The Bible says that Jesus went about all the cities and villages teaching to their synagogues
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among
the people.
But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted
and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherds.
He didn't say at the end of the disciples, the harvest truly is plenteous but the labors
are few.
Pray therefore the Lord the harvest that he will send for the laborers into his harvest.
Let's pray.
Lord we thank you so much for this time.
We thank you so much for all the people who have been saved here.
Lord let us pray that you help us to push through fatigue and our tiredness and any
sickness that we have.
Lord help us just have another great day so we'll be doing a great service tonight in
Jesus' name.
Amen.
What is so wonderful about this trip is that it's so fun to see ten thousand five thousand
people, um, because of the miraculous power.
And we don't necessarily have that power, right?
But that's what compassion is is having, compassion is preaching the gospel.
So the number one goal for this trip is to do what Jesus did and that is to seek and
save the lost. Number two, be moved with compassion like Jesus. Be moved with
compassion like Jesus. So people, you know, I've seen a lot of fakes here that it
made me sad. My wife when she got here in the first little child who came with her
hand out crying for food and money, she made her cry. And it's a sad, I've never seen
anything like some of the destitute people that are here. But the thing is, is
that, again, I said that it's super important that we preach the gospel. You
know, it's good to have pity on people and take care of people, but, you know,
verse 36 in Matthew 9 says, but when he saw the multitudes he was moved with
compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no
shepherd. So moved means that he took action. It's not enough to just feel bad for somebody.
Oh, I'm so sad that they are dying and going to hell. No, you got to be moved with
compassion to go out and actually talk to somebody and to get them saved. Stop them on
their way. But a lot of times people don't like when you stop them and stop them trying to give
them the gospel. There's been a few people that I've stopped that got saved.
Who's to have people stop that got them saved? But there's so many people here. If you think about the, just think about the multitudes. This is a busy day today. It's going to be a really busy day down here. It's like their labor day or something here today, right?
So, let's be moved with compassion, not just looking and saying, oh, that's so sad. No, we got to be moved. That means you take action with your compassion.
On Jude 22, it says, and on some have compassion, making a difference, and others save with fear,
pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. So sometimes you
got to hold people. They don't realize they're going towards the fire. They're just walking
around with their smartphone or whatever, having a conversation, and they don't realize they're
walking past the one person that can get saved. The one person that can save them and pull them
from the fire. But you got to actually reach out and grab something. I don't want you to grab
nobody, but figuratively, grabbing someone, pulling them out of the fire, get in front of somebody.
You know, don't think that people won't listen. They will listen, and we got to pull them from the fire.
Number three, we need more labors to get the job done. We need more labors to get the job done.
Verse 37 says, then saith he of the disciples, the harvest truly is plenteous, but the labors
are few. Now, in comparison to the 12.8 million people that live in this metro area, this is a
few number of people, but God said the labors. But you know, I guarantee you that when people see
what's been done here with this small amount of people, the next time we come here, we'll have
more labors. We'll have more labors to come. We need to be praying for those things because the
labors aren't here. Not everybody wants, you know, just like the missions trip guy, my friends from
work, they did nothing. You know, but we got to go and do something. Have compassion.
It's very obvious that the Philippines is a great harvest of people, and you know, it's very obvious
that they are destined to the need of salvation. But you know, I've never seen them. I've never
been on missions trip before, so I've never seen this much of a receptive people before. I know
lots of people here have been to Malawi and Botswana and other places that are very receptive
also, but we're barely scratching the surface here. Two thousand people saved. We're barely
scratching the surface. There's 12.8 million people here. You know, we can have many churches
here, really. We can have many churches in the Philippines. Why not go where it's receptive
and preach the gospel and get people saved? We need more labors, though, and more labors will
equal more souls won than Christ. And you know, I just want to say this. It's been a great pleasure
laboring with everybody here, and I just want to go out and have one big final push for today,
and obviously some people are going to stay here longer, but one big push today.
I know everybody's tired. I'm tired. I know people are sick. I'm sick, but let's get out there today
and do our very best for the Lord Jesus Christ. We're all one big team. Many churches are
represented here, but we're one big team here, right? And we are co-laborers with God.
See, God is with us. That's the difference between us and the false prophets and walking
around this party. God is actually with us. He said two or three are gathered together,
reminding everyone to be in the midst of them, right? So God is with us while we're giving the
gospel, and 1 Corinthians 3 says, for we're laborers together with God. We're God's husbandry.
We're God's ability. So we're laborers together with God. That's a great privilege. Let's get out
there and get it done today. Let's pray. Lord, thank you so much for the time. If you go soul
winning today, I pray, Lord, that you help us to be fruitful. Lord, help us to realize how close
these people are to hell, and help us to preach the gospel and spirit and truth. Jesus, amen.