Gospel Begins With Go

Matthew 9:35-38

Labor day is an official public holiday

Celebrated the first Monday in September

Honors the American Labor Movement

Workers who contributed to: Strength, Prosperity, Laws, Well-being of this country

A day when laborer do not labor

Strange its called Labor day

But as Christians:

We are called to be involved in the work of God’s glory and His Kingdom

We must never cease to labor for God

He never stop’s working for us

Why should we rest from working for Him

When we lay down, or rest, it robs God of His glory

There are so many in the world that are lost

It says in these verses that Jesus went through all the towns and villages preaching the good news

We should also have that desire to lead the lost to our Lord

Jesus saw the harvest of spiritually lost people facing an eternity in hell

The lost matters to God

If we are to be Christ-like then the lost should matter to us

We need to have the same compassion Jesus had

The people Jesus saw had been defeated by life

Had been harassed

They were helpless

Like sheep without a Shepherd

They were at their lowest because of the toils and struggles of this world

They had no hope

This is the same as the world today have no Eternal hope

People will let this world lead them into all kinds of directions

These are illusions

Fads

False prophets

Misguided religions

These people need to be reached if they are to have any hope of eternal life in heaven

There are so few of us to do that work

John 4:35

As Jesus was called to finish the work of the Father

So are we called to finish His work

It says, “Look to the fields, for they are white already to harvest”

When you have a crop that is ready to harvest, if you wait too long the crop will begin to die…Begin to Rot

He is telling us here that there is truly no time to waste lest it be too late to reach this lost and dying world

We don’t have time to sit around celebrating

Our celebration will be in Paradise

Jesus saves, but we are called to bring in the harvest

We can’t harvest if we don’t go into the harvest or field

What can we do?

1. We can take responsibility of our field

Look at all the people we run into each day we could be witnessing to

2. We can go

Gospel Begins With Go

Go into the harvest

Witness to them

If we don’t go, who will?

3. We can pray

Pray for the harvest

For the salvation of the lost

4. We can share our testimony

One person at a time

Even though the harvest is vast

It only takes one at a time

I ask, “can we do more when it comes to bringing in the harvest of souls?”

Or, do we consider our work for Him like that of a Labor day celebration?

Taking a break, a rest, from the labor

Are we too distracted with things of this world?

Matthew 5:16 “This is our Commission”