiah after the cleansing after he was right. But he said he I think they Burnham I think of Jacob I think of Samuel. I mean I heard Jesus say follow me and I will make you set them free flow great. Thank you we have and if you know Jesus you can testify to the fact that he has broken your bonded. You don't have to worry about being in trouble with God anymore. And then he promises to be

What's in that same savior then comes and he calls them he says I've got something you need to. These are not going to be sent out. Preparing for failure trying to set them up for failure with the calling comes and kissing. And he gets them he equipped them for what he's called The Ticket. And this is where we need to be careful right when you can make a distinction. We need to keep contact in the back of her mind because the gifts that they received by the word a full-fledged apostle that gift served its purpose in the church. And so we're not all Apostles in the official sense, but we're all spent one if we're safe and we're following the Lord we can all have that apostleship in that regard and Loosely use of the word.

But isn't it interesting what he gifted them to do? If we could get what did you give them to do? He give them with power against the devil a man. The gifted them with power gets all these unclean Spirit to study when we eat this call. It is a very real spiritual worker greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. So while we might not run around where you know, our roads in our sandals like they did go around and you know exercising everything that we can find another time. We do we do. We not have the power of Jesus name again sometime today as in church forgot. We don't fall off the wagon wheel swing the pendulum. We want to stay want to stay. We want to take her to the scriptures. Okay, we don't want to take it in the area where God never intended to go, but the gift is real. And every one of those members is gifted in a different area two different way heater sounds on this if you go read their pistols in Romans chapter 12 verse Corinthians 12 and 14 told us great. I think of expounding to gifts that God will show you a good reason because people that come and see us gather and do what was there to hear the Mets make TV on the Church of God.

Because then they might glorify God in heaven. So when they see how God has gifted then turn their attention to him in a deeper way in a greater way. They just might get right with God. So we don't use our gifts for our own benefit, but the gifting of God comes to enable us for a minute. Just as they were unable to do a specific special task. What is your what is God's gift to you with? No, we got all these fancy systems that we try to do like I do. What's that help you find maybe where God has gifted you but really you in the Holy Spirit of the ones that need to know that and if you'll get a loan with prayer and just ask the Lord. I guarantee you telling you what is it that I can be an extension of you for? They went out they went with you gift me and Jesus on them to do exactly what he has done for validate.

He gave them power he gave he gave power. What is that? None of us would be the capability aspect that enables us to do in The Lord of lords. And from God's Throne on her he works through Jesus Christ, his son can stand in their way all

And this is where my Ministry differs from there. I'm sure brother white or been times when you felt more helpless than any time in your life when you have to watch someone going through something work. If you had to give him an apostle, you can just stay there goes it's all gone. But we can't because we're not here to validate that sign that Jesus inside were here to preach the gospel. God has gifted me with a certain sense of healing and unfolded in the local church in 1st Corinthians 12. There is a specific gifts of healing, you know, God heal. He does all healing is Divine Healing

Not today.

I don't want to get burned down with this. But let me just give you some food for thought. We have the Apostle Paul. We have the record of his life and ministry right back. We have record of people trying to get him his handkerchief something.

Why would you just say to a Packard itis? It's all right up and go. Because by that time if you studied me pass out by that time to gift was waning and it was coming too close to because his ministry have been validated. These are going to be the foundation of what Jesus is going to be.

And across that the church is filled. And so documents. But if we have all truth and no love we were in the same predicament that why because we're getting our gifts. Remove with compassion like our savior was the movie week. If you will begin to go to the motion think we have it all nailed down. We can't look out and see needs like we once were sensitive to do before. What happens when a human none of us are perfect, but we can all come to the Lord and Speak Lord. Would have you give to me with what do you want me to do for your furtherance of your kingdom in the gospel safe who you want me to help? Maybe I need to say no to myself. What's my gift with my area and then? Power against unclean spirits to cast them out.

Play in the name of Jesus. I don't know that you but I had to do this a few times there been instances where I just know it was demonic what I was going through this week opposition and sometimes Jesus prayer & fasting there been times I can explain to you. I cannot explain to you logically why Victory came but it is why he didn't happen, but it did there's no explanation. It's just God got the glory in that and he healed sometimes I pray for healing.

But I still have a gift that I can use. Now healing we tend to limit it to think about physical healing don't lie. Can I tell you we still have very much we we still have in the purse today to give me spiritual healing?

I want I don't want to be unkind but can I just ask a question upon during question of probing question. Why are we in such nice? Just be careful the spiritual tracing back to my question. Why do we have such nice for all of these little places today? has the church been doing the best I could do to help people find the spiritual healing that they're searching for now. I did it. You can't go to church all the way under the bus in case not completely leave yet. Also, we could be the heart of the people of our society. That might have something to do with the testimony of people in church of today to or pastors preaching different things that are not biblical.

Therapy the Greek word therapeuo. It means to heal. 90 people are hungry for healing. I'm convinced that they're not going to find true deep down spiritual healing spiritual healing until they come to the Lord Jesus Christ so much of what they're dealing with would be dealt with now does that mean to solve everything that I just wave a Bible at people and make everything go away. It doesn't work like that. I've seen this in California and things that I've done if I can get people back to the Bible and in a relationship with God In Prayer with him and communing with him and rude to help them see that then once they get on their feet with that are there on a regular devotional diet and there in person work about 90 or 95% what they were dealing with in the beginning goes away and then we can focus on

Sometimes that 1% of stuff that they still struggling with. But we need spiritual healing. in the church today has been gifted by their savior to help people find spiritual healing. Spiritual healing is still available. Matthew Henry had some good quotes on this for second time. I'll have to skip over some of those things written down somewhere that I can find.

That is against the spiritual part of it is what we have to do with. We want it all physical. We want want this with him, but don't forget about the spiritual aspect of the healing stand in the way of the Apostles is a validated message price. There was no illness there was no sickness that was going to stop them from being able to validate the power of God. Now the names of the 12 apostles release one of the first Simon who told Peter who are the Masters men that were gifted and empowered to go out and have power over unclean spirits and take you all manner diseases. The first name was named Steven and don't let that word first. Throw you off. That's been a stumbling block for some Churches down through history. First needs first among brethren in this one to come to Jesus, by the way, because food ran him to Jesus every Peter needs an Andrew.

I don't know if I could preach a whole sermon on Andrew. Maybe I could well maybe if I went to the Church of Scotland and started digging in some of their animals that they have their and there are five things about Andrew that aren't nice pictures, but not as much about it.

Here is the one who opens his mouth more than any and puts his foot in his mouth. Like I've been so many times has Peter do you love me? Peter is the one that Jesus said would be sifted when the other disciples like Weed with Jesus and pray things will lie for him when he made that statement Jesus told him when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren. Adelitas manifold we come to the book of Acts and we have the record given by Luke of what happened in the early days of the church was Jesus's mother is there with Don he's taking care of her because of the hand off at the crucifixion and medical debt to Safeway and then he things in the heaven and they're waiting and they're waiting in 50 days come after Passover 50 days later and something happens. They all come back and they're all gathered in that Upper Room. Then things begin to there's a sound does a mighty rushing wind like fire moving on people's heads.

I'm not crazy.

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that was about to empower the disciples to proclaim the truth. Who was the one but that group in? Everybody's breaking up their ears. They're saying wait a minute, who are these guys do people were able to just heard your message and he had all these interruptions. I'm sorry interpreters all around in getting the message and everybody don't understand language that he was speaking in.

It was too naughty to people in on that day on that day. This is always struck me as interesting one on in one place finally have it click and save I get it now. We did Kill the son of God. Because they knew Prophecies of the Old Testament in the Bible when God was on them they were in their heart and they sell.

You killed his son in a nutshell.

Let's apply the message to where we are today. Could We Gather free thousands of people who know their Old Testament well enough together in the same room today and then would we have the same circumstances that we need to reproduce this to validate the Prophecies of the Old Testament given to the quick with them. I don't know that those circumstances ever transpired the way they recorded in the book of Acts. And as the church began to grow the ministry went out not just to the Jews but to the Gentiles also in the sign gifts were given to validate the apostles message to The End by the time you close to go to back to gospel had gone around the world the known world of there. They all Asian that heard the word of God when you look at what we have the remains of these men 12th and treats me to read about different areas. They went to now this is what our life change. But then they got to go through all of the Life of Christ up to the end. They got to watch their savior be crucified. When they're going to be scattered. And they'll be brought back together then after his resurrection after you pierce them again. We're in the other room and assemble together.

Only then will they be commissioned to go out for the ends of the Earth? You look at where these men eventually wound up and just little Snippets that we hear here and there is no we talked about Peter and his his ministry of his ministry in front of the Sanhedrin and those who tried to arrest him and John and he said he wrote he wrote his gospel. He wrote three letters. He wrote the book of Herod would put to death and accept the number 12

And when Herod saw that it please the people when he executed Lease Office play Peters well with the angel set him free. that's

James Dean's grave he's going to have a totally black but he's in partnership with James and John counts by the seashore any calls these men will that Peter and Andrew their brothers answered LED Peter to the Lord James and John sons of thunder. They're the ones that said you want to call fire down from heaven.

Jesus Master did because of the woman at the well that we talked about that John chapter 4. Peter Andrew James and John the list goes on if you look at the lists interesting to me. I think I've traced it back as far as protists about as far as I got in his 13th. When you put that next to the free gospel accounts where they're all listening the same time, you have the four four four three sets of four at the top of that the same person is mentioned every time as you get down the list some of the names switched places for instance hear Matthew to put some stuff last. I think he puts that is before himself and still there are men that remain the same in each of the four groups heater is at the top of the first four Have Philip at the top of the next group of four. Animacy, I'm going to mess it up and I'll have it all in my head figured out here. Okay, so we can't we have Peter and then we countdown 3 Andrew James and John that's the four and you know, the cleaners purple in that group is at the top of the next list and you have with him Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew Matthew the Publican Simon and Judas Iscariot for and there's one person that seems to be at the top of each list. Interesting, please. Don't get it confused with the Philip abash that's Deaconess different man than conjecture know. This is probably the same but there are certain Clues and we can trace through out and see how he'll Jesus use these men. If you look at the bigger picture, I think that you'll come away with the same impression that I get. Whether you're first on the list. Or 11 I'm not going to go 12.

In-Place review whether your name gets recorded in the annals of church history. Or whether the only thing we know about you is your name, and maybe that's your name and maybe it's a surname. In all you do for the Lord was fairly anonymous. There is a God in heaven.

He has a son who one day will bring a judgement seat and he will call each of his followers before him and Every Idle Word will be giving an account. When are you did things anonymously and nobody else knew that you and God but it helps somebody gets saved or it helped a church in some way right help someone find true spiritual.

Maybe generation from where you're working right now. Bring it down a little bit.

I'm telling you they're going to be things that Jesus knows. That he brings forward about his servants that I just don't know what to think about that day. I'm speechless part of me that off. Give me a little more time. You know, let me do some more for you. The other part of me says even so come and come and fix it all work. Nevertheless wherever you might fall on this list. Well known or unknown or parsley. No. The ministry matters and they were the same power and authority across-the-board the ground level the same Ministry that Peter was able to have any kind of power.

interesting we can do something for to the matter who we are matter where we're at in this list Peter Andrew James and John said to be any have Philip Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew we have Bartholomew many have said that he's the same as than the Samuel and John chapter 1. I think there's two precedent for that. He has Thomas and Matthew you have James son of alphaeus in Libya to surname was Thaddeus. That would be Jude I believe. Simon the Canaanite the K night there and other places he called Simon to Low T because he was jealous about that. We have the first we have some of the sons are we have the brothers of and then we have surnames we also have the Publican and the Cantina

I am depending on how you wanted out. You could you can walk away from this list with either four or maybe five cousins of Jesus cleophus is clopas is Mary's husband then he's Joseph brother in Ocala. You can have it for 5 cousin to Jesus that called me the other disciple.

And he he's from Nazareth. By the way, where did Jesus grow up? But he's his office is over time. His office is over there and he's doing his job here in Jesus passes by and says follow me and I don't want early Matthew by the way and leave I just said no to collecting taxes.

It still happens today, but then you do have someone who is known as a jealous person in the following of Christ. Why does that matter? Because if he was a member that he was

against Rome and so here you have a tax collector procedure alongside someone who is zealous for the laws of Israel and not really a follower of Jesus.

A little bit of that is hypothesis.

But doesn't it seem to have these words today? How much diversity? Can be found among those that followed Jesus today, we have people that are that are well-equipped in certain areas. And in other people that are welcome in this area as people that are selling a Jesus can take you from wherever you are and mold you into what he wants you to be both of these men that polarization. He doesn't have to come to Jesus and they're going to have to work together instead of against each other. We're going to have to work together for kids cough. In-ground really his level cross and whether you're Peter or whether you're deciding whether you're Peter or whether you do and I don't I don't know if I'm scared to say this is James and his brothers got paid. I know they did because we have James who wrote The Letter James that's his half-brother. We have Jews and a half brother as well. Impala makes an interesting statement Galatians chapter 1 verse 19 about James the brother of the Lord. So by that time we know they had come to Jesus and realized he was Water Wizz anything good come out of Nazareth.

Matthew is going to take the gospel to India. Perhaps you have some of these men they're going to eat that are going to travel as far as Britain. Taking the message of the cross. Why does the UK flag look like it. That's a good thing Andrew Britton all the way up in that area takes to God.

It's powerful enough to even here somewhere like golden and then someone like Broomfield and people all around us need the healing of Jesus Christ bring everything for it everywhere. They can find it you have you have the answer? You've been given a gift if you're following Jesus and if you're safe. Won't you look this week won't you take some time to get along with God and just asking border who needs healing that's around me spiritual healing. Can I explore with your word Lord? What verse can I share? How can I point someone to you? How can I pray with somebody how can I help feed them your word someone in mind. Influence your going to cost?

You're being Salt and Light and they sense of joy and they see the presence of the Holy Spirit In You.

What diseases can do in their life? The same way that Jesus called and gifted here in many ways. We're called and gifted and some different capacities to understand but we still have power over the devil and we still can help people find spiritual healing in Jesus Christ. Will you be his disciple? Will you take his work? That's my challenge for you today? Don't leave here the way you can if you need healing Jesus Christ wants to help you and come unto me all ye that labor.