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*Luke 9:1-11*
v Our faith revolves around Jesus Christ
Ø Without Christ, there is nothing
§ Christianity does not exist without Jesus Christ
v Take Buddha out of Buddhism and you still have Buddhism
v Take Muhammad out of Islam and you still have Islam
v Take Ellen White out of Seventh Day Adventism, and you still have SDA
v Take Joseph Smith out of Mormonism and you still have Mormonism
v Take Charles Russell out of Jehovah’s Witnesses and you still have Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ø None of these religions are dependant on the men that began them
v But take Jesus Christ out of Christianity, and you have nothing
Ø This passage shows us just how central Jesus is
*READ Luke 9:1-11*
v *Jesus is the Sender of the Mission*
v Look @ V. 2
Ø Here Jesus sends his 12 disciples to the lost sheep of Israel (Matt 10:5)
§ This is the precursor to the great commission
· Where Jesus sends you and I into the world
v Notice:
Ø Sends them out with minimal planning
§ Yes there was preparation…
· But there are no detailed plans…
¨ He sends them out
§ Jesus seems to be saying…
· There is a sense of urgency that precludes planning
MacArthur once asked his chief engineer how soon he could get a bridge across a certain river.
/“/About three days," was the reply.
The engineer was told to go ahead and draw the plans.
Three days later MacArthur asked for those plans.
The engineer seemed surprised.
"Oh, the bridge is ready.
You can cross it now.
If you want plans, you'll have to wait a little longer.
We haven't finished those yet."
Ø Sometimes we devote so much time to planning that the job doesn't get done.
§ We say…
· I need evangelism training
¨ Evangelism Explosion
Ø Taught the opening question :
§ “If you were to die today, are you certain as to where you will go”
§ We say…
· I need a church outreach program
¨ ALPHA
Ø Non-threatening environment
Ø Meal
Ø Video
§ We say…
· I need motivation
¨ Congress, EQUIP conference
Ø Get pumped up to share Christ
§ We say…
· I need more knowledge
¨ Sunday School, Bible Study, preaching, seminars
Ø We become “fat” on the word
Ø That works just like body fat
§ If not using all the spiritual calories you are taking in, you slowly become slower and more lazy
v But many times we never quite get around to fulfilling why we are sent, do we?
Ø Telling people about the Kingdom of God (v.2)
§ We just keep planning!
Ø There is a Saying…
§ “Life is what happens while you are planning the next thing”
· Jesus is giving us a sense of urgency about being about our fathers business
¨ He emphasizes this to his disciples in *Jn 4:35*
Ø /Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’?
I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!
They are ripe for harvest/
Ø In fact…
§ It is so urgent that the disciples get out there that they are not to take anything for their journey (v.3)
v But this shows another aspect of the sending…
Ø He sends them out with nothing but the clothes on their backs
§ Look at v. 3-4
· No staff, bag, bread, money or tunic
§ No support whatsoever
· So that they would have to depend solely on Jesus
· So that they would have to have faith in Christ to provide
In 1865 at the age of thirty-three Hudson Taylor came to the great crisis of his life.
He had known for years that the Lord was calling him to China to be a missionary, yet he could not raised the monetary support needed for life abroad.
One day while in Brighton beach on the south coast of England, on a quiet Sunday morning he took a step of faith in response to a simple spiritual principle he had just discovered.
He was surprised that this truth had so long eluded him.
“If we are obeying the Lord, the responsibility rests with Him, not with us!” Months of struggle were over, and the way ahead was clear.
To obey the Scriptures and trust God to be faithful to his pledged Word was not rash.
Being obedient to Gods call, Hudson Taylor formed the China Inland Mission Faith Mission, the first mission organization based totally on voluntary faith pledges.
v If we obey the Lord, the responsibility rests with Him, not with us!
Ø The Lord told the disciples not to take anything with them
Ø To go about preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God
§ Trust the Lord
· And look what happened
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Ø *Mk 6:12-13*
§ They went out and preached that people should repent.
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them
v If we obey the Lord, the responsibility rests with Him, not with us!
Ø We have been sent out as well
§ We have to learn what the disciples did…
· To trust Jesus at his word
· That the responsibility to fulfill the great commission rests with Christ
¨ We need but obey and share with those we know
Ø Don’t worry about…
§ How much you know or What to say
· Jesus told his disciples in* Matt 10:19-20*
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