Look at Luke chapter 10 again if you would. I hope you kept something there.
Luke chapter 10, verse 1, after these things the Lord appointed unto the
other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and
place whether he himself would come. And isn't that a beautiful picture of what
we do? God sends us out and we go out and we preach the gospel to these people and
then he himself comes and through the power of the Holy Spirit, through the
power of the preaching of God's Word, he comes and indwells them. Just as Jesus
came behind his disciples he comes behind us today and resides in the
hearts of those that believe the gospel that we preach. That's the importance and
the seriousness of Solemnity. We're literally preparing the way for Christ
to come to these people and abide in them. It says in 2nd Corinthians
chapter 5, to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the
world unto himself not imputing our trespasses unto them and have committed
unto us the word of reconciliation. God has committed unto us, me and you, the
people in this church, the word of reconciliation. It's our job to go out and
reconcile Tucson, Arizona to God. That's what has been committed unto us. That's a
big task. It's a serious task. Solemnity isn't just a hobby. It isn't just
something that we do to feel good about ourselves. It's something that God has
committed unto us. It's an important task. It's serious. It goes on and said now that
we are ambassadors for Christ. I mean think about an ambassador to the UN,
somebody that we would send him there. You think that's a, you know, you just pick up any
old guy off the street and just say you're gonna be the ambassador. I mean you
have to have some serious, you know, letters behind your name probably. You
probably have to have some serious education, be a real professional, know how
to handle yourself. You have a very important job representing the most
powerful nation on earth. You know we're going out and we are representing the
most powerful kingdom in the world and the universe. We're representing the King
of Kings. We're his ambassador. So that's how important it is that we're doing
what we're doing. We are ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by
us. You know when you're out there and you're opening up the Bible and you're
going through your presentation, it's not just you just, you know, going through some
motions. At least it shouldn't be. What that is is God beseeching that person at
the door by you. God is using you to beg that person, to beseech that person, to be
saved. And that ought to be in our heart when we go to that door, not just
let's get it over with, let's get our hour in so I can get back to what I'm
doing. Understand when you're going out soul winning, God is beseeching the loss
through you in the preaching of his word. It goes on and says we pray you in Christ's
stead be reconciled to God. Jesus Christ isn't going to come down here and preach
the gospel of the world. We're going to do it in his stead. We pray you in Christ's
stead. You know he's already done all the hard work. He's the one that came down
here, lived a perfect and sinless life, was tempted in all points like as we are
yet without sin. He is the one that went, he was tortured and crucified and rose
again. He's already done all that work and what's he asked us to do? Just go tell
them about it. Just go tell them what I have done and we and we get all timid
because someone's going to, some atheist is going to get mad at us. So scary. I'm
more afraid of God disapproving me when I stand before him. Why did you go and
reconcile? Why did you go in my stead and beseech them as I pointed you to do? I'm
more afraid of that than what some some God-hater is going to say to me at the
door. Get out of here. See ya. I love when they get mad right away below their top
and tell me to leave because I don't want to waste my time because I tell you
what, there's somebody out there, there's somebody out there today that if
someone would just bring them the gospel and preach it to them effectively and
efficiently and thoroughly, they would believe. God would beseech them through
us if we would just go. You see, we are gone before him today. We are gone before
the Savior today. We are gone before Christ. We've been appointed. We've been
sent. We are gone before him and we are trying to bring them, him to them and
have them meet here through his word. But I'm telling you something, the seriousness
of sowing is that one day they will come before him. One day they will stand
before him. He would turn over to Revelation chapter 20.
The Bible says in Hebrews chapter 9, it is appointed unto men once to die and after
this to judgment. It is appointed unto men once to die and after this to judgment. If
they don't meet Christ here through us, they will meet him one day in judgment.
Revelation chapter 20, the Bible says the devil, verse 10, and the devil that
deceived them was cast in the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and
false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night forever and I saw a great
white throne and him that sat on it from whose face the earth and heaven fled
away and there was found no place for them and I saw the dead small and great
stand before God and the books were open and another book was open which is
the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books according to their works and the sea gave up the dead which
were in it and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they
were judged every man according to their works and death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire. This is the second death and whosoever was not found
written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. My friend, the
gospel, the preaching of it is important because one day they will all stand
before God. Let's bring, let's have them meet now. Let's go and introduce them to
the Savior today so they don't have to meet them then. Let's go ahead and pray.