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00:00 Who is that guy? I don't know. It is so
00:04 nice to be with you.
00:06 Nice to be with you and worship with you
00:09 and to know that around the world who
00:11 are worshiping today some in freedom and
00:14 I am I appreciate what GMTA is doing in
00:18 India and partner for that report and I
00:22 would suggest that if you're willing to
00:24 be a prayer partner you of India and if
00:26 you're a prayer partner he'll remind you
00:28 often of India that you would be willing
00:32 to write your name down on a piece of
00:35 paper. I will be a prayer partner.
00:39 We would love to give that to our team
00:41 in India and say these are the people in
00:44 Malaysia praying for what you're doing.
00:48 A thank you. I got one.
00:51 All right. Oh, I got two. Good. We're
00:54 going.
00:56 Reach beyond is happy to exactly what
00:59 its name says. We're trying to reach
01:02 beyond the limitations of the gospel.
01:06 People put up barriers to the gospel.
01:08 It's hard to reach areas and reach
01:11 beyond is trying to reach in to those
01:14 areas. That's our target. Our ministry
01:18 is 85 years old and but today we're
01:22 aiming at people who have never heard
01:24 the gospel. Imagine
01:27 there are people out there that have no
01:29 idea.
01:31 I have met people who think Jesus is
01:34 nothing more than a cuss word
01:37 because that's how they use his name.
01:40 They don't know that he's a guy.
01:44 Can you believe that?
01:47 You probably know some people who don't
01:50 know who Jesus is.
01:52 today tells us about Jesus and what he's
01:57 talking about. Last part of chapter nine
01:60 of Matthew. And I'm sorry, I didn't know
02:03 you were a scripture and some pictures.
02:10 Just put anything up there.
02:20 Jesus in verse 35
02:24 went out of we like stay and be
02:29 comfortable.
02:32 Jesus went out to where the people were
02:36 the world lots of radio stations.
02:41 We have purposely put them in places
02:44 where there aren't churches or where the
02:46 church is very to go out.
02:50 A lot of churches just want to stay. You
02:53 all come and be comfortable and be happy
02:55 and put money in the offering here on
02:58 earth to go out. In fact, Jesus said,
03:03 "Go,
03:05 that's that word, and make disciples of
03:08 all nations, creation."
03:11 So Jesus practiced what he preached
03:14 and he went out
03:18 and he moved through all and say, "Okay,
03:21 you want to be healed, you want to hear
03:23 the good news, you come to me. I think
03:25 I'll build something really fancy. You
03:28 all come there. or I want to be
03:30 comfortable in stores after the service
03:33 to our mission field
03:36 be your neighborhood it might be your
03:38 family it might be your work
03:42 it's the way it works
03:45 then the next thing that happened verse
03:47 36
03:51 he saw saying oh they'd be interested
03:54 they would not be interested they don't
03:56 look like they were they're not right
03:57 they're not he didn't judge them at all.
04:00 In fact, when he saw them, he had a
04:04 shepherd, helpless,
04:06 harassed.
04:08 Think of the people you know
04:11 who are going through such difficult
04:14 time because of their religion so
04:17 superstitious.
04:19 They're not sure they have any hope at
04:21 all.
04:23 Hope is an important word. Those are
04:26 helpless people.
04:30 And when Jesus saw them, he had
04:33 compassion on them. He cared about knew
04:36 what I knew.
04:41 Boy, we Jesus really cared about people,
04:47 boy. Cuz we have people in our world
04:50 that we know that we don't care about.
04:54 We don't even care that they're going to
04:55 hell.
04:60 then take a risk and tell them about
05:02 Jesus.
05:07 And then verse 37, when I was a little
05:10 boy, my father used to tell me a good
05:12 news, bad news story. And I would bring
05:15 my friends to the house and say, "Daddy,
05:17 tell them the good news, bad news
05:19 story." And I'd say, "Oh, daddy, tell
05:21 the good news, bad news." I loved the
05:23 good news, bad news story. there. Maybe
05:26 you know it. It goes something like
05:28 this.
05:31 That's good news. And then the next time
05:34 you'll say, "Oh, that's bad news." Okay,
05:38 here's how it goes.
05:40 I got to go on an air. Okay, got it.
05:44 But the airplane ran out of gas.
05:50 That's
05:52 Yeah. Okay. Because the airplane had
05:55 parachutes.
05:57 That's
06:01 But my parachute didn't work.
06:04 Oh,
06:06 so you don't know how it ends.
06:08 Whoa.
06:14 For me to land on.
06:21 But there was also a big sharp
06:23 pitchfork.
06:27 But I missed the straw.
06:38 Oh, it goes on and on and on.
06:43 In fact, I think I messed it up. I think
06:46 I was supposed to say I say and I missed
06:49 the straw, too. That would be bad news.
06:52 And you can already on and on with this
06:54 story. My dad could go forever until mom
06:57 had dinner ready. Had a good news bad
06:60 news story.
07:03 Jesus should never have to tell a good
07:05 news bad news story.
07:09 Jesus. He had seen those people who were
07:13 harassed and helpless.
07:18 But he knew the harvest was plentiful.
07:20 The kingdom of God would prevail.
07:24 He knew that that church that he was
07:27 starting would be attacked. Ferocious
07:31 killed. Steven would be stoned within a
07:34 year after Christ was gone.
07:39 Peter would be put in prison, James
07:41 would be killed, not prevail, that the
07:44 church would last all this time. And
07:47 here we are. What other institution has
07:50 lasted 2,000 years?
07:54 And it is
07:57 that first be when Peter preached in
08:01 Jerusalem
08:04 responded to the gospel. I mean, that is
08:08 incredible.
08:10 3,000
08:11 people said yes to Jesus. Boy, that's
08:14 not a Do you know that 3,000 people say
08:18 yes to Jesus every
08:22 25 minutes nowand
08:26 people will say yes to Jesus. That's
08:29 172,000
08:31 people today that will say yes to Jesus.
08:36 5 million people
08:40 who will say yes to Jesus. That's the
08:44 harvest is plentiful.
08:50 In Indonesia
08:53 said yes to Jesus.
08:56 That's one every 15. Not long ago, three
09:01 million people.
09:03 Three gener million not 3,000
09:07 3 million people in Rio deian streets of
09:10 that city for Jesus
09:14 harvest is plentiful.
09:19 The bad news
09:22 are few.
09:25 The the workers are few.
09:29 I could win a lot more people to the
09:31 what he said.
09:34 The spirit of God wants to move across
09:36 the face of the earth. And I've got
09:38 Christians who are content to sit and do
09:41 nothingize people. They maybe gossip
09:43 about people. They don't have compassion
09:46 for people. They're not compassionate
09:47 toward them. And they go out and they do
09:50 nothing. I have Christians. Jesus. I'm
09:54 not very important to them.
09:57 I'm not very important. They would
09:59 rather talk about a sale at the store
10:02 than talk about me changing. Workers are
10:05 few. You want to know why there's over
10:08 500 groups of people that have never
10:10 heard the name of Jesus? It's because my
10:13 workers won't tell them.
10:16 That is bad news.
10:19 He wants to win the world
10:23 and his own followers. he asked them to
10:27 do on planet earth
10:29 and that's share their faith.
10:34 So he says if you won't be a would you
10:37 pray to the lord of the harvest
10:41 that he would send out workers
10:45 to his harvest. Would you pray? Would
10:50 you at least do that? Would you think
10:53 about for instance the people in India
10:57 and pray
10:60 who actually believe that God is
11:03 punishing them and so live in this
11:06 subhuman
11:07 existence?
11:09 They sleep garbage
11:11 because they think their god is
11:13 punishing them in some way.
11:16 Would you at least pray
11:19 for them? Jesus film, maybe the local
11:22 church person passing by, somebody would
11:26 have compassion on them and tell them of
11:28 the love of God for them by letting you
11:32 do a little test.
11:35 It's fair enough. Let me see. Let you
11:40 let me help you see. says, "A worker is
11:44 either a swer, somebody who shares the
11:47 gospel, or a reaper, somebody who
11:50 introduces that person to Jesus."
11:53 Do a little Well, no, cuz I can't help
11:55 you. So, early this morning when I was
11:59 up, God told me he was going to help
12:01 you.
12:04 Does that make you really nervous?
12:08 Because you might find out you're a
12:09 worker
12:11 and then you got to do something about
12:12 it.
12:15 Fault. God did it.
12:19 Here it is. Real simple about
12:23 I want you to just think of what you
12:28 know
12:29 about Jesus.
12:32 Is there anyone you know
12:35 who needs to know?
12:37 Now, don't be editing what's going on in
12:41 your mind. Don't hit the delete button.
12:46 Take the first.
12:49 You got it.
12:51 Don't be sorting through this and
12:53 saying, "Oh, no. They're not interested.
12:55 No, I couldn't do that. No, they're too
12:57 far away. No, no, no. Don't." You got
12:59 that one captured?
13:02 Now, if your mind is blank,
13:05 and I don't believe there's a person in
13:07 here that's mind is blank, but if you're
13:09 going to
13:12 because I think everybody here has a
13:14 face or a name in your mind. Do you know
13:16 why I know that? Cuz God told me he was
13:18 going to do this.
13:21 Just think of what the question was
13:23 again.
13:25 Who needs to know what you know about
13:28 Jesus? Is there anybody here who would
13:31 think Satan about Jesus? No way.
13:36 He'll be telling you why you shouldn't
13:37 tell him.
13:39 He'll be telling you why you should
13:41 procrastinate like that. So, just take
13:43 it easy and wait. Don't do it now.
13:45 That's Satan's cry. Don't do it now. Do
13:48 it later. No, no, no, no, no.
13:51 Satan would never put a name in your
13:53 mind for you to do.
13:55 And that person that he put in your mind
13:59 today is the person he wants you to
14:02 share with
14:04 story
14:06 or you can be a part of the harvest.
14:10 He's got something really good planned
14:11 or he wouldn't put that person's name in
14:13 your face and your kingdom grows. And
14:17 that's how you and I become a part of
14:21 the harvest.
14:23 That's how we actually get titles of all
14:26 that Christ's ambassadors.
14:33 What a title.
14:35 What an opportunity.
14:37 What are you going to do with what God
14:38 just told you? You are a worker and he's
14:42 got some work for you to do. Let's pray
14:44 together.
14:46 Father,
14:48 in our life that we know who needs to
14:51 know what we know about you. We we don't
14:54 need to argue with them. We don't need
14:56 to answer all their questions. Even we
14:59 over a cup of tea casually.
15:03 Lord, give us that opportunity.
15:07 Maybe it'll go through an email. Maybe
15:09 it'll go through a phone. We're not a
15:10 part of the bad news story,
15:13 but we're a part of the harvest. Hey.
15:17 Oh, thank you Lord. Thank you for today
15:21 we have been lazy and failed you and
15:24 maybe proud and maybe afraid
15:29 here you still want to use us and bless
15:32 in the name of Jesus. Amen.
