Sunday, February 9th, 2020 - AM - Living of the Gospel (Mt. 10:9-10)
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how to Help us grow doesn't he and it seems that? I don't know the circumstances kind of reveal how he's working meeting sometime. I don't think it's an accident that on this Sunday. He had flooded in my studying prayer time what we're going to be studying today because there's an element to what we do that very much has to be walking by faith. We walk by faith and not by sight and this is a good reminder. Now, there are there are some contextual things that we need to keep in mind. For instance. If we were to come to Matthew chapter 10 verses 9 and following then my 9 and following down the first 15 ever going to study. We would we would do a disservice I think to apply there is absolutely literally and say that you must follow this literally every every my NutriBullet. Jesus said if you're going to do Mission work you have to do is just like this every time you go that you can't do that to do that we mentioned when we studied about the gifts that he gave them to be able to cash out some of those gifts. I have served their purposes and so I can understand what I mean by that. We'll see some of that charismatic nature of the gifting of God here in the disciples the apostles and go for that there were
His hands on me. I can't say that I've never seen him face-to-face yet Spirit leading and guiding and directing my life. But I never heard an audible voice from Heaven. I wonder what it would have been like to be on top of Mount Mount of transfiguration or somewhere in a baptism River Heavens Thunderbird with a noise that says you're not very stupid person to listen to you anymore. You can turn it off if you want but I'm telling you this is the scripture. Where is the secret group of people for a specific time in his Earthly Ministry and 3 year. And we study before that. They were sent to a specific group. The lost sheep of the House of Israel and the disciples are going with a message repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. So this is their mission and I'm covering a little bit of ground leading up to where we're going to join me in your Bible if you would in Matthew chapter number 10, and let's read the number 9. In what centeno of how Jesus assured these men that their Ministry for him? How would it fall out hourly be able to continue on doing what you supposed to do with a certain number 9 in the Bible says provide more brass vs. North spread for your journey. Neither two coats neither shoes or the Workman is worthy of his meat. And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter inquire who in it is Worthy.
When you coming to the house saluted in the house be worthy let your peace come upon it, but it be not worthy. Let your peace return unto you. Whosoever shall not receive you nor here with your words when you depart out of that house or city shake off the dust of your feet barely ice cream to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement then for that City. Florida dream humbly come before you and ask if you would give us a great understanding of your word this morning that we would also have an ear to hear what the spirit would say to us. We understand these things were written for our learning these things were written for our admonition in Lord. I pray that the one who needs to make the proper application of the underlying principles that we see in this passage of you sending for your coffee. I pray that the one that needs their face treatments the one that needs to grow in their understanding how you operate today in in among a lost and Dying World in through your people and supporting of the ministry Lord. I pray that we would pay the things that we need to apply to our work that we do for you and Lord then we come to each of our end of our journey each of us at the end of our own Journey then we would be able to know Look back and see that we were worthy of our of our meet. We were worthy Lord you provide for fingerboard of the heart. I pray you'll keep my thoughts straight this morning as I try to found a spot of your word. I pray that I would not say anything that would detract from what you would want to do. I do ask you Lord for the filling the moving the power of the Holy Spirit be here on your work today and that you would accomplish what you want today, and I'll thank you for doing that in Jesus name. I pray amen.
As I study through this section I-15 way with the start of the Lord's assurance that these men were going out to do work for him. And I'm going to build on what you've already started with me up to this point. If you haven't read the first part of the chapter, you need to go back and get that down. These were twelve men that Jesus himself. They were previously saved any commissions them and then Matthew gives us the list of the 12 and each one of these men that we can look at and what is recorded about her like a wood. It's not recorded about their life and their specific mission to do he sends them to an audience and that audiences the lost sheep of the House of Israel. He sent him with a message repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand same message that I began preaching Jesus Took up the mantle surround. Going for your mind and you can be delivered.
And you know call in the in the letter to the Ephesians that we read. He mention the word dispensation. Don't let that word throw you off a dispensation is simply an Administration. That would be a good synonym for the word. It's an Administration. And so I don't get thrown off by that there's a different rates in different time frames. It doesn't mean anything differently in the Old Testament grace through faith operations different to people under Abraham and under moseson in under Israel's Kingdom and its rain and even under a style. Where they were in Babylonian captivity. And when I say you're welcome here now beginning of a new Administration under a New Covenant that was cut in his blood and so as we think about the way to God works what's understand we are still in the throes of Old Testament time. When Jesus walked this Earth and in the New Testament dispensation the new administration of the gossip going forth to the Gentiles to the rest of the world this Administration church and still being unfolded today through what we do in preaching teaching the word of God that is still the administration until the full and they're not going to exhausted. You're not going to go through all of that says that that's the case that they have before them until the son of man, and his kingdom in Jesus Christ is coming in so
The Lord is sure snip when you go you're going to be taking care of you don't need to worry about these things provide. Neither gold nor silver nor brass. Can you purchase your script be returning to the cedar shoe store? And he said this clarification statement for the word wind is worthy of his knee. So he says it go Go to these people preach this message authenticated by this demonstration of power. You've received freely freely. Get this out. Don't charge anything for now. What are you going to take with you? When you go don't worry about going out and buy a new stuff and getting a bunch of things for this journey. You just need to go there's an emergency you want to connect the word connect word urgency. This is an Urgent Message that Jesus wants to get to the Ouachita the house of Israel. How will their Ministry be supported? Do I need to go pack my bag? So I need to get a lot of stuff together. Should I start making you to be today here in our country where you can just jump in the car or hitch up the horse in just go and and know that you have a place to stay when you got where you were gone to make reservations in the hotel and then turn around and go back and get it and he said to them go. And when you go don't worry about all these other things that you might pack to take along with you on a journey like this and if you would have been cold for the day's energy is broken down. I think in an interesting Way by Matthew. Very very detailed provide that word can mean a gift for yourself go out to procure that don't don't worry about getting these islands. These are metal gold silver brass. Okay, I understand it and maybe we say there to your mind their their goals. They take their little pieces of gold or silver pieces their brass pieces and they have them for the journey. Will you remember the story of the Good Samaritan? He found that man ever beaten and left for dead what went to the end if you didn't have any paper at the end that would require That's a good illustration.
You're going to need to eat you're going to need to have close to where you going to need to have the basic necessities of life as she goes to worry about the money. Can I just forget it write that point so many times the devil tries to use that even in my life. I have to be on guard about this because we're going to make ends meet for tomorrow in and how we're going to do this. And if I'm not careful as I plan and Trey about Ministry the devil can sneak in pecan. What I'm supposed to be doing and he can get me off. I have one task to preach the gospel to preach and ran with it because I'm worried about money. I'm worried about money.
And this is something that has been Grievous to me before is a pastor in Ministry, you know, you called or misrepresenting one. There are certain people who have the title of a ministerial Personnel. I just say that way that they have a certain price on them.
And they were hard-pressed in Twisted their arms. Probably come without that price tag because I think you understand my heart on this is that put that forward and they say if you know, we're going to do this ministry, but will it really Ministry at that point? And by the way, this is a big thing that the IRS doesn't understand about churches and Ministries because they see everything that they can't understand any of the services we intend to Ministry.
illustration for my own life in a personal thing that I had to go through early and Ministry when I first started out and in a full-time ministerial position, I was in a position for a job duties as a requirement of Columbia hat job description in any ways Ministry and all of it related the ministry about six months into that remove and the ministry responsibilities Remains the Same I didn't go and ask for changing my job description. I just kept doing what I've always done before except now the difference is I'm not getting paid for it or passages such as what it before you hear. And the church family knows my heart on this. I don't want to dwell on this. I don't want to bring any attention to myself or anyway, I just wanted to remind at your family. I've lived this out before you.
And not by sight. We need to be don't worry about the commissioner. This is where your faith is strengthened first aspect of this verses 9 through 11. I summarize this inquiry inquiry the missionary space alongside the spine of those worthy of the Gospel message. There's a missionary to just go and trust that God will uphold and carry him through if you go back a chapter 9 Where's my birth? chapter 9 it talks about his compassion. Compassion of Jesus Christ, we're having no Shepherd towards the end of the chapter. He says when he saw the multitude convert 36mm at 9. He was moved with compassion on them because they were scattered abroad as she's having a Shepherd disciples the same ones you can be there for and hear surprised that wants you to see the Harvest.
What is meaner to do is to trust that the lord of the Harvest will provide for them as they go to turn a buck on selling the gospel or selling their gift of healing or getting people to pay for these these Services. Is it going to rain there till they're going in there and that's how I've always approached me that I don't get paid to do ministry. You want a password examples this for someone that would approach of the church and ask for a wedding services are funeral services, you know, I don't charge for those things. Sometimes people push me and they said yesterday gospel through the pattern between here and I can be busy about doing the work of the ministry and have these services on my hip and charged as a preacher of the Gospel shame on me. If I ever get to that point is worthy of his meet. The Workman is worthy of his hire.
The word meet there has he I do Ashlee labor and actually work for the lord of the Harvest is the one that provides to meet Army. I'm beating a dead horse now, but notice and 9/10 is faithful faithful and true.
I so God is going to be faithful to provide for their needs one, even though John the Baptist and Jesus is Ministries may have prepared the countryside to receive Jesus's disciples.
Equipment send it to Cypress Harbour take Ethan to go. There's an emergency Ministry restore. What is your ministry resource? It's the Lord's power. not our own provision We get to the place in Ministry where we're operating because we can for 5 and we're not offering on the Lord the power then it's only a matter of time before our Provisions because we're letting ourselves. We're not living on the Water Tower. We're to be connected to the Lord's power as they went down. And I think that's a valid statement that we can apply to her own life. Isn't that interesting how the devil like to get us away from the Simplicity that's in price and we can all these things run through yet all this Machinery going in wonder if somebody comes in there probably somewhere on the way Simplicity one of the greatest help to me the pastor's in what my pastor shared with me Jason. You have one mission. Don't ever get to the place where you think it's your job to put people in the Pew is a moment. You get to that mentality is a moment. You're in trouble and The Fray and the Whitman and the Lord Jesus promised to disciplemakers easy multiplication multiplication.
The case could be to help us in ways that we don't quite understand that are serving serving trees today.
What are the things that I disdain fundraising and ready for whatever we're doing. I just simply tell people that I need and then trust God that somebody's going to be moved to provide that and got time for church. We have we have money to come in and we have separation of Duties, but I don't know if we didn't have the resources and I had to know because I was the one processing what does that and it does affect you as much as you say it's not going to affect when you see. You know what comes in in in? I wish it were that way but I'm human and then I have weaknesses just like anybody else and so would be protecting the place. I don't need to know who gives what I just need to trust God and continue preaching the missionary Spade in his finding. Those were the gospel message. God is faithful to provide for his ministers for those that he's going to send out provide me with the money for the journey would find healthful would find a benefits to their traveling. So the script for their Journey something to the pater Noster Leather Pouch. They would have to sleep out under the stars in my room.
Maybe I should clarify this is well because sometimes people go to Marks in one passage. One of the gospel writer says not to take this item and the other one says to take this out on it. And so how do you like the tooth? I think if you look at the wording and look at it carefully, there's no contradiction to be found there because basically what Mark is saying is that's that's a good explanation. He says neither shoes nor yet staves plural of staff. I don't know about you. But when I go hiking I like to have to stick to walk would have got to trekking poles and it can help balance. You knows. I'm gonna lie country where they're going to be. I have one for a club to defend off the Bulls and stuff that are out there while you're trying to sleep in your second coat in the field. And then the other Geniuses don't worry about about going to get an extra stuff if they already have it on hand waste your time to go out these things to make sure they are ready for the journey need her shoes are northern states.
Use what you got unless it won't work and then we'll work on planoly and then he says the Workman is worthy of his need the lord of the Harvest is going to provide verse 11 says when and into what server Cedartown he shall enter. Maybe one Circle this word know this work inquire who in it is worthy in so think about this is absolutely literally I need to dilute my shoes to Pastor. I need to stop wearing shoes. I can't have any walking sticks. You see how I'm doing. I'm having the phone this but if we take it so literally will miss you today. Are you working out if I was going to follow this path is literally
Some church member with my whole family because we would have to take care of it. And this was this was okay. What they were doing when they were going and they were completely dependent on the hospitality of those if they were going to it wasn't like they were doing what many missionaries today and go to foreign country where they don't know anyone.
We got to be careful. We can't take this missing work today. There's some principal there's principles of the me that same word to inquire the word inquire. Me to search diligently go back to Matthew chapter to where he was and they had mentioned that this child was born and he sent them to search diligently for the child small town small town. Everybody used to be like that a lot of places in America stranger.
Is going out of the blue part of the testing that the invitation to Israel in the Messiah that God has sent. So on the one hand we see that God is faithful to provide for the needs of those that say Kira my Lord send me and I can attest to that. There's never been a time that we have gone without completely now, we've had some very difficult time you can be a time. And he's never never left us without food without clothes without the things that we need. In fact if we take an inventory right now, we're blessed. We are one with God has been so good to us and I'm thankful for that and so in a link on the other side of that we see in this passage, I believe God preachers and I'm leaving here must remain faithful to the place in which they're call. I shouldn't even have to say that tonight.
To inquire their investigation before what's going on at work.
We're looking down all kinds of corridors crying my pastor 913 there any Independent Baptist churches in the area?
Don't know. How is he Worthy? Where's the nearest a little bit of a Charisma about it that there's going to be something that we can print or a diagram for you, but they're going to go and they're going to know other people. Is there an accident around we're going to find this person is is is friendly to stay with you come here. They weren't to be concerned about that. That's not the definition of the word has the idea that were shipped call Pete Mayors and governors and think that counts is worship. Are they are present? Are they worthy of us even being there? Well, if they're hardened and rejecting the Messiah then they're not going to be worthy. And this is how they're going to determine that as they go they're going to find out who is worthy of them bringing this message of hope this message of the Gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. And those that say, I believe I believe the Messiah that will be worthy. Now as they go another word that that stood out to me is that they were to remain until they were reading that is set up to inquire who is worthy and their abide Till he goes in there until you leave.
How long am I going to stay here until I believe that's the best answer I can stay there because it's remain apply. This is their base of operations. This is where they're going to do the work of the ministry, They're going to have a place to pill the head and it's going to be the same place the whole time. They're they're they're going to go there going to find this house is for the numbers 1212 there their heart for these meant better an extension of Jesus Christ. And so who's willing to put them out who's worthy of their presents are they go out day-by-day the precincts that he knows they raised jefes.
But they have a single base of operations that keep coming back to close every day. They come out fellas. Stay there remain there until you leave again a little bit of a I think our churches are hurt today by the transient nature of our culture. How many churches how many how many Church families have I know and have you known perhaps that will it seems like to get a new cash or every six months every two years and have a hard time staying in areas. When I came here I came with the intent to stay until I leave. This was this was a mentality. However long that takes if it's stupid or what.
Practically speaking. If we were to have missionary and evangelist come through. I didn't say Vernon McGee made this point in his commissary. Now, that's a good way to look at it such a burden on people who are already involved in the church family in one week stay at your house tomorrow or tonight and you're strangling your way for us to be hospitable in our culture and our society to say to the hotel room. Basket of goodies make yourself at home. If you need Transportation, whatever you need while you're here who want to eat your burger. And so that's going to help you understand.
I know that that's not going to be pleased that you don't know about your home. But can you just post them for the night? So you have posted the foreign exchange students, you know about hosting people from other nationalities think about that as these men, one of their own culture and Hospitality was a crucial. I cannot stress you how important hospitality is in the orient in the in the Arab culture even today they they still I mean they will give you the shirt off their back because of the hospitality that they have I encountered. When do you mind if encountered a little bit of it to the most hospitable people you'll ever find until they find out
Free folks in Hospitality go all the way back to Abraham. Can I tell you the New Testament says about Hospitality one of the areas of our Ministries today? Not just in our person churches in general that could be sharpened is his area of hospitality true genuine hospitality and it's sad that businesses Hospitality can do better than weekend or a hospital that you will definitely write a letter to somebody and let somebody know or you will never do that place again, because you're paying for goods and services paper goods and services consumer mindset.
baseball to remain Where We Are enter be faithful to the place that God called these men were to do just that is better than the right that now is for the line for this to come. Let me say that again is better than funds funds.
a man that finds the money for the ministry I can't do that anyway, and I can't do a disservice to deal is what guys mean and I believe God is going to provide and that faith is better than fun. It's better than your money for the light up all the treasure in heaven knows that followed. Jesus had everything they needed and then some even ask that question. What about here right now? Can you trust God to provide for you? So from face inquiries, I'm going to move quickly through this but this is powerful. We see secondly reverse 15 face invitation to remain in the Bible. Offer and invitation to the lost sheep of the House of Israel one more time God reaching out to invitation. They're going to be preaching this message that message to find a reception or it will find rejection and when it is received is rejected, what determines the fate of the year. They're going out for Jesus and their preaching the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand repent. They're telling Israel turn around. You've been going the wrong way and Believe on him repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Some are going to receive that and believe and they're going to get stayed and they're going to believe that Jesus is the one that sent by God to be the Messiah others. Are going to reject that message.
There are plenty of people right here in Broomfield that really could care less and actually would be happy if I church was gone.
There were people who couldn't care less.
It's confrontational. The truth is across is and there is a sense of of a of a fence in the cross. God forbid that I should never offend anyone with my man by Nature.
Can I be faithful to deliver his message? 12 and the first part of December 13th shows that he would receive and they would find a way through the king's word in the king's word. Go to receiver delivered in the king's word. He says and when you coming to his house salute is it? We saluted a trailmanor learning how to do that properly to the flag. When I was over three times. I would meet someone I would say come on.
In the Greek language, it will be the word equivalent of the Hebrew Shalom prayer for that person's well-being. And so when they come into a house there to say I'm wishing you well being I'm saluting your house dinner menu are represented by Jesus Christ himself, and they're coming with all the authority of Heaven Behind The Sinner coming to this house and they're wishing God's will be on this residents on this home on this town on business people not the obvious, but the people that live there that's the house. It's the people at the house and they come and they saluted they wish that place well, This is part of their in court in the salutation. Are they received or are they rejected 12 when you come into an house salute it in at the house bunny ears your word again for the if it were you are your presents there if they're receptive of it is the idea if they're open to you, I'm with the gospel of the Kingdom.
But if it be not work, if they don't receive your salutation if they shun you and the door. Is that going to happen move on and don't be broken over that don't stand here in town there doornail. Don't pull Dothan over with the news of the Kingdom.
Whosoever shall not receive you.
What are seeing if we welcome America shut the door those that block that message ghost that reject his messenger here because I think it's rapes the Lord part in those who reject. They find their June in their unbelief. They are doomed to space the king's Wrath. So do you see the contract those who receive they can deliver a baby in the king if we don't believe?
What's a sad place to eat? What do you have to do to go to help? Absolutely, nothing just keep spinning and you're going to find your way there. Just fine with good intentions. They have a zoom over there and they are going to face the king rat as we continue reading shall not receive you nor hear your words. There's two aspects to that rejection. They're not receiving his Messengers. They're ignoring their rejecting their were so they were checking their person and their net two aspects of that. He said turn when did the part out of that house or City question? Where are they? Jesus syndrome Ouachita Valley houses So they're not in genital areas. They're not in Pagan land. They're in their Hometown there in an area of people that shoot in Oakland to the Bible and what Jesus the same here.
He said when you leave don't even let the Ducks of that place. Dust off your feet.
What in the world is that me? Why what's what's the picture behind Jackson of their savior? Sending them with this message of the Kingdom. They need to believe in sending them is that they're no better than an unbeliever.
And he does the idea of the shaking off of the judge is an idea of separation. separate
decorated from blob I am busy. Separated from God in their sin. It helps us understand later when she had not come. You will never come to where I'm going because you were going to die in your sins.
John 8
This is tragic moment. When his disciples have to leave somewhere and separate themselves from that people. It's like I'm being written off. I don't think I would ever do that to somebody I didn't write them off because they rejected his out for him his invitation to take the survey that refused to change their mind and they remain locked in their own believe in God Mesa separated.
This is the message that we need to understand. The rejection of the disciple one ride put it this way is more than appropriate what was inside them and the Lord and two angels went to meet with Abraham and then said are we going to hide from Abraham what we're about to do the plan for him and basically have that they didn't have a chance, you know, we didn't investigate the 30% down and rest on the hillside there and the two angels go down. And who is hospitable to them?
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Are they go in you read the account that unfolded here to people that are coming into town and they're about to get egregiously for this writer.
Don't tell me that's not the bent of the west of the heart of the wickedness that arrived inside someone who's given to this kind of laptop. nerve pain after their own lusts and they rejected the truth of God. I don't want to be in trying to I'm just I'm just playing that out there. I'm not saying I don't love him as a person but I cannot condone egregious acts of unkindness like this towards other people. Neither. Can God
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My heart breaks today for our country and so many ways because there's so many areas that we have seen such a drastic change. It used to be you can go into town and the City Council in the Ford and the things that were there.
Is it going to be a place that's considered worthy of them being there? Now again, we can limit the scope to what is happening here. But I pray not for that the rejection of the disciples or do we reject them responding to the love of God Is So crucial So crucial, what is the Holy One judge of all summons people to trust in him. He summons people to do his will he's the key and he shows Mercy to Sinners. Thank God for his Mercy. It will seek him. He came to seek and save that which was lost. I need rewards those that seek Him the love of God cannot be understood apart from the Holiness in the Judgment of God. Thank you for this Rider trees that failed. The bear good fruit will be cast Into the Fire. Those who do not have faith will be cashed out on the outer darkness is weeping and gnashing of teeth strippers. Weeping and gnashing of teeth that's going to be the lot of those that are found without a wedding garment and there's a great piece of corn that parable. And the truth of the matter is hooked up with Jack God's message of Hope and salvation await their June in the Lake of Fire in the place called hell you been with care for the poor in do not repent. Because of their failure they're going to suffer forever Luke chapter 16 children's story that revolves around that idea, but they need is a hand upon which it all turns God's mercy. I'll call you within you been kind to listen to me this long. I wanted to see him keep our heads screwed on straight. What is the opportunity that is being presented to the Ouachita the house of Israel. Can you understand that part of it? They are getting an invitation to receive the Gospel of the Kingdom the good news story. I'm going to share with you here reminds us that opportunities. fleeting people in Palestine opportunity comes here in this passage. And sometimes it doesn't come back after it's gone. There was coming out to pee but it's like it did not take it the opportunity. Might as well never returned as if I'm not back the spoken word the spin arrow and the WASP females on there.
This happens in every spiritual in his autobiography. I'm not going to pronounce this name correctly. cheer roster of 00 in the painter Painter Augustus John tells of an incident in ABS and iconic comment like on a compass. He was in Barcelona time to leave for Marseille I spent and was walking to the station when I encountered has engaged in.
And Donna are on our route Beauty and elegance that I almost missed my train. Even when I reach Marseilles and met my friend that's Vision still haunted me and I positively had to return but I did not find these issues again one never. Darkness is always looking for glimpses of beauty to transfer to Canvas. But he knew well that I can do not come to Judy when she found it. All the chances were that you would never catch that Glimpse again. The tragedy of life is so often the tragedy of lost opportunity. I know Jesus was fully closes his word convert 14 and 15. He says whoever shall not receiving or hear your words when you part of that house and let these shake off the dust of your feet and unclean it's unworthy. That's it. They rejected the gospel the dunes away September 15th is barely truly truly. I say to you shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment that forbade c a day of lost opportunities for those that what time is still available for all us who can reach out never know when that opportunity will come this week. Let me encourage you me Redeeming the time and Trust John who can provide for you as you go and share his word will not have a laugh.