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*Resting on your Laurels*
*Luke 9:10-17*
 
v    I love idioms
Ø     Used to teach them in Japan
§        Love their derivations
·        Many come from the Bible:
¨     Raising Cain
¨     Handwriting on the wall
¨     Go the extra mile
¨     Eat, Drink and be Merry
 
·        Others from elsewhere:
¨     Your name is mud
Ø     Means 'you are not popular'.
§        While escaping after shooting President Lincoln, broke his leg.
The doctor that gave John Wilkes Booth medical attention was Dr. Samuel Mudd.
At the time, Mudd had no idea that Booth had committed the murder.
Dr. Mudd was unfairly convicted of being a conspirator to Booth.
¨     The whole nine yards
Ø     WW2 planes had 9 yards of bullets in their wings
¨     Cock and Bull story
Ø     It comes from a long time ago when the two most popular pubs in a village were The Cock and The Bull.
If a story started in The Cock, by the time it got to The Bull it had been either twisted or exaggerated.
¨     Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Ø     When given something don't be ungrateful.
§        By counting the teeth you can tell the age of a horse.
Checking whether a present of a horse was old would be considered impolite.
Ø      “Resting on your laurels”
§        To rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance
·        Comes from ancient Greece
¨     Etc.
here
 
v    I’m sure that the disciples were perfectly content to do
Ø     They have just returned from their mission to Israel
§        And they have had great success!
v    V.
10 ~~ /When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done/
Ø     *Q: What did they do?*
§        According to *Mk 6:12-13*, 3 things…
·        /They went out and preached that people should repent.
They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them/
Ø     Successful ministry!
§        And look at how success is defined…
·        1) Telling people they should repent
¨     Notice that the text does not say and people did
Ø     Success in ministry requires just telling people the Gospel
·        2) Casting out demons in Jesus’ name
¨     Pushing back the kingdom of darkness
Ø     Where light is present, darkness must recede
·        3) Touching and anointing people with oil and healing them
¨     Reversing the effects of sin
Ø     Disease, decay and death
 
v    Then Jesus shows them and us in the feeding of the 5,000 not to rest on their laurels…
Ø     There is more to ministry than what they have just experienced
§        They need to keep going, keep ministering
 
v    What Jesus is teaching them and us is that ministry is not a sprint, but a marathon
Ø     Ministry is never ending, so we must train ourselves for the long haul
§        Train ourselves not to rest on our laurels
 
So Jesus continues to train his disciples in the…
*Ministry of the Word *
v    *READ v. 10b*
Ø     First of all, he trains us that
§         We must be in the word
·        *Q: Who here has been on a spiritual retreat?*
¨     We recognize the need for it
Ø     For a time of focus on the word
Ø     For a time to “re-energize”
Ø     A time away from the “giving” nature of the Gospel and just receive from God
§        Jesus recognized that the disciples needed some time just with him
·        And we need the same
·        And the Scriptures admonish us to do the same
¨     *Josh 1:8*
Ø     /Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night/
Ø     *Q: Who here drinks tea?
What makes the difference between a strong cup of tea and a weak one?*
Strong cup results in the tea leaves being immersed in the water longer, allowing the water more time to get into the tea and the tea more time to get into the water.
The longer the steeping process, the stronger the cup of tea.
In the same way, the length of time you spend in the God’s Word determines how deeply we get into it and how deeply it gets into you.
Just like tea, the longer we are in the Word, the stronger we become.
Ø     Jesus recognized that his disciples needed some time to “steep” in him, the living Word
§        He took them away to Bethsaida
Ø     We must recognize our need to steep in God’s Word as well
 
Second of all, regarding the ministry of the Word, he trains us that…
Ø     We must also share the word
§        *READ v. 11*
·        We cannot simply get fat on the word
¨     We must exercise that knowledge off by sharing the word
 
Hudson Taylor told of a Chinese pastor who always instructed new converts to witness as soon as possible.
Once, upon meeting a young convert, the pastor inquired, "Brother, how long have you been saved?"
The man answered that he had been saved for about three months.
"And how many have you led to the Savior?"
"Oh, I'm only a learner," the convert responded.
Shaking his head in disapproval, the pastor said, "Young man, the Lord doesn't expect you to be a full-fledged preacher, but he does expect you to be a faithful witness.
Tell me, when does a candle begin to shine, when it's already half burned up?"
"No, as soon as it's lit," came the reply.
"That's right, so let your light shine right away.
Ø     And that is what he expects from you and me
§        We may not have all the answers
·        We may be learning what the Gospel is all about
¨     But start shining for Christ
 
Verse 11 also shows us another aspect of ministry that Jesus means to train us in…
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