Empowered for the Urgent Mission of the Kingdom
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"Summoning his 12 disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out to heal every disease and sickness." [00:48:54] (10 seconds)
"As you go, proclaim the kingdom of heaven has come near. Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse those with leprosy. Drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give." [00:49:42] (15 seconds)
"The lost are out there. They're harassed and helpless. They're like sheep without a shepherd. And Jesus is sending us to fulfill his mission, his message. Friends, we don't have to wait for a better moment in life or things to get in our lives all together. We don't have to wait for a cape or something else to help us feel like we can accomplish this. We have the authority, power, and blessing of King Jesus." [00:54:16] (32 seconds)
"When Jesus went recruiting, he did not go to the top of the draft. He did not get the best and the brightest among them, so to speak. He did not go to the upper class, the over-educated. He went to those who God would say and people would say, only by the grace of God and his power would they do the work that they did." [00:58:51] (25 seconds)
"This is a powerful message of the kingdom. And with this, that authority, we are set with both the power of God, a powerful message to save, and knowing that God has chosen us with his authority to go. Friends, imagine on the scene of an accident that an EMT arrives at the scene and a doctor, a highly vetted doctor comes and says, This person we know has this problem." [01:00:44] (35 seconds)
"Would that EMT stop and survey the crowd to see if he should go along with it? No. He would administer the medicine because the authority given to him by this doctor to know that it would work. Friends, in the same way that Jesus did with his disciples, he gave them the authority, the message of his life to deliver it, knowing that proclaiming the gospel, people will be saved." [01:01:26] (31 seconds)
"We have the power of the gospel that impacts lives for their good. As Jesus commissioned the apostles, what do we see here? In verse 8, he says, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you receive, freely give. Don't acquire gold, silver, copper in your money belts." [01:04:43] (21 seconds)
"Jesus says that those who follow will be able to do even more amazing things. What more amazing things that you could sit down in a coffee shop and share the gospel and someone who is sitting across from you can become who was your enemy and going down a road of sin and destruction miraculously comes your brother and sister in Christ." [01:10:01] (25 seconds)
"Jesus says, go and raise the dead. While we might not see somebody come up out of the casket, we will someone walk from dead to life, to eternal life. Go to those who are outside the kingdom or despised. Go to the lepers, he said. Go to those who are dirty, those who are demon-possessed. God is saying, go to those who need the gospel and when you go, the power of the gospel goes with you." [01:10:24] (29 seconds)
"Jesus says here at the end in this hospitable culture that the disciples would go to the towns and in the towns, people would welcome them and some of them are going to welcome them and say peace. You say, give peace to them. If they welcomed you in peace, you'd be peace to them. But he said, if they don't reject them, shake off the dust or the sand from your sandals or dust from your sandals because judgment will be worse for them than even Sodom and Gomorrah." [01:13:42] (29 seconds)
"Jesus tells us in Matthew chapter 13, therefore, just as the weeds are gathered, he'd use this in a parable, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will gather from his kingdom all who call sin and those guilty of lawlessness. They will throw them in the blazing furnace where they will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." [01:16:12] (27 seconds)
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"As you go, proclaim the kingdom of heaven has come near. Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse those with leprosy. Drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give." [00:49:42] (15 seconds)
"The lost are out there. They're harassed and helpless. They're like sheep without a shepherd. And Jesus is sending us to fulfill his mission, his message. Friends, we don't have to wait for a better moment in life or things to get in our lives all together. We don't have to wait for a cape or something else to help us feel like we can accomplish this. We have the authority, power, and blessing of King Jesus." [00:54:16] (32 seconds)
"When Jesus went recruiting, he did not go to the top of the draft. He did not get the best and the brightest among them, so to speak. He did not go to the upper class, the over-educated. He went to those who God would say and people would say, only by the grace of God and his power would they do the work that they did." [00:58:51] (25 seconds)
"This is a powerful message of the kingdom. And with this, that authority, we are set with both the power of God, a powerful message to save, and knowing that God has chosen us with his authority to go. Friends, imagine on the scene of an accident that an EMT arrives at the scene and a doctor, a highly vetted doctor comes and says, This person we know has this problem." [01:00:44] (35 seconds)
"Would that EMT stop and survey the crowd to see if he should go along with it? No. He would administer the medicine because the authority given to him by this doctor to know that it would work. Friends, in the same way that Jesus did with his disciples, he gave them the authority, the message of his life to deliver it, knowing that proclaiming the gospel, people will be saved." [01:01:26] (31 seconds)
"We have the power of the gospel that impacts lives for their good. As Jesus commissioned the apostles, what do we see here? In verse 8, he says, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you receive, freely give. Don't acquire gold, silver, copper in your money belts." [01:04:43] (21 seconds)
"Jesus says that those who follow will be able to do even more amazing things. What more amazing things that you could sit down in a coffee shop and share the gospel and someone who is sitting across from you can become who was your enemy and going down a road of sin and destruction miraculously comes your brother and sister in Christ." [01:10:01] (25 seconds)
"Jesus says, go and raise the dead. While we might not see somebody come up out of the casket, we will someone walk from dead to life, to eternal life. Go to those who are outside the kingdom or despised. Go to the lepers, he said. Go to those who are dirty, those who are demon-possessed. God is saying, go to those who need the gospel and when you go, the power of the gospel goes with you." [01:10:24] (29 seconds)
"Jesus says here at the end in this hospitable culture that the disciples would go to the towns and in the towns, people would welcome them and some of them are going to welcome them and say peace. You say, give peace to them. If they welcomed you in peace, you'd be peace to them. But he said, if they don't reject them, shake off the dust or the sand from your sandals or dust from your sandals because judgment will be worse for them than even Sodom and Gomorrah." [01:13:42] (29 seconds)
"Jesus tells us in Matthew chapter 13, therefore, just as the weeds are gathered, he'd use this in a parable, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will gather from his kingdom all who call sin and those guilty of lawlessness. They will throw them in the blazing furnace where they will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." [01:16:12] (27 seconds)
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