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Today is the last week of this series, “Hooked”.
My prayer is that each week you have more of a desire to reach the lost than ever before.
Our time on this earth is short and we need to do what we can to be disciple makers.
God is wanting to use each of you to go into the world and that is what our text is about today.
1 Timothy 2:4 tells us that God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
The only way that will happen is if you are obedient to God’s Word and you go and tell everyone you know the truth that God loves them and wants them to surrender their life over to Him.
Last week, we looked at God’s calling of Peter, Andrew, James and John.
They were on the shores with their fishing crews and Jesus comes along and tells them that He was going to make them fishers of men.
I’m not going to go into much details about everything that happened next.
If you want to read that story, then take some time and read the 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
There is lots of good stuff there for you to read and study.
It will give you a more detailed look at Jesus and the disciples relationship.
Three of those Gospels were written from a disciples point of view and it would be well worth your time to read those books.
If you are reading through the Bible with us, those books are coming up soon.
But I want to look at the final words that Jesus spoke to the disciples before He ascended into Heaven.
Go with me to Matthew 28 and Acts 1, hold those 2 spots and go first to John 16.
As Jesus was preparing to leave this earth, He is giving His disciples some instructions.
He is also spending some time encouraging them.
If any of you are like me, you don’t like it when you have to leave friends and family.
Like when you go on vacation and you go to see a friend or family member on that vacation or when a friend or family member come to see you on their vacation.
You hate to see them go or you hate to say goodbye.
You look forward to the next time that you get to see them.
Jesus is preparing His disciples here for His departure.
Look at verse 7.
The word Advocate here is used for The Holy Spirit.
If you look up the word advocate you will find this definition.
advocate - a person who acts as a spokesperson or representative of someone else’s policy, purpose, or cause; especially before a judge in a court of law.
The Holy Spirit has come to continue on what Jesus Christ started many years ago.
He is Christ’s representative living amongst us now.
Walking with us each step of the way.
Jesus was telling His disciples that it was very important that He go away so the advocate could come.
It is important that we have the Holy Spirit with us.
Now, go with me to the last chapter of the book of Matthew chapter 28.
Let’s begin reading at verse 18.
Look first at what Jesus says in verse 18.
He lets His disciples know that He has been given all the authority in heaven and on earth.
The Greek word for authority is exousia (ex-oo-see’-ah).
It can refer to a state of control over something.
It can also indicate a potential to command, control, or govern.
Further, it can point to a right to control or command.
The word can also refer to a sphere in which power is exercised or to a means of exercising power.
So, Jesus had been given full power to tell them what He was about to tell them.
He wanted them to do three things when He left.
He wanted them to
Go and Make Disciples
Baptize them
Teach Them to Obey
Now, go to Acts 1:8 and see what He tells them.
The Greek word for power is dynamis (doo’-nam-is).
This is the same word that we get our English word dynamite.
It is that kind of power.
Jesus gave them the authority to go and the Holy Spirit is going to provide them with the power to go.
Jesus has given us the authority to go just like His disciples and that same power that lived in the disciples is living in us today.
And where did that power take them?
1. Jerusalem
Jerusalem was their home.
That would’ve included their neighbors, their local bakery, butcher shop, their banker, you get the picture.
Jesus was getting personal with them.
These would be the people that they would come in contact with on a daily basis.
The people they associated with on a regular basis.
But it didn’t stop there.
Next He told them Judea and Samaria.
2. Judea and Samaria
Judea was the region surrounding Jerusalem, it might have even included Galilee.
Samaria was Judea’s hostile next-door neighbor, a more difficult but equally important place to take the gospel.
These places were a days journey, maybe more or less, away from Jerusalem.
It might be like us traveling to Little Rock or Tulsa.
Maybe even up to Fayetteville.
3. The Ends of the Earth
This probably referred to Rome or the Roman Empire, the world power at that time.
So, it would represent the rest of the world.
And you can see that they did it.
If you look at the book of Acts and you look at each of the chapters you can see them spreading the Gospel message in this order.
Acts chapters 1-7 they are making disciples in Jerusalem.
In Acts chapters 8-12 they are making disciples in Judea and Samaria.
And then in Acts Chapter 13-28 they are going to the rest of the world.
They were fulfilling the calling that Jesus had placed on them.
And the Holy Spirit was giving them the power to go and do what Jesus had given them the authority to do.
Maybe you are asking, Pastor, I can probably reach my neighborhood and my family and even people that I run into in town, but how am I going to reach the other parts, like Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the earth.
My answer to you is missions.
That is why it is so important that we give to missions.
We may not be able to physically go but I can give so that someone else can go.
Sure, there may be opportunities to go on a short term missions trip, but if not I can give money so that God’s Word goes to the ends of the earth.
Everyone of us are very different in our passions and the causes that move us to action.
Our differences are wonderful and God given, but it’s also important to remember we have the same goal.
We are all to participate in the spreading of the gospel net.
Have you ever thought that life would be so much easier if everyone were just like you?
Or maybe you’ve had the opposite revelation: life would be so bland and flavorless if everyone were exactly the same.
Whatever you think, diversity is a reality.
And not just a small thing, but a God-ordained and designed fact of life.
A fact designed to be a blessing, not a curse.
You look differently than others, think differently, feel differently, respond differently, you are immersed in diversity every day of your lives.
And it’s all for the glory of God.
Look at what Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:4-7
The Lord is working in and through our diversity.
And all of it is for the common good.
Of course this “good” includes things like loving others, forgiveness, reconciliation, justice, and service.
But the primary goal of all believers is to spread the kingdom net and share the gospel invitation with others.
Part of our diversity is our unique gifting and ability to be a part of God’s plan.
Look at what Paul says in Romans.
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