On Christian Evangelism (A New Year’s Message) Luke 10:1-4 January 10, /6/22 1

Luke 10:1-4  1 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 2 And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 "Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 "Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. 2016/6/22 2

1. Ask God for a Broken Heart Over a Lost World: An Attitude of Pity 2016/6/22 3

Luke 10:1-2  1 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 2 And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 2016/6/22 4

Matt. 9:35-38  35 Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. 36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." 2016/6/22 5

Joel 3:12-14  12 Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 2016/6/22 6

Matt. 13:39  39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. 2016/6/22 7

Rev. 14:14-16  14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. 2016/6/22 8

Rev. 14:19  19 So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 2016/6/22 9

2 Peter 3:9  9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2016/6/22 10

John 4: 35  35 "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. 2016/6/22 11

2. Ask God for His Power to Reach a Lost World: An Attitude of Dependency 2016/6/22 12

Luke 10:2  2 And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 2016/6/22 13

Rom. 10:14-15  14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" 2016/6/22 14

3. Ask God for the Boldness to Speak to a Lost World: An Attitude of Immediacy 2016/6/22 15

Luke 10:3  3"Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 2016/6/22 16

2 Cor. 6:1-2  1 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain-- 2 for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.”Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION" /6/22 17

4. Ask God for the Wisdom to Relate in a Lost World: An Attitude of Sensitivity 2016/6/22 18

Luke 10:3  3"Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 2016/6/22 19

Matt. 10:16-17  16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. 17"But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; 2016/6/22 20

Matt. 10:22  22 "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. 2016/6/22 21

5. Ask God for Provision in a Lost World: An Attitude of Humility 2016/6/22 22

Luke 10:4  4"Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. 2016/6/22 23

Luke 22:35  35 And He said to them, "When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?" They said, "No, nothing." 2016/6/22 24

Phil. 3:7  7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 2016/6/22 25