Luke chapter 10 Luke chapter 10 guys
I hope you've been enjoying the study for the Luke our book of Luke
One thing that I don't understand we've got the preachers
I'm not saying I'm the best preacher anything like that, right?
But obviously a lot of pastors a lot of churches preach through the Gospels, you know
Matthew Mark Luke and John and I was telling some of the men
I don't know how you preach for the Gospels without preaching on soul winning. I mean soul winning is on every chapter
How do you get away from being a prairie? How do you how are you a preacher that doesn't preach?
You know on so any even if I wanted to avoid it I couldn't I couldn't avoid it so many speeches and
Listening to the reading from Luke chapter 10. We've seen that all over again. But look at verse number 16 Luke chapter 10 verse 16
And I think this is a good reminder for us as soul winners in verse number 16. It says here that here a few
Hereth me and he that is spires of you
This spires of me and he that despises me despises him that sent me
So the title of sermon this morning is here that here if you here with me
All right here that here if you here with me, let's start off with verse number one and remember chapter 9
Jesus had sent his 12 apostles, you know to go into every city and he gave him power to heal. He gave him power over
Casting out devils and we see the same thing play out all over again here in verse number one
After these things the Lord appointed other
70 also and sent them to and to before his face into every city
And place whither he himself would come
So we saw there in Luke 9 that he sent out the 12 and now he's sending another 70 praise God
Right. Praise God that the Lord had added
Laborers into the harvest right what what the 12 could achieve was fantastic
They came back rejoicing now Jesus says, you know what we're going to increase that by another 70
So now we have you know with the 12 the 12 apostles now
We have really 82 82 been given this power they go into every place to every city. Look at verse number two
Therefore said he unto them the harvest truly is great
But the laborers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvests that he would send forth laborers into his harvest
Hey, this is what he's telling the 70 that he's sending out
Alright, this is look at the 70, you know, you need to be praying for more laborers as well
All right, and I keep your finger there turn to Matthew chapter 9 turn to Matthew chapter 9
Because I want to show you this where Jesus said very similar words. Okay in Matthew chapter 9 verse 36
Matthew chapter 9 verse 36 I
Just want to show you and compare this it says but when he saw the multitudes
He was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and was scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd
Then say if he unto his disciples
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
That he will send forth laborers into his harvest look at chapter 10 verse 1 and when he had called unto him his 12
Disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
You see that chapter 9 the end of chapter 9 the beginning of chapter 10 is what we read in the previous chapter Luke chapter 9
So when Jesus sends out his 12, he says hey, you're gonna go out there and be a laborer in the harvest
I want you also to be praying for more laborers
So then we get later on the prayers are answered
We get another 70 going out and Jesus says to the 70 pray for the same thing
I'm gonna give you power over
The devil's and heal the sick the same way that the 12 were given and he says to the 70
Hey you pray for more laborers. All right, but I want you to notice there that the expectation
Is that you're a laborer yourself, you know that you're a laborer yourself
And that's just Jesus's expectation and this is because you're a laborer pray for more laborers and we see the prayer answered another
70 going out. Okay, so we see that, you know truly Christ wants laborers
He wants laborers into his harvest, you know and go back to Luke chapter 10 go back to Luke chapter 10
So I just wanted to show you that Jesus gave those
Instructions to his disciples and now he's given the same lesson the same teaching to the 70 that are going out
and
Look at verse number three. It says go your ways behold. I send you forth as lambs among wolves
Hey when we go out and we preach the gospel, we should be going as lambs. Okay, you're not the wolf
You're not the one that's trying to devour the person at the door. The lamb is gentle. All right, the lamb is pleasant
That's how you ought to be when you knock on your neighbor's door. Okay, don't be rude, you know
Don't be hostile that like a wolf be like the lamb being sent forth as lambs among wolves
And if you notice in verse number one Jesus sends them out to and to okay two by two
The way we will do it the reason we do it two by two today and look if you got no partner
There's nothing wrong with you going by yourself and knocking doors. But the ideal scenario is that you would have a partner with you
Why is that because you're like a lamb amongst wolves
All right, having that person with you that silent partner is a huge help
Okay, first of all, that person should be praying at the door, you know, maybe they can help you
You know if you get stuck on something they can help you out
But also, you know if you get injured if you're out there, you know and someone harms you or you just get injured
You know, there's someone there that can call for help to some there that can lift you up and help you out
But also, you know if there's a false accusation
You know you go to some of the door and they claim that you've done something wrong
You've you've you know, you've done some evil that you've got that second witness there with you that can say no
You know, I was a witness I saw what happened and this is what took place
So going two by two is biblical, but it also gives us protection as lambs among wolves
Verse number four and the same instructions that he gave his to his twelve
He says carry neither personal script nor shoes and salute no man, by the way
And look when it says salute no man, by the way, it's not like like ignore people that you come across
It's basically don't be distracted by the work you're doing. I'm sending you to these cities. Your goal is to preach the gospel
I don't want you getting sidetracked with conversations
Okay, and again good things that we ought to apply as soul winners, right? We go to the door
Sometimes people say to you look I don't have I don't have time, you know
You have time for me to give you the god
No, I haven't got time but many times they want to tell you their life story many times
They want to have a conversation about anything besides the Bible and you might get trapped into thinking
You know what? Maybe if I just let them talk for a while
They'll give me the chance later on and I've done that, you know, I've done that. Oh, they want to talk
All right, I'll let him talk a bit and it's like well, you know now that you because you do have the time
You know, can I show you the banana? I'm not interested. I don't have time
All right, so look, you know as soul winners
We should be careful not to be distracted when we have a goal when we have a mission to do
All right verse number five
Into and into whatsoever house he enter
First say peace be to this house
So you're bringing a blessing if someone accepts you into the house and we'll see his soon here that it's actually it's actually believer
Okay that accepts you into the house, you know, bless the house bless the people there verse number six
It says that and if the Son of Peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall turn to you again
Now that that phrase Son of Peace
It's not found anywhere else in the Bible. So if you're I was kind of wondering what is it?
What is the Son of Peace?
So we don't have anything that we can reference but I think it's it should be pretty straightforward
I think because Jesus is known as the Prince of Peace right in Isaiah 9 6 the Prince of Peace
And when someone receives the all the gospel what's the gospel also called it's also God and the kids you guys memorize this
You know the arm of the armor of the the armor of God when you when you put your shoes on what was it called?
You guys remember?
It was the what are you preparing yourself for you're preparing yourself for the gospel of peace. Remember that the gospel of peace
So what I believe the Son of Peace is here is someone that has the Lord Jesus Christ
Someone that has received the gospel of peace and has the Prince of Peace basically in them, okay
So I believe he's saying here that if you go into someone's house, they're a believer, you know bless them
But if they're not a believer then turn away from don't go into an unbelievers house. I think is what essentially what it's being taught here
verse number seven and
in the same house remain
Eating and drinking such things as they give for the laborer is worthy of his hire
Go not from house to house
So if someone receives you, you know, I believe especially they give you they offer you a drink
They offer you a bit of food or whatever so you can be comfortable on your journey
Jesus says look accept it, you know for the labor is worthy of his hire
You know, you know someone that's that's a preaching the gospel someone that's working for the Lord
They're worthy to be to be paid. They're worthy to be rewarded, you know and
Keep your finger there and turn to 1st Timothy turn to 1st Timothy chapter 5 turn to 1st Timothy chapter 5
Because this this is a
Teaching from the Old Testament. Okay, but we see two applications here
We see it to of someone that's out there preaching the gospel
All right
But we also see this as an application to pastors in 1st Timothy chapter 5 verse 17
It says let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double on honor
Especially they who labor in the word and doctrine
So those that labor in doctrine those that study it those that preach the Word of God feed you the Word of God
They're worthy of double honor and look at verse 18 for the scripture saith
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn and the laborer is worthy of his reward
Alright, so, you know, there are people that believe you know full-time workers, you know that that serve the church or maybe act as you know
Like a evangelist or a missionary, you know, these people shouldn't be paid
I mean, there's a movement that that basically doesn't want pastors to be paid and they believe if a pastor gets paid
You know, they're a hireling there's someone that's just working for money, you know, but we see in the Bible
It's very scriptural that if you go into labor in word and doctrine that you're worthy of your higher
You know, you're worthy of your reward you you know, it's some someone that ought to be paid
All right, so I'm not saying that because I don't get paid here. I'm not saying that
It's just what we're up to in the scriptures, you know
But I would love it and I'll just give you a quick testimony and I've shared this with a few of you
But last Sunday was the first time that I've been completely reimbursed like since we started the church
Obviously I put some you know, you know, some of my personal finances forward and you say what is it?
You know, I mean there's actually a lot that goes to
Organizing a church and having the resources that you need and all those kinds of things and obviously as a new church
We just didn't have the finances
So I put forth a lot of you know things that in my own pocket when we got this building again
I you know, I took it out of my own pocket and I was kind of expecting, you know
I probably won't get that money back for a while, you know, and I wasn't too bothered about it
It's not like I'm desperate for anything like that. But you know this past Sunday was fantastic. Praise God
We had enough we had an amazing amount that came in through November
Again a surprise because we're approaching Christmas and normally in Christmas, you know people that say, you know
Concerned about money for holidays or concerned about money for Chris, you know, you know buying presents and all those kinds of things
So I'm you know as the past I'm really appreciative of the of the you know
The offerings or tithes and offerings that are coming into this church. Honestly, it's it's fantastic completely reimbursed
That's that's something that's off my mind right now and you know, maybe in the new year, maybe looking forward
I can I can revisit and see hey whether you know, this laborer is worthy of some higher worthy of some reward
We'll see we'll see in the new year. Okay
But let's move on go back to Luke chapter 10 verse 7 Luke chapter 10 verse 7
Hmm
It's interesting that last our last sentence there. He says go not from house to house
So the instructions to these 70 if someone lets you into the house just you know be there they're gonna provide for you
They're gonna feed you etc. They're gonna give you what you need, but don't go from house to house, you know
Establish yourself and then from that location go and preach the gospel into that city
Okay, don't waste your time going from one house to another house
This is not going house to house preaching the gospel
This is you know, what you're saying is don't go house to house seeking for you know sustenance
Seeking for what you need to be able to do your job
No
stay in the house that you're at and then go and preach the gospel and
I thought I thought this was interesting because it reminds me of a waste of time
That a lot of my Baptist brethren do you know and I know they're not you know
They don't mean that it's not like they mean evil. They mean well, they're just trying to serve the Lord
They have a heart to serve the Lord, right, but they've been taught that before you can become a pastor
They've been taught before you can become a missionary. You've got to essentially go house to house
What I mean by that well, the church is the house of the Lord and essentially they'll spend years
You know two years three years going from church to church, you know seeking financial
Help so they can go in and work for the Lord
But you know what preaching the gospel doesn't cost you anything
Except maybe 15 minutes of your time. All right, that's all it cost
I mean knocking on your neighbor's door and saying hey, I'm from the local church. I'm here to give the gospel
Can I present it to you? That's not gonna cost you anything
You don't need to go from house to house from from church to church to get you know, what you need
Hey, you know what?
We should be teaching our young people, you know
If you have a desire to get into the ministry one day become a full-time worker
What we should be teaching them is go get a job
You know go get a job get married have kids live life, you know preach the gospel
You know every week in your church serve in your church
And when the time is right and you're able to provide for yourself then go out and serve the Lord
All right, you know establish yourself in that one house and from that house serve the Lord
Don't waste time going everywhere spending years and years when you should be just out there preaching the gospel
All right
He's our I have a desire to to become a missionary in a foreign field. That's fine
I don't have a problem with that
But if you're not being a missionary here, you're never gonna be a missionary in the foreign field
Okay
if you're not serving here when you have you know a church that supports you when you have a house that's over your head and
You're not doing that. You're never gonna be the missionary overseas. Okay. So anyway, I just thought that was interesting, you know
Stay in the house that you're at and I think there's also a challenge for churches
You know if a church has someone that they want to send out to be a missionary
I think that church and and you know, they're going to a place where they can't work
Maybe it's a foreign field or whatever
Then I think that church should be doing everything they can to help that person achieve that goal. Okay, and again, you know, I
Know they mean well
But have you ever been to a church where they've literally got like a hundred missionaries on the wall?
They're like look at all these these hundred missionaries that we support and they're like, you know
They send 50 bucks a week to this 120 bucks a week to that 100 bucks a week to that one
Like, you know, I mean why I mean what if you just helped one missionary what if that missionary knew hey this church
You know the church that sent me they're gonna they're gonna provide for me
They're gonna make sure that I have everything I need instead of you know, having the hundred, you know missionaries for 50 bucks a month
It's not I mean you pray for them
But I think what we see in the Bible is that you know, the house of the Lord should be providing for the workers
Okay that they have anyway, let's let's go back to Luke 10 Luke 10 chapter 8 Luke 10 chapter 8
And into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you each such things are as are set before you
So you can't be a fussy eater if you want to be a worker for the Lord, right?
Whatever whatever they serve before you you got to eat it. All right, there's no vegans. There's no vegan missionaries
Verse number nine and heal the sick that are there in and say unto them the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you
Now I just want you to as we talk about the kingdom of God
I'm going to talk a lot about it in chapter 13 of Luke
But I just wanted to pick up things as the kingdom of God is mentioned
We know that the preaching the kingdom of God is preaching the gospel
And we see that the kingdom of God say to them the kingdom of God is nigh unto you. What does that mean?
It's near it's close. Hey, you can you can have it right now
I'm coming to show you how you can enter into that kingdom
And we ought to be a little bit like that when we go and preach the gospel
And don't be shy, you know, don't be um, what's the word?
Timid don't be timid. You've got the keys to the kingdom of God right there. It's close
It's near that person that door can be saved right now
Should they hear the word believe it and call on the name of the Lord to be saved?
All right, we ought to go with bonus we have a an amazing power
Yeah, maybe not to cast out devils but to open up that kingdom and allow people in through the preaching of the gospel
It's an amazing thing, you know, we're coming in and bringing that kingdom very near very close to these people at the door
It might be the closest I ever get to the kingdom, you know
Verse 10
But into whatsoever city you enter and they receive you not go your ways out of the streets of the same and say
Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us we do wipe off against you notwithstanding
Be you sure of this that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you
So even the ones that don't want to hear the gospel they say hey tell them
You had the chance you've had an opportunity to have the kingdom of God to receive the kingdom of God
You know, don't be ashamed. Don't be timid
There's number 12
But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in the day of Sodom than for that city say why?
Because that city those people had an opportunity to hear the gospel
Okay, they had a prophet coming through, you know and and and and bringing that kingdom close to them
And so while we know the sins of Sodom and we know, you know, the hellfire these people are suffering right now
You know, it's gonna be worse for those that have the opportunity to receive the gospel
Those that have every opportunity
Today and they reject it. It's gonna be worse for them
Now these people were casting out there was doing amazing works of God, you know
They were able to see you know, essentially, you know, the great works of God and they still reject it. They reject these people
Hellfire is gonna be worse for them
Okay, hellfire is gonna be worse for them and we see that this is definitely about hell. Look at verse 13
woe unto thee
Corazon so these are all cities woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon
Which have been done in you they had a great while ago repented sitting in sackcloth and ashes
Now if you remember go to Luke chapter 6 go to Luke chapter 6
Go to Luke chapter 6 verse 17
So Jesus is saying look to these cities and I'm assuming they're Jewish cities Bethsaida definitely is
Corazon I'm not that sure but I assume it is
It's saying look if these works were done in the Gentile in the Gentile cities in Tyre and Sidon
They would have repented. Okay, they would have you know
Repented in sackcloth and ashes. Look at look at Luke 6 verse 17 Luke 6 17
You might remember this
It says and he came down with them and stood in the plain and the company of his disciples and a great multitude of people
Out of all Judea and Jerusalem and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon
Which came to to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. So, you know, Jesus is not talking nonsense
He's not making empty threats
You know
We see that there are people in these Gentile cities wanting to come and hear Jesus Christ
Wanting to come and hear the gospel and be healed and see the mighty works of God
You know had he gone into the entire city. Wow, there would have been a
Great revival there. Okay, but we definitely see what Jesus says. They said is the facts
In fact, he knows very well the kinds of people that would receive him and many cases in this case
It was the Gentiles instead of the Jews. All right, go back to Luke chapter 10
Luke chapter 10 verse 14
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. So those are those cities that
Obviously did not believe on Christ
But they have did not have the opportunity of Christ passing through those cities themselves
It's going to be more tolerable in the day of judgment than for you
We'll see this look at verse 15 and thou Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven shall be thrust down to hell
So I assume Capernaum was probably filled with a lot of prideful people
Thinking that they're close to God thinking that they're on their way to heaven and Jesus says you'll be thrust down to hell
I assume then they probably obviously rejected Jesus Christ
They rejected these 70 and the 12 that were going out there and notice that they'll be thrust down to hell
So when we understand this about the cities, we definitely see that this is the judgment of God
you know and have you ever have you ever had people say to you and
Maybe you know you've come across and said you know some hard truths on the bottom of the Bible and people have said to you
Hold on. I'm Christian supposed to be tolerant doesn't Christianity Christianity teach tolerance
Have you ever looked up the word tolerance in the Bible?
This is the only place that it's found
Okay, this is the only place look at verse 12
But I said to you shall be more tolerable in the day of Sodom than for that city. Yeah, I don't believe in tolerance
Okay, and some people in hell it's gonna be more tolerable for them than for others. I believe in tolerance
Yeah, okay, but tolerance of sin. No, I don't believe in tolerance for sin. I don't believe in tolerance for false religions
I don't believe in tolerance for false Jesus's and false Gospels. No
But tolerance is taught in the Bible. It's basically dependent on how much you're gonna suffer in Hellfire
Okay, and so this is one major
Passage in the Bible that actually teaches us that for some like hell's not not equally painful for everybody
But for some it's going to be much worse than for others, okay
Especially for those that had every opportunity to receive Christ, you know
And they rejected him
Verse number 16 verse number 16
So, yeah, I do believe in tolerance verse number 16
He that hearth you hearth me and he that despises of you despise of me and he that despises me despise of him
That sent me I love this verse
Because it keeps us as soul winners it keeps us humble
And it keeps us from getting discouraged as well. All right, so
When we go out, you know, and we preach the gospel and people believe it and get saved etc, etc
You know, this is gonna stop you from getting too prideful thinking man. Look at me. I'm so great
I'm the greatest soul winner on the planet. No
They they heard you because they heard Jesus
Okay
It's because of Jesus Christ because because of the words of God that they got saved
It was a through the power of the gospel is the power of the Word of God that got them saved
You know, not your not your good looks, you know, not your muscles that got him saved
It was all through the power of God that comes from his word
So that'll keep you humble, but also and he that despise of you despise of me
So someone says hey, you know and you know, they hate you. They don't want you there
Maybe they swear at you or whatever, you know, you might take that personally, but Jesus says hey, it's not you
They hate me, you know, they despise me. So that's going to help you from getting discouraged
All right, some people when people have a go you you'd be like, you know what it wasn't me
They're actually hate Jesus. All right, and then he says and he that despise of me despise of him that sent me
I mean, they actually despise God the Father ultimately, okay, because they despise the Son
I mean, what does that say about Judaism?
You know, I hear Christians say well they reject the Son, but they worship the Father and they love the Father
They want to serve the Father know if they despise Jesus and they do then they actually despise God the Father
Okay, so, you know never, you know Judaism is a false religion guys. It's not Christianity Old Testament
No, all right. It's a false religion
Just as much Islam is a false religion just as much Buddhism and Hinduism is a false religion
You know anyone that rejects Jesus Christ as the Messiah the Son of God as a Savior also despises God the Father
All right, this number 17 and
The 70 returned again with joy saying Lord, even the devil's are subject unto us through thy name
Fantastic same thing happened to 12 if you remember in the previous chapter
Now, let me just say a couple of things about these 70
This is the only time in the Bible that we read about him
But they were given the same powers that were given the same instructions as the twelve apostles
You know and I don't think there's anything wrong with considering these 70 as apostles
They may very well have been apostles, but sometimes we have this mindset that there were only 12 apostles
I mean a lot of people think there were just 12 apostles, but we're seeing the Bible that there are there are more than 12
And so I think you could call these 70 apostles even though the Bible itself does not
You know name them by that name, but let's look quick do a quick Bible study here
So turn to the book of Acts, Acts chapter 1
Acts chapter 1 verse 26, Acts chapter 1 verse 26
I just want to show you this just for your just for your knowledge
Acts chapter 1 verse 26
And remember one of the apostles was the betrayer
One of the apostles was not even saved and that was Judas Iscariot remember and he hung himself
He died and then there were 11 left well in Acts chapter 1 the twelve apostles or the eleven apostles that remain
They wanted to fill that role
They wanted to fill that that office and in Acts chapter 1 verse 26
It says and they gave forth their lots and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles
Okay, he was numbered with the eleven apostles
So we see Matthias at least as far as the eleven are concerned Matthias took on the apostleship that was left
By Judas Iscariot, so we see Matthias is an apostle okay now look at Acts 14
Go to Acts 14 verse 14
Acts 14 verse 14
Because we have other apostles besides the twelve Acts 14 14 it says
Which when the apostles
Barnabas and Paul now we we know Paul is an apostle right yeah, he's written so much of the New Testament
He's a great apostle, but notice it says apostles
Barnabas and Paul and Barnabas was obviously Paul's helper
Barnabas and Paul heard of and they rent their clothes and ran in among the people crying out so we see another two apostles there by
Name Barnabas and Paul now turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 4
1st Corinthians chapter 4
1st Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6
1st Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6 notice this and these things brethren I have in a figure
Transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written
That no one of you be puffed up for one against another so there we see Paul mentioning Apollos
Now drop down to verse number 9 verse number 9
He says for I think that God have sent forth us
The Apostles last as they were appointed to death so when he says the us there in verse number 9
He's referring to himself and Apollos
Okay, and so there he's essentially calling Apollos an apostle as well all right
Turn to Galatians chapter 1 Galatians chapter 1
Galatians chapter 1
Verse 19 so this teaching is not going to change your life. Yeah, I'm just giving you information
So when you read your Bible you're like oh, yeah, I remember that Galatians chapter 1 verse 19
It says but other of the Apostles saw I none
Save James the Lord's brother so of the other apostles
I didn't see any except James, so what is he saying about James that he's an apostle
He's an apostle that he saw now
We know that of the twelve there was there was also James there as well in the twelve
but this James is actually a half brother of the Lord Jesus Christ a son of
Joseph and Mary and we see here Paul calls James an apostle all right turn to first Thessalonians
first Thessalonians chapter 2
First Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 6 first Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 6
So this is you know obviously we know it's a it's an epistle of Paul, and it says here
Nor of men sought we glory
Neither of you nor yet of others when we might have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ
Okay, so he's calling himself and those that are writing this letter the apostles of Christ
Now go to chapter 1 verse 1 chapter 1 verse 1 first Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 1
It says Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus
unto the church of the Thessalonians
Which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ
Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
so who wrote
Who's yeah, who's written first Thessalonians? Where's that coming from it's definitely coming from Paul
We know that but also from Silvanus and Timotheus
And then you remember in chapter 2 who refers themselves as the apostles plural of Christ so here
We definitely have Silvanus and Timotheus is also Timothy in the Bible as apostles recognized as apostles and
One more turn to the book of Hebrews turn to the book of Hebrews
Hebrews chapter 3
Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1
It says wherefore holy brethren
partakers of the heavenly calling
Consider the apostle and high priest of our profession Christ Jesus all right so there
We have Christ Jesus capital a apostle all right capital a apostle and high priest
So just a little Bible study there, so I just wanted to show you that you know
It's not just the 12 that were apostles
But that you know Jesus Christ had appointed other men to be apostles as well throughout his ministry
Remember his ministry was three years long
Okay
And then there were also certain criteria of somebody that could call themselves an apostle or take on that an office of an apostle
I won't go into all that today, but I just want to show you it's more than 12
Okay, so if you ever have you know you have a plain Bible trivia and that question comes up
You know there's more than 12
I showed you these ones because we know them by names there might be other apostles
But they're not known by names that might be other men as well that we see in the scriptures
But anyway, I hope that was interesting go back to Luke chapter 10 Luke chapter 10
verse 18
Luke chapter 10 verse 18 this is a very interesting verse okay Luke chapter 10 verse 18
So remember these 70 had just finished saying hey, you know we're casting out these devils
You know even though the spirits you know we're under our authority in your name
And then we get to verse 18 and and Jesus says and he said unto them
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven
All right, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven
It's an interesting interesting thing and I think this has to do with the kingdom of God
Which I'm going to teach on you guys in chapter 13, but quickly turn to Revelation chapter 12 turn to Revelation chapter 12 verse 7
Revelation chapter 12 verse 7 so we turn to the book of Revelation
During the tribulation or actually leading up to the great tribulation period in the Bible
And it says there in Revelation chapter 12 verse 7 and there was war in heaven
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not
Neither was their place found any more in heaven and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan
Which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him
so some people
Associate Luke 10 18 with Jesus beholding Satan falling from heaven with Revelation chapter 12
Even though Revelation chapter 12 is in the future has not yet happened
They associate Jesus being the eternal God seeing this as a future thing of heaven
Though that's not my interpretation. I just wanted to show you that that's not my interpretation
I actually believe that
Jesus did see Satan fall from heaven when when these devils were being cast out out of these people
Okay
When the devil's when the spirits were being cast out of people that were demon-possessed that devil-possessed
He saw Satan fall out of heaven, but something that you may have noticed there in Revelation 12
It said about Satan neither was their place found any more in heaven
So we know in Revelation 12 when Satan is cast out of heaven. That's it
They will never have a place anymore. He will never ever walk into heaven ever again
But that doesn't mean that he hasn't been cast out of heaven before I mean it kind of makes sense that Satan would come
You know and God would just be like, you know, get out of here and he'd fall out of heaven
But something that we notice about the kingdom of God as we see the kingdom of God increase
You know and we see the great works of God
One thing that you'll also notice in the Bible is we see the kingdom of Satan take a back step
It's not just that the kingdom of God grows but the kingdom of Satan actually
Also decreases as it grows. Okay, there's this twofold thing
So I actually believe that as they were casting out devils the kingdom of Satan was being shaken
To the point that Satan himself was you know fell out of heaven as lightning
So I believe that was something Jesus had seen especially when you look at you continue reading look at verse 19
behold I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and
Nothing shall by any means hurt you so, you know even even
Snakes and scorpions could not hurt these these 70 could not help hurt the 12 that went out preaching the gospel
And I believe this is also applicable to you know, the power of the enemy
Spiritual enemies and not just physical creatures that can hurt them
But also they had power over spiritual enemies and nothing shall by any means hurt you
So verse 20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you
But rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven
So if we keep verse 18 in context, you know, we see that, you know
Satan falling from heaven is associated with these devils being cast out with these devils being under subjection of these apostles in
Jesus name but Jesus says look even better than that even better than these spirits being under your subjection
You know at the verse of 20 it says be rejoice because your names are written in heaven
What's even better than casting out devils is that you're saved?
Alright, and how many people how many preachers, you know?
Boast about the power to cast out devils, you know, I don't believe they're casting out devils, but that's what they talk about
That's what they praise about. That's what they lift themselves up about Jesus
Hey, it's better that you're saved and a lot of people aren't even saved
Okay
In other words you have greater reason to rejoice because you know
Your name is written in heaven than having these great powers that God gave, you know, the seven apostles
Let's keep reading verse number 21
And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, you know, Jesus rejoices when when the soul winners come back
You know, you know talking about the great news that that happened
He rejoices in spirit said I thank the old Father Lord of heaven and earth and thou has hid these things from the wise and prudent
And has revealed them unto babes even so father for it so it seemeth good in thy sight
All things are delivered
Delivered to me of my father and no man knoweth who the Son is
But the Father and who the Father is but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him
so if you remember when I told him the Trinity last time I mentioned that the Trinity is
specifically a New Testament doctrine
Not that it's not found in the Old Testament it definitely is okay
But we see that it is a doctrine that became very clear became very apparent by Jesus Christ
It's Jesus that really came preaching the Trinity teaching about the Father teaching of the Son and you know
This is a great passage here because he says look, you know, he mentions in verse 22 that no man knows who the Son is
but the Father and who the Father is but the Son no one knows who the Father is except the Son and
He to whom the Son will reveal him. The only way to know God the Father is
By Jesus Christ revealing that to you
Okay, when you are saved through the Son of God through Jesus Christ, then you have access to the Father
Then you can actually speak to the Father in prayer. Okay, but we see that they're not one person
Okay, there are two there right the Father there's the Son and notice that um
It said there in verse 22 all things are delivered to me of my father
We see the teaching of the authority structure the chain of command it's the Father that's given things to the Son
You know, Jesus Christ is not God the Father. Otherwise, he'd be given things to himself
No, he says the Father delivers things to the Son
Okay
So the rock the Son reveals to us who the Father is you're going to get the best teaching on the Trinity
Through the New Testament and then when you revisit the Old Testament, you're gonna be like, oh, yeah, there it is
You're gonna see the Trinity all over the Old Testament
but that's because you've been given the light that Jesus Christ gave us teaching us about the
relationship there of the Father and of the Son
verse 23 and he turned and he turned him unto his disciples and said privately
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see
For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them and
To hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them
Hey, you know as a kid I grew up in a church and I knew I had to be in church
I knew it was the commands of God, but it was so boring
And you know and maybe that's part of my you know, probably my own spirit
I was bored, but you know what the preaching was boring. All right, I didn't learn anything new
I would rather as a kid. I would rather just sit in church read my Bible
I feel like I learned more just doing that than hearing the preaching. All right, but notice we have a great privilege
Jesus says look there are many prophets of the Old Testament
There are kings people of authority and power that wish to have the knowledge that you have
They wish to hear the preaching that we've heard to know, you know, the things that we know
You know and you know, we should never be people that get bored in church
We should never get be people that get bored of hearing the Word of God preached
Now I understand if you get bored because many preachers don't even preach the Word of God or they
Read one verse and then it's all their own personal wisdom. Yeah, I can understand getting bored of that
Hey, but you know, thank God we're in a church and look
I'm not boasting of myself because we've had other men preach and they open the Word of God
They teach us great things from the Word of God. Praise God
You know, this is something that we ought to rejoice in and value it
You know value what we have because there are there are other men, you know
You know better men than us prophets of the Old Testament that wish to have the information that we have
You know, please value the Word of God. Please read it. Please meditate. Please love it
Please, you know enjoy coming to church to just sit under the teaching of the Word of God
Verse number what am I up to guys?
25 and behold a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him saying master. What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Now are you going when you go door-knocking and you preach the gospel
Are you going to turn to Matthew 10 25 to teach on the gospel?
So here it is. Here's the question master. What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Why won't you turn there?
look at verse 26 and he said unto him what is written in the law how readest thou and
he answered and said
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind
And thy neighbor as thyself and he said unto him thou has answered right
This do and thou shalt live there it is guys
That's how you get saved love God with all your heart. Love your neighbor and I just yeah you do this and thou shalt live
That's how you get yeah, you know inherit eternal eternal life. Is that how we're gonna preach the gospel? No, okay
let's look back at verse 25 and
behold a certain lawyer stood up and
Tempted him
Okay, this this guy wasn't looking for a sincere answer
He wasn't someone that really wanted to know how to get to heaven. Okay, he came testing Jesus. He came tempting him
He wanted to trip up Jesus Christ
okay, and
Look at verse number 29
But he willing to justify himself
Said unto Jesus and who is my neighbor?
Hey, he wants to prove himself worthy of the kingdom of God
He wants to justify himself
No, you know you there's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can bring to God and be justified of no
It's it's salvation by the righteousness of Jesus Christ not your own righteousness. Hey, look, it's a pretty good answer
It's the kind of answer you get at the door all the time, you know, we'll just love God love your neighbors
Do the best no, no, that's how we get saved. No, what part of it there is a truth to that, right?
Otherwise Jesus would be lying in verse 28 and he said unto him thou has answered right this do and thou shall live
Alright, so hypothetically there is another way to heaven. There is another way to have the kingdom of God
That's basically be perfect. Okay, keep all the commands of God be perfect
Yeah, and thou shall live that's that's one great way to God
I mean, but look Romans 3 10 as it is written. There is none righteous
No, not one
No, not one. Yeah, if you could do it all you could keep and be perfect like God you go to heaven
Perfect. You don't even need to get saved because you're perfect already
You're making your way through there. But hey, there is none righteous. No, not one
We should never be like this lawyer trying to justify ourselves
Someone asked you. Hey, how do you know you're gonna heaven? Hey, no, why are you saved? Why are you so sure?
You never justify yourself. Well, look at me I go to church, you know, I do great works I read my Bible
No, don't justify yourself. Let's say I'm a filthy sinner
I'm not righteous, but Jesus died for me and I've placed my faith on him. Okay verse number 29 and
He willing to justify himself
said unto Jesus and who is my neighbor and
Jesus and this is this is a great parable
One of the one of the most famous parables that Jesus taught on and Jesus answering said a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
So this is a Jew
This is a Jewish man and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed
Leaving him half dead. So this guy has been beaten. He's been stripped naked. He's half dead
he's going to die should no one come to help him and
By chance they came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side
So the priests are meant to serve in the temple of God. They see this man
He sees this man. He just walks by on the other side. I'm not gonna deal with that trouble. That's not my problem
I'm gonna move on
verse 32 and
Likewise a Levites now the priests were meant to be Levites
But a Levite was not all Levites were priests
But all Levites were required to basically serve in the temple of God and be you know
Basically be of service to the nation of Israel
so this is another person that is supposed to be godly someone that's supposed to know the Lord well and
Supposed to help their neighbors supposed to serve other Jewish people other Israelites
Verse 32 and likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side
Now stop there for a minute because remember it's a lawyer it's some of that not what lawyer it's not like the lawyers we have today
Well, it's kind of similar because a lawyer is something like that. We have today is someone that knows the law
Okay, they're supposed to know the law
They're supposed to know how to represent people
Through the law and a lawyer back in these days or someone that knew the law of God
someone that was well studied someone that that I was maybe even a teacher a teacher of the doctrines of the Bible and so
This is significant that Jesus Christ
Mentions the priest and the Levite because essentially that they're all the same
You know very similar to what the lawyer is supposed to be okay?
It's saying look these righteous these supposed to be righteous godly people. They're not helping this man at all
But look at verse 33 and a certain Samaritan as he journeyed
Came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion on him
and he went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own beast and
brought him to an inn and took care of him and
on the morrow when he departed he took out two pence and
Gave them to the host and said unto him take care of him and what's over there spend this more when I come again
I will repay thee
now which now are these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves and
He said he that showed mercy on him then said Jesus unto him go and do thou likewise
Likewise
So what's Jesus saying you're not loving your neighbor?
Yeah, you gave the right answers if you were able to love the Lord and you're able to love the neighbor
And you're able to keep the commands of God. Yeah, you would be righteous you would have life
But Jesus he says at the end of the parable you've got to do likewise in other words you failed
You've broken the laws of God. You're not doing the things you can't justify yourself
Okay, and he uses you know these these godly examples of the priests and the Levi because that's what the lawyer was supposed to be
You know he's probably hanging around the Levites and lawyers and say look you guys you're not being merciful to people
You know but the Samaritan the people that you hate you know the half-bred Jewish and the half you know Assyrians
Or whatever it was mix of people you know some of these people
You know I'm more merciful than you are you know some of these people are closer to the Lord than what you are
And I also think that the the good Samaritan also represents Christ in many ways
You know a lot of us
Just know in sin lost and dying on our way to hell literally half dead right you know half that our spirits dead
It's just the body needs to drop him, and then we're on to hell
You know and Jesus comes takes him aboard heals him and pays it all he pays it says look if there's anything left
Oh, I'll make sure that gets paid to all right when Jesus Christ paid for our sins. He paid for it all our past
present and future sins
Alright, just like that Samaritan anything future. That's gonna cost don't worry. I've taken care of that. I'll take care of that all right
Verse 38
Now it came to pass as they went and he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into
Her house, and she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus feet and heard his word
So Mary and Martha the two sisters, and and they've got a famous brother as well in the Bible
You know that is that's Lazarus the Lazarus that was raised from the dead by Jesus Christ
Well these are siblings Martha and Mary they received Jesus into his house into the house
They you know they must be saved people you know we have Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus Christ
Listening here in the Word of God and then verse 40
But Martha was come but about much serving and came to him and said Lord
Dost thou not care that my sister hath left to serve alone left me to serve alone
Bid her therefore that she helped me
Look Martha is kind. I mean look. She's serving
Jesus is here. I'm gonna make sure you know he gets fed, and you know he has what he needs
You know I'm going to be working around you know
But then he you know she she criticizes her sister Mary because she's not serving you know all Mary's doing is sitting at the feet of
Jesus listening to the Word of God
Look at verse 41 and
Jesus answered and said unto her Martha Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things in other words
The reason you're reacting this way about your sister Martha isn't just because she's not helping you you're actually
Careful full of care and troubled about many things
There's actually a lot of things in your life
That is a bit out of control and you're really troubled and worried about all those things
And it's coming out and you're criticizing your system area okay, and this happens in life
You know it's happened to me. I don't know if you have experienced this maybe you've had a stressful day at work
You know there's a lot of problems things on your mind
You know sometimes you just want to come home and not think about work
But you bring all the problems and stress with you and then something small happens in the house
And you react the wrong way, okay?
I mean what happened wasn't worth how you reacted this has happened to me
It's because you know you're coming about with all the cares and all the worries
That's on your mind, and it causes you to react in the wrong way. That's essentially what Jesus is saying to Martha
Verse 42, but one thing is needful and Mary have chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her
Hey, what's the good part that Mary did? What's the good work that Mary is doing right now?
She's sitting at the feet of Jesus Christ and hearing the Word of God all right Martha. She wants to be a help
She's not like an evil woman or anything like that right, but she's so concerned about other things
She's distracted about other things instead of just sitting still and listening to Jesus. She's trying to to work and
Look, this is why
When we have church service we don't have any other ministries going on that there should be no other distractions going on
We just want to sit at the feet of the preacher and listen to the Word of God being preached, okay?
We're not ever going to have Sunday school during the church service
Okay, because not only will you take the kids away you know now the now
There's a teacher being distracted, and they're not sitting there being come bit about with worries and cares and stuff like that
Hey, that's not what we want. We don't want met. We don't Marfa's in this church
Yeah, actually I do want a lot of Marfa's
I do want a lot of people serving, but when it comes to the preaching of God's Word
It's time to sit down and not be distracted
You know as parents we need to teach our kids to sit still and it's a sit still pay attention
Listen to the Word of God, and I know like you know got little kids
I know you know they're going to get you know bored and and maybe make noise
And you're gonna have to take care of that and you're gonna miss parts of your part of the sermon or whatever
But you know we're trying to do everything we can to make sure you don't miss too much
You know brother Matthew has put speakers into the mother's room. You know please if you need to go in there
Please turn it on if it's not on put it up loud if you have to
I've been in church. We're literally mothers go to the mother's room and switch off the preaching so they can chat okay
No, that's not how you know that's that's Martha
No, you know it's time to be like Mary when we're in church service, okay?
And if you miss the sermon you can't make it on the day
Hey the preachers on YouTube the preachers on audio
You know go back and listen to the Word of God being preached not because it makes me feel good
You know I don't care if the numbers on YouTube go up by a number of years
I don't care. It's it's for your sake it's for our sake so we can sit hear the Word of God
And you know as we go through chapter by chapter sometimes
I refer back to things we've really covered so if you've missed things you know it's not you're not going to get as much out
of it in in future sermons
But that's what I have for you guys today. You know let's learn to sit still
Let's learn to take the Word of God seriously
Let's learn to love the Word of God and and take it in and then once it's all over
Then we can serve then we can be Martha and run around and serve one another all right. Hey, let's pray