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The Problem
Culture has shifted.
People are much more comfortable in the world than in community with God’s people.
Gathering/interaction has shifted.
No longer do people have to come to the house of the Lord to fellowship.
Acceptance of God’s Word has shifted.
New ideas, popular people with wise sayings are the new rage.
The church has not moved to address modern issues.
It seems irrelevant, and out of date, an artifact from the past.
The church leaders instead turned inward, focusing on the funds coming in instead of meeting the needs of the people around them.
This is not a description of the modern church (even though it sounds like it), rather it is a description of the religious system in Jesus’ time.
And it was also the problem in Isaiah’s time!
Isaiah 49:6
It is too small a thing to sit back and watch a church die.
It is too small a thing to simply tend the flock we have.
It is too small a thing to bury that talent to give it back someday.
It is too small a thing, so God is going to do a new thing!
Isaiah 43:16-22
This was the problem in Isaiah’s time…God was doing something new and the Israelites couldn’t be bothered by it.
Ezekiel also commented about this!
Ezekiel 34:2-12
God is saying, “If you aren’t going to look after the needy and the lost, I’m going to take you out and do it myself!
I WILL BE THE GOOD SHEPHERD!”
The Solution
We’re now in the time of Jesus and things have not changed much.
The Pharisees are abusing the flock spiritually, the Sadducees are abusing the flock morally and financially.
So look at Matthew’s description of the situation and Jesus’ response.
Matthew has just shown us Jesus being the good shepherd.
There are 9 miracles in the chapters leading up, Jesus healing and protecting, and raising the dead.
HE IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD!
Jesus assesses this situation and sees that all these lost and hurting people are longing for something, and it’s something that only the Kingdom of Heaven can give!
These people are ready to encounter God, to be a plentiful harvest!
But the SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL are doing nothing about it!
So Jesus commands his disciples to as God to send workers to go harvest.
THAT’S NORMALLY WHERE WE STOP!
But Matthew doesn’t end the story there.
Next VERSE!
Matthew 10:1
Matthew 10:5-8
Did you catch that?
Jesus says pray that God sends workers, and then he sends the 12!
The 12 are the answer to their own prayer!
Most of the time we act like the Shepherds of Israel: "Here I am Lord, send someone else!"
But God isn't calling someone else, he's calling us.
How will we respond?
How are we doing?
Can we honestly say we have an “inside out” approach at East Side where we use the “inside” as a launching point to “go out” into the world and harvest?
Are we using this time together to empower our own missionary efforts in Snyder?
Are we Outward focused, or Inward focused?
Our Savior calls us into a messy world to bring order to it through sharing his story.
How are we going to answer his call?
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