O there's a cross for everyone, and there's a cross for me.
O God, send him in, cross of heaven, till heaven shall set me free.
Then, then, O Lord, I ground to Thee, O heaven, the ground for me.
The Father, the Prince, all taken down, and Jesus pierced in Thee.
Joyful of the past, my golden crown, thank Him, He made me near.
O precious cross, O glorious crown, O rest, O mentioned King,
the angels from the stars from now, and bear my soul away.
We are at the center of doing the announcements, we will be following, we will be singing the song number 18.
For our announcements, we have a bulletin, go ahead and raise your hand if you have any questions.
At the top, we have our service line, it's Sunday at 10.30, and our evening service is Sunday at 5.30.
And Thursday, 7 p.m. tonight, we have Brother Ray and Cooper coming up this afternoon.
Thanks for coming brother, make sure you thank them.
We've got our coordinator, Deacon, he's over there in Washington, delivering our piano as well.
My first time seeing you piano, I look good, I like it.
So, yes, thank you for coming.
And then we have our church has so many, and salvation is out there.
And then there's our stage, we have our, yeah, we still got this going on, man,
I hope we get on a drive with this, but we're still confiscating the Bible, man.
And I know when we're up at the Red Hot, Pastor Burgess preached a good sermon on it,
just reiterating why we're taking those things out.
We have some false doctors that send people to hell, so let's try to confiscate those false versions,
put a KJV in there, man, and toss them in the trash, and I hope you just watch them burn and enjoy them.
Right, so don't forget about that.
And we have them at the end of the year, and they have those Bible, nice Bible,
like how my eye is on mine is better.
And below that, you would have a game night, Friday, August 12th, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
And I guess just make it whenever time you can.
There's a good spot right there between 5 and 9.
Just get here whenever you can, and we're going to have games,
and provide you with light and refreshments, whatever that means.
And I guess I was canceled a little, so don't worry about the Grand Canyon.
I guess we just stomped in our dreams.
Did I see you at all? What's the Grand Canyon?
Nope, it ain't happening.
And then upcoming, we're going to have our faithful Tucson 4-year anniversary,
and that's going to be Sunday, September 4th.
We're going to have Deacon Oliver Mendelis from Perry,
and he's coming a couple times now, and he's a real good brother.
So come down and check it out.
We're going to cook.
First of all, I think we're going to smoke some briskets again,
so it's going to be good.
So I'm going to just make sure that's going to be good.
And still now, I think they're going to do the service, the evening service,
in like three days a week.
Don't quote me on that, so that way we can kind of be a little easier
for him to come pre-stress to the evening, and so the day won't be so long.
So come and get out.
You've got three, four years of something to be proud of.
We're going to have Deacon like I said, but it ain't nothing yet,
so we've got four more to go, right?
Okay, so that's going to be what we want to take part in that.
We'll be here in contact with our Deacon,
and that's something to get down to court to be part of.
And then we have our donuts and everything.
Also, just an update, I was up here at Champion last night,
and I was talking to Pat Hamilton out there,
and I don't know if you guys are familiar,
but he was out there on a camping trip with us,
and he's talking from like a brain camp,
and it's something that's very serious.
I was talking last night about it,
and the reason why I'm saying that is for those that want some help,
here's a page.
I know if you guys need a link to play me now,
I know it's going around Facebook and everything.
I know Gabriel has it, Joanna has it,
just to help with the medical expenses and stuff,
so if you guys do want to help,
you know, if I actually need to get this there,
but if you can't, it's not mandatory,
but obviously you can use prayer.
I know Simon's going through a lot right now,
and I talked to him yesterday,
and he's kind of affecting him,
and just obviously you can't help,
but actually just help him with prayer,
because it's very serious.
And just a little update,
my mom and I have been curious
about what was going on with my mom,
and I figured out that she's going through her chemo
and everything going on right now,
and she did have some complications
in her stomach and everything,
and it was not looking too good, you know,
but as I got worse today,
you know, she got up in emergency,
she had her procedure,
and she's doing better,
you know, so just keep her in prayer,
because there is power in prayer,
so just please keep her in prayer,
but that's what's going on.
She's okay, she's going through her chemo,
they said that the tumor hits,
a little bit of reception or whatever,
but that's kind of, you know,
it's like day by day, you know,
so just keep her in prayer, please,
and I appreciate those of you who are just in prayer.
Also, let's go ahead and count up our soul limit.
Anybody have anything for Monday?
Or Tuesday?
Or Wednesday?
And I know we have them out there.
So keep up the pace with your soul limit
and we'll get through this.
Son of 18,
take the name of Jesus with you.
Take the name of Jesus with you.
Son of 18.
Take the name of Jesus with you.
Shout of sorrow and of glory.
Make them joy and come forgive you.
Take it then where you go.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Take the name of Jesus then.
Pass the shield from every stand.
In temptation, drown together.
Breathe that holy name in prayer.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Hope of precious name, oh Jesus.
How it burns our souls with joy.
When his lovely arms receive us,
and his songs are done to come.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
And the name of Jesus' boundary,
falling costly at his feet.
God needs him and will ground him
when our journey is complete.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Precious name, oh how sweet.
Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Amen.
At this time, we'll pass the offering plate
as the plate goes around.
Let's open up our Bibles to Mark chapter 16.
That's Mark chapter 16, as always.
We'll read the entire chapter.
Please call the Lord in silence.
Mark chapter 16.
First one of the Bibles.
When the Sabbath was passed,
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James,
and Simone had brought sweet spices
that they may come in an anointing.
And very early in the morning,
the first day of the week,
they came unto the sentry with the rising of the sun.
And they said among themselves,
who shall roll us away the stones
from the door in the sentry?
And when they looked,
they saw that the stone was rolled away,
for it was very great.
And entering into the sentry,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
clothed in a long white garment,
and they were afraid.
They said unto them,
Be not afraid,
and seek Jesus of Nazareth,
which was crucified.
He is risen, is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid Him.
But go your way,
and tell his disciples of here
that he goeth before you in his gallery.
There shall you see him,
as he said unto them.
And they went out quickly.
He fled from the sentry,
but he trembled,
and were amazed.
Neither said they anything to any man,
for they were afraid.
Now when Jesus was risen,
during the first day of the week,
he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
out of whom he had cast seven devils.
And she went,
and told them that had been with him,
as they mourned and wept.
And they,
when they had heard that he was alive,
and had been seen unto him,
believed not.
After that,
he appeared in another form unto two of them,
as they walked and went unto the country.
And they went and told him unto the resident,
and had to believe they then.
Afterward,
he appeared unto eleven,
as they sat at me,
and upbraided them with their unbelief,
and hardness and heart,
because they believed not them,
which had seen him,
after he was risen.
And he said unto them,
Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth in his baptism shall be saved,
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe.
In my name shall they cast out devils,
they shall speak with new tongues,
they shall take up serpents,
and if they drink any deadly thing,
shall not hurt them.
They shall lay hands on the sick,
and they shall recover.
So then,
after the Lord had spoken unto them,
who was received up into heaven,
and sat on the right hand of God,
and they went forth,
and preached everywhere,
working with them,
and confirming the word,
with signs following.
Amen.
Father Martinez, would you pray for us?
Amen.
All right.
Well, I would like to,
first of all,
you know,
thank Deacon Russell
for this opportunity
to preach to you guys
and thank Pastor as well
and thank you guys for coming out.
You know, obviously,
I love coming down here
and seeing you guys.
I love coming down here.
And, you know,
the title of my sermon today
is Get a Vision for the Great Commission.
Get a vision for the Great Commission.
You know, here in Mark chapter 16,
we have one of the best verses in the Bible
for, you know,
the Great Commission.
And we're going to talk about this tonight.
Basically, just preaching the gospel
to the whole world.
You know, this was what Jesus told us to do.
This was the last thing that Jesus told us to do
before he went up into heaven.
And so it's a big deal.
You know, it's a big deal in the Bible.
We're going to talk about it tonight.
I have three points for you tonight.
You know, my first point is just,
you know, I want you guys to understand
what the Great Commission is.
And then my second point
is, you know,
the plan for the Great Commission.
How are we going to get it done?
And then my third point will be,
you know,
to fulfill the Great Commission.
You know, how to fulfill it
and how to accomplish it.
You know, and basically,
so I want to start with my first point tonight.
Understanding the Great Commission.
I want you guys to understand what this is.
Now there are two,
basically two parts to the Great Commission.
You know, basically,
you know, Jesus in Mark chapter 16
and Matthew 28,
he talks about this.
And basically one part of the Great Commission
is basically meant for everyone.
Man, woman, boy and girl,
we're all supposed to go out there
and preach the gospel to every creature.
And then the second part of the Great Commission
that we'll talk about later
is dedicated towards,
you know, pastors and deacons and evangelists,
you know, with church planting
and stuff like that.
So look down, if you would,
at verse 15.
Mark chapter 16 and verse 15
where the Bible says,
and he said unto them,
it's a very familiar verse,
go ye into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Now I want to talk about this
and I want to talk about this particular verse
for, you know,
a good portion of my sermon here.
And basically I want to break it down to you,
you know, even word by word
and just talk about
what exactly, you know,
this is entailed in this, okay?
So I want to start with that word go.
You know, I want to break it down
just word by word,
talk about go.
You know, this implies action on our part.
See, we're supposed to go out
into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature.
We're supposed to go.
You know, we're supposed to,
you know, leave our comfort zone,
leave, you know, our normal,
you know, basically life
and just go out there
and reach those people
that we wouldn't otherwise reach.
You know, it says in Luke chapter 14
in verse 23,
you don't have to turn there,
but it says,
and the Lord sent unto the servant,
go out into the highways and hedges
and compel them to come in
that my house may be filled.
See, we're supposed to go out.
We're supposed to go out there
and, you know,
into the highways and hedges.
And that's quite literally what we do.
We go out into the streets
and we preach to the people at their door
and we're supposed to compel them
to come in.
You know, not necessarily
compel them to come into,
you know, the church,
but to compel them to be saved,
you know, compel them to go into,
you know, the Father's house
and everything.
And, you know,
we can't expect,
you know, all of them
to come to us
and get saved.
You know what I mean?
We have to go reach them
where they're at.
We have to go out there
and reach them.
You know, we can't,
you know,
we can't necessarily expect,
you know, 7.8 billion people
to, you know,
just come to church,
you know, and get saved
or whatever.
You know what I mean?
We can't expect them to come to us.
We have to go and reach them
where they're at in their lives.
And that's how we're going
to get this done.
This is how we're going to reach
the whole world
with the gospel.
You know,
there are some churches out there,
maybe old IV churches
or whatever,
where they go out
and not necessarily
preach in the gospel,
just inviting people to church
with flyers and things like that.
And, you know,
hoping that these people
will come to church
and then walk down the aisle
and get saved at the altar
or whatever.
You know,
that's good and all,
but, you know,
we need to go
and bring the gospel to them.
We need to go out there
with the gospel in our mouth,
with the Bible in our hand,
with our feet shod,
with the preparation
of the gospel of peace,
and we need to go
bring it to them
and let them save
where they're at
and not just,
you know, expect them
to come to church.
I'm all for, you know,
them coming to church
and getting visitors saved
and everything,
but we don't need
to rely on that
for, you know,
basically getting people saved
and preaching the gospel
to every creature.
You know,
it doesn't say,
go ye into all the world
and hand out tracts
to every creature.
You know,
it says to go out
and preach the gospel.
We need to know
how to preach the gospel
as church members.
We need to go out there
and actively preach the gospel
to a lost and dying world.
There needs to be
a go aspect
to, you know,
your walk with God
and, you know,
our soul-winning.
Okay?
So,
turn, if you would,
to Colossians chapter number one.
Colossians chapter number one.
Now, I want to
basically be exhaustive
in this idea
of going out
and preaching the gospel
to every creature,
and so that's why
I want to break this down
word by word.
Now we're gonna talk about all.
It says,
go ye into all the world
and preach the gospel
to every creature.
And, you know,
I have news for you.
You know,
all means all.
You know what I mean?
And it says every creature,
every means every.
And so God expects us
to go everywhere
and preach the gospel
to everyone.
You know,
and the Bible talks about this
and it gives us
an example of how,
you know,
back then in the first century A.D.,
this was actually done.
Look down, if you would,
to Colossians chapter one
and look at verse number five.
It says,
for the hope which is laid up
for you in heaven,
where have ye heard before
in the word of the truth
of the gospel?
And we were talking about
the gospel here.
Which is coming to you,
look at this,
as it is in all the world
and bringeth forth fruit
as it doth also in you,
since the day ye heard of it
and knew the grace of God
in truth.
So the Bible is recording here
that during this time,
whenever Paul wrote this,
that the gospel had gone out
in all the world
during his time.
And in fact,
it defines it further
in verse 23.
Just skip down,
if you would,
to verse number 23.
It makes it abundantly clear
what happened.
It says in verse 23,
it says,
if ye continue
and the faith grounded
and settled
and be not moved away
from the hope of the gospel,
again,
we're still talking about
the same thing,
which ye have heard
and look at this,
in which was preached
to every creature
which is under heaven.
Notice,
it said that,
Paul says here
that it was already preached.
It's already been done.
It's already been accomplished.
He had,
you know,
him and the people
who he's working with
and the disciples
during that time
had preached the gospel
to every creature,
not just everybody.
It defines even further.
It says,
which is under heaven.
Everybody who was under heaven
at that time,
everybody who was on the earth
during that time
had heard the gospel.
And, you know,
that is the goal.
You know,
that's what God
has commanded us to do.
That is what we're
supposed to be doing.
Notice what they didn't do.
They didn't just stick
to their one little neighborhood.
You know what I mean?
They didn't just stick
in their,
you know,
one zip code
or their neighborhood
or whatever.
They strove
to reach everybody.
And, you know,
and that's why,
you know,
I love to see that map
that you guys have back there
and we have it up there
in Tempe as well.
Uh,
a map of your entire area
and you're shading it in,
you know,
just line upon line,
you know,
street by street.
You guys are getting it done
and that's great.
You know,
that is what God has
commanded us to do
is to preach the gospel
to all the world.
And that starts
just right here at home,
just preaching to the people
in our area.
And so,
and, you know,
and along with that,
too,
we shouldn't just get stuck
in just one little area,
in our city,
or of our state,
or whatever.
You know,
our churches,
you know,
your church and our church
up in Tempe,
you know,
we have the goal
to basically knock
every single door
in the entire state
of Arizona.
And so that's a great
big goal,
you know,
and it's great.
But, you know,
that would necessitate
that we would,
you know,
basically reach everyone.
You know,
the people who are
in the receptive areas,
the receptive people
and the unreceptive as well.
We need to go to everyone.
You know,
if you're in the receptive,
this principle is found
in the Bible.
And I want to read
to you a few verses.
You,
you can actually
start turning to
2 Corinthians chapter 4,
please.
2 Corinthians chapter 4.
I'm just going to read
to you a couple of verses
while you go over there.
But basically,
you know,
I want to read to you
from Ezekiel chapter 33.
Again,
these are all going
to be very familiar
verses tonight.
You know,
we're just going to go
over the same things
that we already know.
You know,
we need to be reminded
of these things.
Okay.
And just think to yourself,
whenever you hear that word
watchman,
that's us.
You know,
that's us as soul owners,
right?
It says in verse 3 in there,
it says,
if when he seeth the sword
come upon the land,
he blow the trumpet
and warn the people
and whosoever heareth
the sound of the trumpet
and taketh not warning,
if the sword come
and take him away,
his blood shall be
upon him,
his blood shall be
upon him,
his blood shall be
upon him,
his blood shall be
upon him,
his blood shall be
upon him,
his blood shall be
upon his head.
So notice,
you know,
we're the watchman,
we're supposed to be
out there basically
warning people about,
you know,
the coming judgment,
we're supposed to be
warning people about hell
and telling them
how to go to heaven
and if we do that
and they don't get saved,
then guess what?
The blood is on them.
But then it goes on to say,
he heard the sound
of the trumpet
and took not warning,
his blood shall be
upon him,
but he that taketh warning
shall deliver his soul.
So that's what we want
is for them to deliver
their soul.
So the watchman
see the sword come,
so if he knows about it,
you know,
it saved people,
you know,
we know about,
you know,
how if you don't believe
in Jesus,
you're going to hell
and we know all this.
But it says if the watchman
see the sword come
and blow not the trumpet
and the people be not warned,
so he's not telling anybody,
he's not warning anybody.
If the sword come
and take any person
from among them,
he is taken away
in his iniquity,
but his blood
will I require
at the watchman's hand.
See,
if we're not out there
warning people about hell,
then you know what?
Their blood is on us.
You know,
we need to go out there
and warn them
and try to get them saved.
You know,
that's what Jesus
wants us to do.
That's what the command is
to preach the gospel
to every creature.
And notice,
you know,
if you just go
to the same areas
all the time
and you don't reach new people
and go to new places
or whatever,
then, you know,
you can't really say,
you know,
that you're basically
warning those people.
You know what I mean?
If that makes any sense.
In fact,
if we go back to
Ezekiel chapter 33
and Acts chapter 20,
I'll just read it to you.
It says,
this is Paul speaking here.
He says,
wherefore I take you
to record this day
that I am pure
from the blood of all men.
See,
he's referring back
to Ezekiel chapter 33.
He wants to make it
very clear
that he has endeavored
to preach the gospel
to everybody,
to as many people
as he possibly could
in his life.
He worked for that goal.
And it says,
for I have not shunned
to declare unto you
all the counsel of God.
And so we should
have this same attitude
that, hey,
we're trying to reach
as many people
as we can personally.
You know,
new people,
people that otherwise
would not have
their doors knocked.
And, you know,
I want to tell you guys
a story about basically,
you know,
we're knocking out
the Indian reservations
here in the state of Arizona
and everything.
We've been working
hard on that.
That's been our goal
for the past six years.
And we're, you know,
we're basically drawn
to close with that.
We have two Indian
reservations left.
We're going to the Hopi
primarily right now.
And then we also have
the Navajo as well.
Now, here's the thing
about the Hopi,
is that the Hopi reservation
is not that receptive.
You know,
the people there,
they don't really like
people coming,
like outsiders coming
to their place
and knocking on the door.
They don't really like that.
And we don't get
very many people say
whenever we go there.
But, you know,
somebody told me recently,
we were on the Hopi
reservation,
somebody was like,
hey, you know what?
You know,
I just want to tell you,
I don't think
we should be here.
You know,
they're super receptive.
A ton of them get saved.
But, you know,
and that sounds good and all,
but that's the really
the wrong attitude to have
because we've already knocked
all the doors in the Apache.
We need to reach the Hopi now
because if we're not reaching them,
then, you know,
the chances are nobody's
going to reach them.
You know what I mean?
I mean, if we don't reach
the people here in Tucson
or if we don't reach
people in Phoenix,
like there's other Baptist churches
that may knock those doors,
but nobody is going to go
to the Hopi and reach them.
That's up to us.
We need to do that.
We need to make sure
that we don't have the blood
of the Hopi upon us.
You know what I mean?
We need to go there
and preach the gospel to them
and whether they hear
or whether they forbear,
they shall know that they
have had a prophet among them.
You know, that's what
we need to do.
You know, we need to
basically go there
and preach to them
the gospel as well.
You know, and I'll tell you
some more stories too.
You know, there were a couple
of guys who used to come
to our church.
You know, they left our church
a few years ago.
They turned out to be bozos
later or whatever.
But basically, you know,
they had this goal.
They wanted to knock
every single door
in this area of Phoenix
called Maryville,
which is very,
very receptive, right?
And before they left,
you know, I noticed that
on our big map at church,
and it still looks
like this today,
where basically they knocked
like 90% of that place,
but there are all these
little white specks everywhere,
places that they
had not knocked.
And so I asked one of them.
I said, you know,
well, what's up
with all the white spots?
Why didn't you guys get that?
And he assured me.
He's like, oh, oh, yeah, yeah.
Well, yeah, we didn't
knock those areas
because those were
the unreceptive areas.
You know, we drove by
and we saw, yeah,
this is a much
nicer neighborhood.
We don't want to waste
our time.
We don't want to waste
our time going to
the unreceptive areas.
Let me tell you something.
Soul winning is never
a waste of time.
You know, no matter
where you go, no matter
who you're reaching,
it's not a waste of time.
The Bible has commanded us
to reach every creature
in all the world.
You know, it shouldn't
necessarily matter whether,
you know, it's receptive
or unreceptive.
Obviously, you know,
we desire to go and get
as many people saved
as we possibly can
in the receptive areas,
but we can't just neglect
the unreceptive people.
You know what I mean?
You know, it's never
a waste of time to go
soul winning.
Why?
Because the Bible says
that the word of the Lord
shall not return again
void.
It's not going to
return again void.
If we're out there
and we're preaching
the gospel, then we're
making a difference.
Period.
I believe that every
single time that we go
out soul winning,
whether we get somebody
saved or not,
we're making a difference.
Hey, we're planting seeds
and, you know, sometimes,
you know, it's just about
planting that seed
with that guy.
You know, giving them
John 3 16 or giving them
a verse from the Bible
and explaining it to them.
You know, I think that
every time we go
soul winning,
it makes a difference.
You know, it's what God
has commanded us to do.
You know, and I'll give you
an example of just
how planting a seed,
you know, I saw in my own
life how that actually
helped somebody get saved.
You know, we used to do
a lot of soul winning
on the ASU campus,
just, you know,
approaching people,
talking to them
and everything.
And then we used to do
it on a weekly basis,
a group of us guys
up in New York,
you know, we used to do
a lot of soul winning
on the ASU campus,
just, you know,
approaching people,
talking to them
a group of us guys
up in Tempe.
And so, you know,
I went there one night
and then basically
we were preaching
and then this lady
came up to me,
she walked up to me
and she said,
hey, you know,
somebody from your church
came and talked to me
last week and left me
with a Bible verse
and I haven't been able
to get that Bible verse
out of my head all week.
Can you show me
a little bit more?
You know, and I thought
that was awesome.
That was just like
them coming to me.
I was just like,
whoa, but you know,
that's a perfect example
of how planting seeds
actually, you know,
can make a difference,
you know what I mean?
And that lady
ended up getting saved,
you know.
And I got another story,
you know, just last week
or not last week,
but a few weeks ago,
you know, we had all
the different pastors
come up to Tempe
and preach for us
and everything.
And then I went soul-wanting
with Pastor Berzins.
He was there,
he was in town
and you know,
if there's anybody
who can appreciate like
the value behind
planting seeds,
it's him because,
you know, he was up
in Prescott Valley
for like four years.
We were just talking
and he was extremely
unreceptive up there
and how he would just go,
you know, even weeks
at a time without
getting anybody saved
or even getting into
a good conversation.
And even if, you know,
he knocked on somebody's
door and they weren't
really that interested,
you know, he would just
try to talk to them
for as long as he can
because he just wants
to talk to somebody,
you know what I mean?
And so that's somebody
who can really appreciate,
you know, the value
behind planting seeds
and watering seeds
with people.
And so yeah,
that's great too.
You know, I talked
to him about that.
And so listen,
I just don't want you guys
to have this bad attitude
about like, oh, man,
we're going to the,
you know, unreceptive
neighborhood, that's terrible
or whatever.
I don't want you guys
to have that attitude
because here's the thing,
you know, whether people
get saved or not,
I do believe that
we're making a difference
and not only that,
we're following
the command of God.
God has told us
to preach the gospel
to every creature
in all the world.
And so, you know,
basically what I want you
to do is I want you
And so, you know,
basically this attitude
like that guy
that I talked about earlier,
it's like, oh, I don't want
to waste my time
in that neighborhood.
You know what
that reminds me of?
That reminds me of like
the attitude of like a,
you know, a spoiled kid
who basically doesn't want
to eat his vegetables
or whatever.
It's like, I don't want
to go to the Hopi.
I want to go to the Apache.
You know what I mean?
It's like,
I don't want to eat
my Brussels sprouts.
I want to eat my dessert
or whatever.
You know what I mean?
It's that kind of mentality.
No, we need to preach
the gospel to everybody.
We need to reach everyone
And then also too,
you know,
I thought about this too
is that if we only go
to the, you know,
the receptive areas,
then those are the only people
that we're actually
going to reach.
But, you know,
I don't know about you,
but I've been in an
unreceptive neighborhood
before and I've met people
who were actually very ready
to get saved
that were very receptive
and they were actually living
in an unreceptive area.
And, you know,
that sort of thing happens,
you know, quite a bit.
In fact,
let me tell you another story.
In fact,
it was me and actually
brother Segura,
he's here tonight,
but we were in this
little Phoenix that was
very unreceptive.
It's called Awatuki
and we were not getting
a lot of people saved
there at all,
but I'll tell you this,
we knocked on this door
and then this young lady
came to the door
and you know what?
She was probably,
you know,
the most receptive person
I think I've ever met
in my life.
Like she was just so ready
to get saved.
Like she knew the verses,
you know,
she was, you know,
basically finishing
my sentences and stuff.
She just wasn't saved yet
and she just got saved
just so easy.
And, you know,
me and brother Segura
were talking about it
and she was the most
receptive person that,
you know,
we've ever met.
And so that was great
and you know what?
That was in one of the
least receptive areas
of all of the Phoenix
area and stuff.
So that just goes to show
you that like if you
just ignore those areas,
you're not gonna reach
those people,
you know what I mean?
And so we need to go
to the receptive areas
and the unreceptives
and this is a principle
in the Bible, you know,
how about the principle
of leaving the 99
and going into the
wilderness and finding
that one person,
you know what I mean?
You know,
there are some
unreceptive areas out there
but, you know,
we need to leave the 99
and go out there
and get that one person
saved, you know what I mean?
So it makes a difference
whenever we go out here.
And, you know,
there are some
unreceptive areas out there
and let me ask you
guys this, you know,
what's like one of the
most unreceptive areas
here in Tucson
that you would say?
Like what's one of the
areas where it's just
super fancy, super rich,
like people don't want
to hear the gospel?
Like what's an area
like that?
What is it?
Reda Ranch.
Okay.
Well, let me ask you this,
you know,
if Deacon Russell
comes back on Sunday
and he's like,
all right, you guys,
I got a great idea.
We're going to start
a soul winning campaign
to Reda Ranch.
We're going to knock
every single door
and we're not going to do
any other soul winning
but just go in there.
It's a big task.
It's going to take us
a couple of years.
We're just going to
keep knocking there.
Are you going to have
a bad attitude about that?
You know,
if we don't have
an attitude,
we should be thankful
that we're reaching everyone
and that we have a church
that's dedicated
to reaching everyone.
And so, you know,
Paul and the disciples,
you know,
they got the gospel
to all the world.
They got the gospel
to every single person
in the first century A.D.
And you know what?
You know,
that required them
to go to some places
where it was unreceptive
or where they, you know,
maybe the people there
didn't want to hear it.
And so, you know,
that's what we need
to do as well
is in our local area here,
we need to go to everyone
and reach everyone
and so, you know,
we talked about
the going aspect.
We need to go out
and preach the gospel
and we talked about
going to, you know,
all over the world,
you know,
and basically preaching
the gospel to every creature.
But now I want to talk about,
you know,
how we specifically
need to preach the gospel.
You know,
it doesn't say
go ye unto all the world
and, you know,
preach, you know,
the replacement theology
to all creatures
or, you know,
get into arguments
with Jehovah's Witnesses
on where heaven's located
or whatever.
You know what I mean?
Like, we're out there
in 2 Corinthians 4
and look down,
if you would,
at verse number 1.
These are some of the best verses
in the Bible about,
you know,
the importance of souling,
I think.
But it says in 2 Corinthians 4,
look down,
if you would,
at verse number 1.
It says,
Therefore,
seeing we have this ministry,
as we have received mercy,
we faint not.
This ministry is referring
to us preaching the gospel.
It says in verse 2,
But it renounced
the hidden things
of dishonesty,
not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word
of God deceitfully,
but by manifestation
of the truth,
of God.
But if our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them
that are lost.
Again,
that's going back to,
if we don't reach them,
then,
you know what,
I don't know who's
going to reach them.
You know what I mean?
We need to reach those people
who are lost.
You know,
if our gospel is hid,
it's hid to them
that are lost.
It says in verse number 4,
It says,
In whom the God of this world
hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not,
lest the light
of the glorious gospel
of Christ,
who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.
For we preach not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus,
the Lord,
and ourselves,
your servants,
for Jesus' sake.
For God,
who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts
to give the light
of the knowledge
of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
And then notice verse 7,
But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels,
that the excellency
of the power
may be of God,
and not of us.
See,
we have this ministry,
we have this treasure
in our earthen vessels.
It's up to us
to go out there
and preach the gospel
to every creature.
You know,
people cannot get saved
just on their own.
You know what I mean?
They need to hear
the gospel preached
by somebody who's saved,
and they need that
in order to be saved.
They can't get saved
on their own.
That's why that ministry
has been entrusted to us
who are saved
to go out there
and preach to them.
In fact,
let me prove it to you.
Turn, if you would,
to Matthew chapter 28,
and while you're turning there,
I'm going to prove this to you
from the Bible
from Romans chapter 10.
But you're turning
to Matthew 28.
It says in Romans 10,
it says,
For whosoever shall call
on him in whom
they have not believed,
and how shall they believe
in him of whom
they have not heard,
and how shall they hear
without a preacher,
and how shall they preach
except they be sent.
And so notice,
it says,
how shall they hear
without a preacher?
They must hear the gospel
by somebody who's saved
in order to get saved.
You know,
that's what the Bible
teaches right here.
And so it's up to us
to get those people saved.
That's up to us.
And you know,
I had this thought too.
You know,
maybe you haven't thought
about it like this before,
but think about,
you know,
the most important,
you know,
people in history,
you know,
that the world would look at
and say,
this guy was important.
This guy was influential.
Think about,
you know,
maybe the founding fathers
like George Washington
or Benjamin Franklin
or Abraham Lincoln.
You know,
I can't think of any guys
that aren't American guys.
But anyway,
you know,
there's other guys out there.
But you know,
think about these very,
very important people
in history.
Listen,
if you go out
and you just get,
I mean,
you change the destiny
of somebody from going to hell
to going to heaven,
like that is such a big deal.
You know,
we should be rejoicing
about that.
And you know,
that's very important.
You know,
soul winning is just,
it's one of the most,
yeah,
it's the most important thing
that you could do,
you know,
is just getting people saved,
going out there,
preaching the gospel
to every creature.
And so I thought that
was an interesting thought.
And so,
you know,
we need to preach the gospel
to every single person,
every single creature
preaching the gospel
to every person in the world.
But you know,
me personally,
I'm not going to do that.
You personally,
you can't do that either.
But what we can do
is reach the people
in our area.
You know,
and if we all work
together as Christians
and everything,
and we're just working
together,
trying to get this done,
you know,
we have the maps,
we coordinate and everything,
then you know,
it is a real possibility
that we can reach
every single person
in the entire world.
You know,
Paul did it in his day
and that's our job
for us today as well.
And it's a very simple,
you know,
thing to do.
You know,
it's just,
it's a very simple directive.
Just go into all the world
and preach the gospel
to every creature.
But we just have to have
the faith that it can be done.
You know what I mean?
Some people,
they don't have the faith
that it can be done
today in 2022.
And it's not going to happen
tomorrow,
it's not going to happen
today, but you know what?
It can happen in our generation,
in our lifetime.
We can do that
if we work towards that.
You know,
if we have the faith
that it can be done.
You know,
the Bible says that,
all things are possible
to him that believeth.
So if we believe
that it can be done
and we're working towards it,
then it can get done.
You know,
but the Bible also says
on the converse side as well,
it says,
you know,
Jesus said,
according to your faith,
be it unto you.
So again,
you know,
if we don't have the faith
then you know,
maybe we won't get it done.
You know,
and so that's why
it's so important
to hear a sermon like this
to basically,
you know,
get our minds focused
because if we have that faith
that we can get it done
and if we're praying for it
and we're working for it,
then you know what,
we can do it.
We can get it done.
And even in our lifetime,
we can preach the gospel
to every creature
in the entire world.
We can do that.
And so,
you know,
in fact,
our pastor preached a sermon
about this a long time ago
and I've referenced it before,
you know,
whenever I preach,
probably down here even.
But,
you know,
that sermon was called,
Strategy to Evangelize the World
in Our Lifetime.
And you know,
that sermon,
you know,
there were lots of reasons
why I wanted to move out here
to Faithful Word and everything,
you know,
for the great preaching,
for the great fellowship
of like-minded believers and stuff.
But really,
that one sermon was what,
like,
you know,
was the tipping scale.
Like,
from,
well,
I'm not sure if I should move
to,
all right,
I gotta go.
Because I wanted to be a part
of a church that had
a great big vision,
you know,
a vision to reach the world
with the gospel.
The Bible says that
where there is no vision,
the people perish.
And so really,
you know,
go home tonight
and listen to that sermon.
You know,
because it's great.
In fact,
you can just walk out right now
and go listen to it.
That sermon's better than my sermon.
So,
no,
I'm just joking.
But anyway,
just listen,
you know,
I do recommend you watch,
you listen to that sermon,
though.
And even if you've heard it before,
listen to it again.
You know,
I don't always do this,
but I try to listen to that sermon
even on a monthly basis
just because I want to have
that mindset
of reaching the gospel
to every creature,
you know what I mean?
In Matthew chapter 28,
we're going to also look at
another great commission passage
in the Bible.
In Matthew chapter 28,
this is the,
basically a parallel passage
with what we just saw
in Mark chapter 16,
preach the gospel to every creature.
And basically,
this is the other side of the coin.
You know,
the other one in Mark chapter 16,
that's for everyone.
That's for man,
boy,
you know,
woman,
that's more geared towards
people who want to start
churches and everything.
Look down,
if you would,
at verse 18.
It says,
And Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying,
All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
Go ye,
therefore,
again,
there's that going aspect,
and teach all nations.
And then here's how we know
that it's referring to
churches in general.
It's just baptizing them
in the name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost.
See,
we as soul winners,
you know,
we're not supposed to be
going out there and baptizing.
That's for,
And it says in verse 20,
it says,
And so this is the Great Commission.
This is the other side of the coin,
talking about churches,
you know,
planting churches,
going out into the,
you know,
into the world
and planting churches
all over the place
and basically,
you know,
baptizing them
and teaching them
to observe God's commandments.
You know,
again,
that's not what we do out so many.
We just teach them the gospel.
Live a clean life
or whatever.
So turn,
if you would,
to Acts chapter 1.
And what we'll see in Acts chapter 1
is basically the glue
that brings these two together.
See,
Mark chapter 28,
or Mark chapter 16
and Matthew 28,
these two things,
they go hand in hand.
So you can't have,
you know,
a church that doesn't have
their church member soul winning,
a bunch of soul winners in it
because then,
you know,
God's gonna take that candlestick away.
You know,
that's not good.
That's not what God
has commanded us to do.
And then conversely,
you can't have,
you know,
a church that he goes to
or anything like that,
either.
It's just not gonna work.
You know what I mean?
That's why earlier it said,
how shall they preach,
lest they be sent?
You need to have a church
that's sending you out
to preach the gospel
and all that.
And so basically,
that's why these two verses,
they coincide.
They go together.
You can't have one
without the other.
And then,
in fact,
in Acts chapter 1,
this is like the glue
that sticks these two together.
Look down,
if you would,
at verse number 8.
It says in Acts chapter 1
in verse 8,
it says,
This is unto me,
both in Jerusalem
and in all Judea
and in the Samaria
and unto the uttermost part
of the earth.
And so this leads me
to my second point tonight,
which is the planning
of the Great Commission.
We talked about understanding
the Great Commission.
I feel like we have
a good understanding of this.
But now we wanna talk about
how to plan it,
how to go about it.
How are we gonna do this?
You know,
I'm with you.
We need to preach to God
to whatever preacher,
all nations,
all over the world.
How are we gonna get it done?
Well,
this is the verse right here
that tells us
and basically God has given us
this framework
for how to reach
the whole world
in our lifetime.
First,
in Matthew 28,
He told us to plant churches
and that's great.
But where do we do it?
It says,
first in Jerusalem, right?
Now,
it's not saying for us
to go buy plane tickets
to Israel today
and go over there
and that's where we start.
But what it's saying
is to start in your local city.
Wherever you're at,
wherever you're at,
basically that church right there,
it needs to reach
its entire city.
And I think that we know this.
We've got this covered.
You know,
we got that map.
We're trying to get that done.
For you guys,
it's Tucson.
For us,
it's Phoenix.
We got that done.
And then He tells us
to go into all Judea,
which we have in common,
which is the state of Arizona.
We wanna reach
every single person there
and then the next administration
after that would be
the country of the United States
of America.
It says Anne and Samaria
and unto the uttermost parts
of the earth
and after that,
it's the whole world.
And so this is the framework.
This is the method
by which we're going
to reach the entire world.
It says,
yeah,
so we need to plant churches
and basically repeat this process
in all the world.
And so we don't have to wonder,
how are we gonna reach
the whole world with the gospel?
How are we gonna do this?
Are we gonna do this
through politics?
Do we need to send
born again,
saved children of God
to go take over the political scene
and change all the politics?
No, that's not how we do it.
Do we do it through
military conquest
like Muslims did or whatever?
No, we don't do it that way.
How do we do it?
We do it the old fashioned way,
the way that the Bible teaches us
by planting churches
and then those churches
go out and preach the gospel
in their areas.
That's how we're gonna reach
the entire world
with the gospel.
And so basically,
that's how it's gonna be done.
In fact,
our pastor talked about this
in that sermon
that I mentioned earlier.
And basically,
he talked about how
when our church wants
to plant a church
somewhere else,
we need to basically
plant a church in a city
with over one million people.
And then that church
would basically plant
other churches in cities
with over 100,000 people
in their area.
And I think that's
a great way to do it.
Just start with the biggest cities
and work your way down,
kind of.
And basically,
we need to repeat that process
all over the world.
Now, we basically counted,
me and another guy
up in Tempe,
we basically counted
how many cities in the world
are over one million people
and how many cities in the world
are over 100,000.
Like, really,
how many churches do we need
minimum to get this done?
So we talked about it,
we counted it,
and let me tell you,
there's about 500 cities
in the world
with over a million people
and there's about 4,000 cities
in the world
with over 100,000 people.
So that comes out to
4,500 churches
that we really need
minimum to reach
the entire world
with the gospel.
If we're gonna follow this plan,
if we're gonna follow
what the Bible has told us
and the principles
that pastors laid out
and everything,
that's basically
how we're gonna do it.
And you know,
that sounds really hard, right?
That sounds like 4,500 churches,
that's a lot.
But, you know,
just to bring this in perspective,
I want to compare that
to some other denominations
out there or whatever.
Like, think about the old IP,
you know what I mean?
Like, think about
how many churches
they have out there
and I,
just from a quick Google search,
it said that the old IP
has roughly 10,000 churches
in the US alone.
So in the US alone,
they have 10,000,
we just need half of that
to reach the whole world.
That just shows me
that they're not really doing,
you know,
what they're supposed to be doing.
They're not reaching everybody,
you know what I mean?
Like, if all of them
were reaching every creature
or whatever,
we'd be having our door
knocked all the time,
you know what I mean?
We'd be having it knocked
every month or something like that
and it's just like,
man, yeah, I know,
you came by here last month,
you know what I mean?
But, you know,
that's basically what we need.
We just need half of that
and we can get
the whole world the gospel
if we're working towards this,
if we have the map,
if we have this plan in mind,
then we can do it.
You know,
even Southern Baptists,
I looked at their,
but I looked at how many churches
they have.
They have 50,000 churches
in the U.S. alone.
All we need is 10% of that.
If we had 10% of that,
we could, you know,
reach the whole world with gospel.
We could turn this place
upside down.
Every nation,
you know, every creature,
we could do it.
You know,
and so it's actually
a very attainable goal.
It's something that we can do
and it's something that we could
even do in our lifetime even.
And so I want you guys
to get a vision
for the Great Commission.
I want you guys to be thinking
about this,
praying for this,
basically, you know,
yeah,
or want us to work towards this.
So turn if you would
to Acts chapter 16.
Acts chapter 16.
Now, you may be saying to yourself,
okay, I understand
the Great Commission.
It's preaching gospel
to every creature.
It's planting churches
in all these cities.
That's great.
You know,
and I understand
that that's a very attainable goal,
but how are we going to reach
these places where,
you know,
Christianity is basically
just not welcome?
You know what I mean?
How are we going to plant churches
in like China or India
or Indonesia or wherever?
How are we going to reach
these places that have
all these people in it,
but they're not friendly
towards Christians?
And, you know,
my answer for that
is basically another principle
that our church has
that our pastors put out there,
which is, you know,
common sense missions.
I'm sure that most people here
are familiar with that,
but that is go to where
it's receptive, safe,
and legal first.
You know,
we need to go to places
in this world.
We have a large portion of the world
open to us right now
where it's receptive, safe,
and legal to go there
and preach the gospel.
We need to go to those places
right now,
where we can open up doors
and those other places later.
You know,
we have, you know,
all of South America,
all of Mexico,
the Caribbean,
all of Africa,
the Philippines,
you know,
many places probably
in Europe and everything.
Like we have so many areas
that we can go to now
where it's receptive, safe,
and legal and we can get
many people saved
and plant churches
and do a great work for God.
And then once, you know,
we get those areas, you know,
going good and everything,
you know,
God can open up doors
in these other places.
I believe that.
I believe that from
the bottom of my heart
that God can open up doors
in these other places.
And I want to show you this
from the Bible,
maybe show you something
that you haven't thought before.
But look down,
if you would,
at Acts chapter 16
and look at verse number 6.
It says in Acts chapter 16,
verse number 6,
it says,
Now when they,
referring to Paul
and the people who was working
with him at that time,
now when they had gone
throughout Phrygia
and the region of Galatia
and were forbidden,
notice this phrase,
were forbidden of the Holy Ghost
to preach the word in where?
In Asia.
So it says that he was
forbidden to preach in Asia.
Let's continue.
And in verse 7,
it says,
After they were come to Mysia,
they assayed to go into Bithynia,
but the Spirit suffered them not.
And they passing by Mysia
came down to Troas,
and a vision appeared
to Paul in the night.
There stood a man of Macedonia
and prayed him, saying,
Come over into Macedonia
and help us.
And after he had seen the vision,
immediately we endeavored
to go into Macedonia,
assuredly gathering that the Lord
had called us to preach
the gospel unto them.
And see, this is really the essence
of the Great Commission here.
Having a vision for a group of people
or for an area
and going out there
and bringing them the gospel,
preaching the gospel in that area.
Paul quite literally had a vision
of somebody saying,
Hey, come and help us.
We need to have a vision as well
for our area,
for whatever area
that you want to go sowing in.
We need to have a vision
for that area
and try our best to give them
all the gospel
and basically give them
that opportunity.
Because here's the thing,
you're saved and they're not.
So guess what?
They need our help.
And you don't have to actually see
a literal vision like Paul did.
You just need to know,
Hey, they're unsaved.
I'm saved.
There's got to be something
going on here.
They need my help.
I got to go and preach to them.
And so we need that sort of attitude
that says,
Hey, I'm willing to go.
I know I wanted to go to Asia,
but I need to go to Macedonia
instead.
I've been forbidden.
That door is closed right now.
But here's the thing though.
A closed door today
is not necessarily
a closed door tomorrow.
And I want to prove that to you.
Flip just a couple of pages
over to Acts chapter 19 now.
Now remember where
was Paul forbidden to go to?
He was forbidden of the Holy Ghost
to preach the word in Asia.
But look at if you would
in Acts chapter 19 and verse 9.
Let's see what happened later.
This is probably many years later.
I'm not sure how long later it was,
but it says in verse 9,
it says,
But when divers were hardened
and believed not,
but spake evil of that way
before the multitude,
he departed from them
and separated the disciples,
disputing daily
in the school of one Tyrannus,
and looked down if you would
at verse number 10,
Acts chapter 19 verse 10,
and it says,
And this continued by the space
of two years,
so that,
look at this,
so that all they
which dwelt in Asia
heard the word of the Lord Jesus,
both Jews and Greeks.
Notice, you know,
Paul, he got to do
what he wanted to do.
In Acts chapter 16,
he wanted to go to Asia.
He was forbidden to go to Asia.
But guess what?
In Acts chapter 19,
over the course of two years,
him and the people
who were working with him
got the gospel
He eventually got to do that.
You know,
there was a door
that was closed back then,
but guess what?
It opened up.
And I think that God
can do the exact same thing
today or, you know,
some countries
or even just locally speaking,
like there's some, you know,
gated areas
or gated apartment complex
or whatever.
You know,
I think that God
can open up doors
in these areas
and we can reach those people.
But first,
we need to go to that
which is receptive,
safe, and legal,
those areas where it's easy
to get people saved
and whatnot.
But, you know,
so we need to be
praying for them.
And so,
this verse right here,
these verses prove
my point that God
can open up doors
even in the most
unlikely of places.
So,
turn if you would
to Matthew chapter 24.
Matthew chapter 24.
And I'll start wrapping it up.
This is my third point
for you tonight.
And that is
the fulfillment
of the Great Commission.
See, we talked about
understanding the Great Commission.
We understand what it is.
We don't have any doubts
about what we need to do.
And then we also talked
about the plan
to evangelize the world
in our lifetime.
You know,
it can get done.
It's a very attainable thing
that we can do,
plan in those churches,
and then those churches
reach their areas and everything.
Like,
we can get this done.
But now I want to talk to you
about the literal fulfillment
of the Great Commission.
See,
the Bible actually teaches
that in the end times,
before the end can come,
that, you know,
we,
that basically the Christians
of that generation
will preach the gospel
to every creature
in the entire world.
And I want you to see
that as well.
So,
so you're there
and in Matthew chapter 24,
look down if you would
at verse number nine.
So this is,
this is an end times passage
talking about right,
the events leading up to
the rapture and everything.
It says in verse nine,
it says,
then shall they deliver you up
to be afflicted
and shall kill you
and ye shall be hated
of all nations
for my name's sake.
And then shall many be offended
and shall betray one another
and shall hate one another
and many false prophets
shall rise
and shall deceive many
and because iniquity
shall abound,
the love of many
but he that shall endure
to the end,
the same shall be saved.
And look at verse 14 and says,
in this gospel,
again,
this is what we've been
talking about this whole time.
In this gospel,
the kingdom shall be preached
and all the world
for a witness unto all nations.
And then shall the end come.
So notice this is
an end times requirement.
You know,
this is one of those things
that has to happen before,
you know,
we're raptured up
and we go to heaven
and everything is basically,
you know,
we got to get the gospel
in all the world
for a witness unto all nations.
We got to preach the gospel
to every creature
before that can happen.
In fact,
in the parallel passage
in Mark chapter 13,
it says in the gospel
must first be published
among all nations.
Notice that word first.
So before anything else
can happen,
we got to get this done.
You know,
we got to preach the gospel
to all nations,
to every creature
and then, you know,
and then the end will come.
And you know,
the Bible,
I think hints at this
in other places.
You know,
it says in Daniel chapter 11
that the people
shall be strong
and do exploits.
And that's also referring
to the end times.
So look,
you know,
we need to be strong
and we can do this
great exploit of preaching
the gospel to every
single creature
in our lifetime.
We can do this,
you know,
and if it's not us,
then it's going to be
some other generation
down the road
because the thing is
that the end can't come
until we get this done.
In fact,
you know,
I think Jesus was talking
about this too in John 14.
He said very vividly
I say unto you,
he that believeth on me,
the works I do
with my father.
Look,
we can do this great
work for God
to reach the gospel,
to reach the whole world
with the gospel.
You know,
we have proof in the Bible
that it was done
in the first century AD,
but we also have proof
that it will be done again
before the end times.
And so,
and so these are
parallel passages,
you know,
and I want to make
that clear.
You know,
I believe that,
you know,
what the verses
that we started off
talking about,
like Mark 16,
preach the gospel
to every creature
and then one of them
has the literal
fulfillment of that
in the end times.
And so,
you know,
basically,
you know,
we need to get this done.
You know,
personally,
I want to be
that generation that,
you know,
basically preaches
the gospel to every
creature.
I want to be a part of that.
I don't know about you guys,
but I want to be
a part of that
and I want you guys
to want to be
a part of that too.
That's why I preach
this sermon.
What's the title
of the sermon?
Get a vision
and I'm not saying
that you're personally
going to do it
or me personally,
but us together,
you know,
reaching our local areas
and just sending
churches out
and things like that.
You know,
we can get this done
and so,
and so turn,
if you would,
to Luke chapter 10.
We'll end there.
That'll be my last verse.
So,
and so,
yeah,
you know,
I want to be a part
of that generation
basically that sees
the whole world
get preached
the gospel
and so,
and you know,
I want to be like,
like,
like Simeon
in Luke chapter two.
You know,
what did he say?
He said,
whenever he saw baby Jesus,
he said,
you know,
I can't remember
exactly what he said,
but he basically said
that,
hey,
you know,
the Lord allowed me
to see the salvation
of Israel.
You know what I mean?
And I want to be
that guy who,
even if I'm an old man,
I could see the whole
world get preached
the gospel.
You know,
I'm not saying about this,
you know,
really,
you know,
I'm wanting this to happen.
We need to get on board
because again,
you know,
according to your faith,
be it unto you.
So if we have the faith
that it can be done,
it can be done.
If we don't,
you know,
then,
you know,
it's not going to get done
and look down.
If you would,
at Luke chapter 10
and verse two,
I'll end it here
and this is a very
powerful verse,
but he said,
therefore said he unto them,
the harvest truly is great,
but the laborers are few.
See right now,
the laborers are few,
but you know,
10 years from now,
20 years from now,
it can be a lot
and all we have to do
is just have the faith
that it can be done.
We need to pray for it
and you know,
this vision
can be accomplished
and so just be praying
for that
and just be thinking
about that
and let's just go ahead
and pray right now.
So dear Lord,
thank you for this
opportunity to preach
down here in Tucson.
I pray that something
I would have said
would have edified,
you know,
somebody here
and all of us
get on board
with this mission
and just be,
you know,
we want to pray
that you would
send laborers
into your harvest.
You're doing it here
in Tucson.
You're doing it
up in Tempe.
You're doing it
in Houston
and all these
other places,
but we need laborers
in all the world
and I just want to pray
that you would
send people out there
and help us
get this done,
laboring together
with us Lord
and it's in Christ's name
I pray,
amen.
All right.
Let's open up our handles
and start up
and bring up the 74.
Close that light.
Let's do it.
Please, 74,
send the light.
Please, 74.
There's your all come free
before the restless rain.
Send the light.
There are souls to rescue.
There are souls to save.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
from shore to shore.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
forevermore.
Whatever the past
alone may call today,
send the light.
Send the light.
There are all
and all
at the cross we lay.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
from shore to shore.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
forevermore.
There's rain
and grace
with everywhere
we go now.
Send the light.
There's a price
I swear
with everywhere
we go.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
from shore to shore.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
forevermore.
There's love
for everyone in the world now.
Send the light.
Let us gather
joys
for the crown of love.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
from shore to shore.
Send the light.
The blessing
must fall back.
Let it shine
forevermore.
And that's it.
It's come to a close.
We are dismissed.
Thank you.