1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,100 Jesus left there and went to his hometown accompanied, by his 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:07,300 disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began 3 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:10,300 to teach in the synagogue and many, who heard him were amazed. 4 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:12,800 Where did this man get these things? 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,200 They asked? What's this wisdom that has been 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,400 given to him, that he even does Miracles, isn't this, the 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,800 carpenter, isn't this Mary's son? 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:25,000 And the brother of James Joseph, Judas and Simon on his sister's 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,500 here with us and they took offense at him. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,299 Jesus said to them only in his hometown among his relatives. 11 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:34,700 And in his own house is a prophet without honor. 12 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:37,200 He could not do any Miracles there. 13 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,500 Except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them, and 14 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,500 he was amazed at their lack of faith. 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,100 Then Jesus went around teaching from Village to Village, calling 16 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:49,900 the 12 to him. He sent them out two, by two, 17 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:52,200 and gave them authority over evil spirits. 18 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:55,900 These were his instructions, take nothing for the journey 19 00:00:55,900 --> 00:01:00,200 except a staff, no bread, no bag no money in their belts wear 20 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,000 sandals, but not even an extra tunic whenever you enter a 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,600 house. Stay there until you leave that 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,900 town. And if any place will not 23 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:10,900 welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet 24 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:13,000 when you leave as a testimony against them. 25 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:16,400 They went out and preached. The people should repent. 26 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,100 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick. 27 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:23,600 People with oil and healed them. Right. 28 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,100 I'm going to start by showing just how up-to-date and modern I 29 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:30,100 am. And how cool I am by mentioning 30 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:33,000 Zoila got my timer up by mentioning a TV show that ended 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,700 four years ago. So, does anybody here remember 32 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,900 the factor? Yeah, I'm calling down with the 33 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:41,000 kids. Yeah, you remember the right X 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,800 Factor unless you're for. Yeah, I remember the X Factor 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,900 all very very well. Truth is I never like The X 36 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:52,000 Factor. I never enjoyed the X Factor but 37 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:56,200 I I pretended to like the X Factor for one main reason and 38 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,900 that stir. And I first met Jamey. 39 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:03,100 She really wanted to go and see the X Factor live, and I really 40 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:07,100 wanted to hide a me. So I pretended to enjoy X 41 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:09,400 Factor. I would watch The X Factor with 42 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 her. I bought tickets to go and see X 43 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,500 Factor live all in the hope that I could spend more time with 44 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:19,000 Jamie and persuade worked. So maybe there's a lesson there. 45 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,100 Yeah, I saw Alexandra Burke sing. 46 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,900 Your life. That's not why I'm mentioning it 47 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:29,200 though. I'm mentioning it because you 48 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,400 remember on that show when it got near the final and the 49 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,800 people are in the final, they'd go back to their hometowns and 50 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,600 the scenes would be just Mayhem. There will be people lining the 51 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,500 streets, over waving and screaming drum, but those scenes 52 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:46,000 to they still do that in whatever TV shows, cool and hip 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,700 and young. Now to this tall like this tall 54 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:50,500 do Britain's Got Talent. Is that still a thing? 55 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,000 Yes. Do they take the people back to 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,400 their Hometown when that happens? 57 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,000 Hey, they did it in The X Factor and when they got there, the 58 00:02:58,008 --> 00:03:01,400 streets will be lined with people waving flags and cheering 59 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,500 and screaming and shouting. You can understand that somebody 60 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:08,100 from your little town is getting International Fame and the done. 61 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:09,700 Something you think is impressive. 62 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,700 So they'd line the streets, like it was a royal visit, like it 63 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:14,800 was cheering and waving, and the performer would get out of the 64 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,300 limo with Louis Walsh or someone irrelevant and they go to their 65 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:21,100 old job and they check her. I always enjoyed working Working 66 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,100 here, they lie and then they go to their old school. 67 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:25,500 They were always a model pupil you have course they were and 68 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,000 everyone's still be cheering and maybe it would just be amazing, 69 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:33,000 a celebrity returning home, it will be incredible and that when 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,500 we read verse 1 of this chapter, that's what women to expect as 71 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,200 well. When we read verse 1, we are 72 00:03:40,208 --> 00:03:45,100 meant to expect the same kind of celebrity Mayhem when Jesus 73 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,400 returns home. See, in the chapter, Jesus has 74 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,300 just raised a little girl back from the dead. 75 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,200 That is a big deal. Now, not everyone knew about 76 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,100 that. So, maybe that's not as big a 77 00:03:57,100 --> 00:03:58,900 celebrity thing as we might think it is. 78 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,300 But before that he'd healed, like a local madman, a guy who 79 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:07,000 terrorizes, local community and healed him from a demon 80 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,400 possession at a ruin that area. You for years before that, he 81 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,100 had had crowds and crowds of people following him wherever he 82 00:04:15,108 --> 00:04:17,100 traveled throughout Capernaum and girl at Galilee. 83 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:20,100 And that area, he is a celebrity at this time. 84 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,700 There's no other word for it. And so, as he returns back to 85 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:27,200 Nazareth in verse 1, back to this tiny little town. 86 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,700 Where people think they're probably a maximum of 500 people 87 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:32,700 living. There, we expect celebrity 88 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:37,300 Mayhem just like the X Factor, whatever performers, arriving 89 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,600 home. When we read verse one, that's 90 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,000 what we expect scenes crowds Fame, amazement. 91 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,300 And the first half of verse 2, well, it looks like we're going 92 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,300 to get that, doesn't it read it? When the Sabbath came. 93 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,800 He began to teach in the synagogue and many who heard him 94 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:01,400 were amazed. Here is Jesus teaches which is 95 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,700 what Jesus does all the way through. 96 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:06,600 Mark, he teaches us what he came to do, as he teaches that people 97 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,800 in his hometown are amazed. That's a good reaction, right? 98 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,500 If people came to Avenue and said, I really Amazed by how 99 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:19,000 Avenue was would be really happy with that, right? 100 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:22,300 And it's a really good reaction, especially when you look at 101 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:25,900 these verses a really similar to stuff that happens in chapter 1, 102 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:29,600 verse 21, and 22 in chapter one, it says, when they went to 103 00:05:29,608 --> 00:05:34,000 Capernaum aim, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach 104 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,800 the same thing. And what happens in Capernaum, 105 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:42,700 the people were amazed It's the same thing happening again, and 106 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,700 Capernaum is what Jesus has had. Probably his most famous 107 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:48,600 celebrity so far, and people have come to trust him about 108 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,300 their faith in him. And so as we read verse 1 and 2, 109 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:55,400 having read got to this point, we're meant to think. 110 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:58,200 Oh, it's happening again. Here we go. 111 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:04,100 More people seeing who Jesus is more of his Fame spreading were 112 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:06,700 meant to be thinking about Capernaum, and the amazement 113 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,400 there, that turns to Faith and the whole town, bringing the 114 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,100 sick. And there is People to Jesus to 115 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:15,900 be healed. Instead were brought back down 116 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:17,600 to earth with a bit of a bump, aren't we? 117 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,000 Our expectations are up here. I think Mark deliberately right 118 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 to get us excited about what is going to happen next. 119 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,600 And then he brings a straight down because the amazement of 120 00:06:26,608 --> 00:06:30,500 the crowd here isn't a good thing like in Capernaum. 121 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:35,000 And instead the first thing we see from these verses is that 122 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,500 familiarity with Jesus isn't faith in Jesus. 123 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:45,100 Being familiar with Jesus is not the same as having faith in 124 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:48,500 Jesus. You see this? 125 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,800 This amazement it's not the same. 126 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:57,700 Instead, they're amazed the someone could be as arrogant and 127 00:06:57,700 --> 00:07:02,200 as bold as Jesus is being. Listen to what they read, what 128 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,400 they say. Where did this man? 129 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,500 Get these things. They ask. 130 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:08,300 What is wisdom that's been given to him. 131 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,300 What these remarkable Miracles he's performing, isn't this, the 132 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:15,100 carpenter, isn't this Mary son? And brother of James, Joseph, 133 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:19,200 Judas and Simon. I sister's here with us and they 134 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:25,800 took offense at him. did they listen to Jesus and they say, Do 135 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,700 You Think You Are? Who do you think you are coming 136 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:33,000 here saying this stuff about God, you're a nobody. 137 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,400 You're just a local Carpenter. I know you. 138 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,800 You fix my bookshelf. You're not this Fancy Pants. 139 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,800 Teacher. Who do you think you are? 140 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,600 We know all about guy they and they know his brothers. 141 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,400 And you know what his brothers are nobody's too. 142 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,000 And if you read in chapter 3, back in March, even his 143 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,800 brothers, Think Jesus is out of his mind as he teaches all this 144 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,700 stuff, his family. Don't think Jesus is all that 145 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,000 and neither do the people of Nazareth. 146 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,700 In fact, it's that because the Nazareth think that Jesus is 147 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:07,300 acting like he's better than them when they all think he's 148 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:11,200 worse than them. When they say, isn't this Mary's 149 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,900 son? That is an absolute slam. 150 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:18,700 They're not just referencing Jesus, family in Jesus day, 151 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:20,500 people are always related to their dad. 152 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,700 They should be saying isn't this Joseph's son? 153 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:28,700 Instead clearly gossip Around Jesus birth. 154 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,500 There's not reported in Mark's gospel but they would have known 155 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,600 in Nazareth. Clearly, that gossip is reported 156 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,000 and known and effectively by saying isn't this Mary's son? 157 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,900 They calling him an illegitimate child. 158 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,700 They calling Jesus. Something horrible. 159 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:45,800 Who do you think you we know where you come from? 160 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,300 Jesus, who do you think you are telling us this stuff? 161 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:54,200 And in Mark's gospel, this really is out of the blue. 162 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,200 We're not expecting this in Mark's Gospel, wherever Jesus 163 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,500 has gone so far in Mark, the crowds have loved him and flock 164 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,800 to him and praised him and come to trust him. 165 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,300 People have listened to him, they followed him that been 166 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:09,800 healed by him, that wanted more of Jesus with the exception of 167 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,800 some of the religious bigwigs. Everyone's loved Jesus so far. 168 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:19,600 But here, where Jesus is best known, where Jesus grew up? 169 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,700 They take offense at him and they refused to listen to him. 170 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:28,500 They refused to believe in him and they refuse to trust him. 171 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:33,500 Which leads to a big rig verse 4. 172 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,100 Jesus said to them, a prophet is not without honor, except in his 173 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:40,600 own town, among his relatives, and in his own home, and he 174 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,600 couldn't do any Miracles there. Except lay his hands on a few 175 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,200 people who were ill and healed them. 176 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,900 Now, that's a weird sentence to read. 177 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:53,300 He could not do any Miracles when clearly it says he then did 178 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:56,500 some Miracles, but by healing people, that's not not a 179 00:09:56,508 --> 00:09:59,500 miracle. Clearly Jesus could do some 180 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,100 Miracles because he heals some people. 181 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:05,200 But it seems that in the face of the people of Nazareth unbelief, 182 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,300 their refusal to believe, Jesus doesn't, and won't do any 183 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:14,100 miracles. They refuse to believe so he 184 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,600 refuses to perform. From a last week that happened, 185 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,700 whether people who bother looking at that girl, she's 186 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,900 already dead. Well, they don't get to see 187 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:24,400 Jesus. Perform the miracle of raising 188 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,500 the curl up and healing her They miss out and that's what happens 189 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:29,400 here. It seems. 190 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,700 But there was more striking, his verse six, he was amazed at 191 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:39,000 their lack of faith. See, they were amazed at Jesus 192 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:45,500 earlier in verse 2, but now he's amazed at And what amazes him is 193 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:51,000 their refusal to believe in him. There are only two places in all 194 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,500 four of the gospels, where we read about Jesus being amazed 195 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,300 that. We're going to tell you where 196 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:58,100 the other one is rather than give them to think about it. 197 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:03,300 One is in Luke 7, where Jesus is amazed at a centurions faith if 198 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:07,700 you want to amaze Jesus, though, one of the ways to do that is to 199 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:11,800 refuse to believe in him. If you really want to amaze, 200 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Jesus refused to believe in him. That's what amazes Jesus hear. 201 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,100 The people of Nazareth, refusal to believe in him. 202 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,900 So, what are we to make of this? I think this section in 203 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:30,900 particular is is a particular warning to those of us who are 204 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:34,600 very familiar with Jesus who have grown up around Jesus, 205 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:39,000 maybe who've lived around Jesus for decades, who've heard about 206 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,100 him for years and years, it reminds us of something. 207 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:45,300 We saw earlier in Mark's gospel to that it's possible to be 208 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:47,900 around Jesus to be familiar with Jesus. 209 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:53,900 And not really be with Jesus and to not have faith in Jesus. 210 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,600 It is possible to read your Bible every single day. 211 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,400 More than once to attend every single church meeting every 212 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,400 youth group. Every see you meeting to know, 213 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:08,200 massive Theology and all of church history to know 214 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:13,500 incredible truths about Jesus. And to not really be a disciple 215 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:17,700 of Jesus. And to refuse to believe who he 216 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:20,700 is. And to do what he says. 217 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,300 He's what the people of Nazareth do here, they weave these 218 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:27,500 assess. Jesus was teaching them. 219 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,300 And we know that the flow in Mark is that Jesus is Calling 220 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,300 and teaching people to repent and believe because the kingdom 221 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:36,600 of God is near Repent. He thaws them and they said, 222 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,700 man. Not doing that. 223 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:44,400 And the disciple, a follower of Jesus, as someone who does what 224 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,500 Jesus says. And that starts with repenting 225 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,300 of your sins and putting faith in him alone. 226 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,200 So before we move on, I need to ask. 227 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:57,600 Are you a disciple of this Jesus? 228 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,900 Is that something you can say about yourself? 229 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:03,200 It doesn't matter how long you've been around Jesus. 230 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:06,000 What prayer you might have prayed, whether you serve in a 231 00:13:06,008 --> 00:13:07,700 team, you've been baptized or whatever. 232 00:13:07,700 --> 00:13:11,200 Else, are you really a disciple of Jesus? 233 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:16,100 How is that demonstrated by your repentance and how you live for 234 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:19,700 him? Is there a risk of familiarity 235 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:22,300 with Jesus? Actually, breeding contempt for 236 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,800 Jesus and leading to a refusal to believe and trust and obey 237 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:31,700 his call on our life on his call to repent and to obey him know, 238 00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:34,400 Matt and trust him for everything. 239 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:39,800 That's what a disciple is. Someone who listens to Jesus and 240 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,200 obeys Jesus. Is there anyone here? 241 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,500 Who risks amazing Jesus for all the wrong reasons? 242 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,200 If so, I want to encourage you that there is encouragement In 243 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,300 this passage for you to come and do that for the first time 244 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:58,800 properly today. You see the sad truth is we 245 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,800 don't hear about Nazareth again. We don't know what happens to 246 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,400 any of these people except for one of them in our translation 247 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,600 is name is Judah. One of Jesus's brothers, but 248 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,900 elsewhere in the Bible is known as Jude, and this Jude ended up 249 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:17,300 writing one of the books of the Bible. 250 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:21,200 See you may have refused to believe in Jesus at this point, 251 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:26,000 but he did believe eventually, there is always hope and 252 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,800 opportunity to trust in Jesus. This wasn't the end of due to 253 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,900 chance to put his trust in Jesus. 254 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,900 And this is not the end of your chance. 255 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:36,900 Either, if you're here this morning, if you know, that 256 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:39,900 you've been refusing to believe in Jesus while today is your 257 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,800 chance to change that before, it's too late. 258 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,500 Yes, it might not be easy, might be embarrassing, might be 259 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:50,000 straightforward, might not be straightforward, but we've got a 260 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,800 church full of people here who would happily get alongside you 261 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,100 and help you to do what you need to do to change, what you need 262 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:58,200 to change, and keep going, how you need to keep going. 263 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,200 It won't be easy, but it's 100% worth it. 264 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:08,300 It's probably also worth be clear before we move on that. 265 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:11,600 This is really, really clear refusal to believe. 266 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:16,500 Is not the same as doubt. Lack of faith. 267 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:20,100 This that this refusal to have faith is not the same as 268 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,400 doubting. We're going to see over the next 269 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,500 few weeks that doubting in Jesus isn't the same as refusing to 270 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:28,600 believe that Jesus loves to meet us, in our doubts, and our 271 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,000 worries, and our fears, and to reassure us through them. 272 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,000 You see doubt and unbelief of very different from each other. 273 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,800 They're very different from each other. 274 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,700 Doubt struggles to believe finds it hard to believe, and trust 275 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:49,700 unbelief refuses to believe, will not believe doubt struggles 276 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:53,300 to believe, unbelief, refuses to believe, and they're very, very 277 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:56,900 different things because only things that are alive struggle 278 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,400 Only things that have life, struggle dead things, don't 279 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,200 struggle. So, if you are struggling with 280 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,800 doubts, or questions or fears or worries today, I want to 281 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,100 encourage you. That is good. 282 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,900 That is a sign of Life. Please don't believe the lie 283 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:16,700 that they are the same as unbelief. 284 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,600 They're not. And Jesus loves to take our 285 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,000 doubts and build us through them. 286 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:25,900 As he shows us again, and again, how he calms all our doubts and 287 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:30,100 our fears. And if, you know the spending 288 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,300 time doubting today, that's okay? 289 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:38,800 Let them doubt, dude, himself. The guy who Jesus is brother in 290 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,300 his letter. Verse 22 tells us be merciful to 291 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:46,100 those who doubt It's okay to doubt. 292 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,000 Our job as brothers, and sisters of doubters, is to love them, 293 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,200 and encourage them, and show them that doubts are okay. 294 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:54,700 And to bring them to Jesus, be gentle and patient. 295 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,600 And kind on those who doubt Because that's what Jesus is. 296 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,300 Doubt is not unbelief. Doubt is a sign of life. 297 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,700 And so we've seen that familiarity with Jesus isn't the 298 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:10,400 same as faith in Jesus. But in the next few verses, we 299 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,200 see the kind of flip side of that coin and we see secondly 300 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:21,300 that discipleship feeds people making discipleship leads to 301 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:25,800 disciple-making. So after this rejection at 302 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,500 Nazareth, Jesus doesn't just give up. 303 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,300 Which is what I do instead Jesus knows that the gospel is going 304 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:35,700 to bear fruit all over the place, even if in some places 305 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,500 it's rejected. We read verse 6 and Jesus went 306 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:43,100 around teaching from Village to Village. 307 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:47,100 He carried on doing what he came to do, to teach teach people 308 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,400 about the kingdom of God, and to call them to repent. 309 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:53,300 And then he gathers his twelve closest disciple, who him, and 310 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:56,400 he, then sends them out on the same mission that he's been 311 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,900 doing so far. Verse, seven calling the 12 to 312 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:00,500 him. He began to send them out, two 313 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:03,700 by two, and gave them authority over impure spirits. 314 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,900 So he sent them out to do, what? Well, there's something about 315 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:09,900 being able to drive out impure spirits. 316 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:12,600 But it seems that that's only mentioned to show that Jesus is 317 00:18:12,608 --> 00:18:14,900 the one who has the authority over those impure spirits. 318 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:17,100 And he gives that to his disciples when he sends them 319 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:20,900 out. Their primary task, though is to 320 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:23,600 carry on Jesus's mission teaching. 321 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:26,600 Their primary task is to carry on. 322 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,800 Jesus is me also. Jesus carry on Jesus's mission 323 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:35,700 for him. True Disciples of Jesus carry on 324 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:39,900 Jesus's mission for him, and they do it with his authority. 325 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,700 And so these 12 go out and they preached that people should 326 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:45,800 repent. That's what he seems that 327 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,600 they've do me. Read it in verse 12 and they 328 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,600 summarize what's happening. And this message of repentance 329 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,400 is also accompanied with Miracles and healing and driving 330 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,300 out demons. And the truth is our mission as 331 00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:00,500 Disciples of Jesus is the same Mission today. 332 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:04,100 I was not exactly the same. I'm not saying go to the areas 333 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:06,300 around Nazareth and start reaching out there and shaking 334 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:07,800 dust off your feet and all those things. 335 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,400 But if you're a Christian here today, our mission is also to be 336 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,700 disciple making disciples. To tell other people about 337 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:20,700 Jesus, and to call them to repentance and Faith to turn 338 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:24,300 away from rejecting God, and to obey everything that Jesus 339 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,800 taught us. That's the mission of every 340 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,400 disciple of Jesus, no matter how confident are strong. 341 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,400 You feel in doing this today. Now, how we're going to do that 342 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,300 is going to a very different from person to person. 343 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,700 I'm not saying everyone has to do it. 344 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:39,400 Exactly the same as me or you're doing it wrong. 345 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,200 That's not what this is about. Some people are going to feel 346 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,900 more confident boldly saying things wherever they are however 347 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:48,200 they want to say it. Others are going to be more 348 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,400 confident, doing that quietly one-to-one with people, they get 349 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:52,600 to know when they got opportunities. 350 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,600 But one thing is clear, if you're a disciple of Jesus, not 351 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,200 sharing the gospel isn't an option. 352 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,400 I think about what's been happening so far in the flow of 353 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,800 Mark, the last few chapters. The so and his seed is all about 354 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,300 sharing. The gospel news and leaving the 355 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,400 results of that up to God, the lamp on the stand and the 356 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,900 Mustard Seed Parables. They're all encouraging us about 357 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,400 the spread in the growth of the kingdom of God. 358 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,400 As we share it, even the mission, Jesus gives the demon 359 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,400 possessed guy, when he heals him shows this, I love that moment. 360 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,300 The guys brand new convert, our, can I come with you is first 361 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:30,400 prayer. Jesus as know. 362 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,100 Instead, he sends him on a mission, what does he say? 363 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,600 Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has 364 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,500 done for you. That's what disciples of Jesus 365 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:47,200 do. If we claim to know Jesus and 366 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,500 yet we never even think about sharing the gospel with people 367 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:53,300 we know and love. That's disobeying Jesus. 368 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,400 Yes, we want to think about the best ways to do that, but 369 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,900 Disciples of Jesus seek and pray to make more Disciples of Jesus. 370 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:06,500 They start in their own home and they spread out from there. 371 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:10,000 But wherever we are, that isn't just the job of pastors and 372 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,300 evangelists and that sort of thing or church staff that is 373 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:17,400 the job of every disciple of Jesus is to be a disciple making 374 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,300 disciple. It feels overwhelming, right? 375 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,300 I know there's some people going to be sought here going. 376 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:27,500 I know this done but I can't do anymore. 377 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,500 And so I think there are encouragement that Jesus gives 378 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:35,700 us in these verses as an aside. One of the encouragement is if 379 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,400 we were going to plan a short-term mission trip, we 380 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:43,100 would not choose these 12 men. Not in a million years I never 381 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:45,200 ever. Would you choose these 12 guys? 382 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,100 They've got no real skills. They're mainly fishermen not 383 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:51,700 known for their public speaking. That improperly get the gospel 384 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:56,900 message and they didn't properly understand who Jesus was in Mark 385 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,300 so far. The Disciples of only really got 386 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:03,000 in the way of Jesus's mission. They've got exasperated at Jesus 387 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,100 twice and of even opposed him at points. 388 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,000 You wouldn't send these guys out on the mission, if you are 389 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,500 planning your mission. But if you were one of marks 390 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:18,500 original readers, you'd be feeling bad and weak aware of 391 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:21,300 your own frailties and feeling like the gospel message, you 392 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:23,900 were sharing was mostly rejected and bearing no fruit. 393 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:28,100 And as a result, the sending of these idiots at this stage of 394 00:22:28,108 --> 00:22:30,600 their understanding of Jesus would give you brilliant 395 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,300 comfort. And it would comfort you that 396 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:37,400 the power of the word of God doesn't depend on the abilities 397 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,100 of the messenger. But on the power and authority 398 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:46,500 of Jesus. The impact and the power of out 399 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:51,700 through us, it doesn't depend on our abilities on our power. 400 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,500 It depends entirely on the power and the authority of Jesus. 401 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:01,200 Which is both encouraging and humbling, right? 402 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,200 So no matter how weak we feel that encourages us, no matter 403 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,400 how strong we feel that. Humbles us, that we can do 404 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,000 nothing in our own strength, no matter how overwhelming. 405 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,200 What I've just said might feel how successful we are. 406 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:18,100 Doesn't depend on us. It all depends on Jesus. 407 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,900 And so we can go boldly in our weakness and trust him to do 408 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:25,600 what only he can do, wherever he calls us to do it. 409 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,200 And in this Mission Jesus gives the disciples and us, three 410 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,000 things to encourage us as we come to the last 10 minutes of 411 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,800 the sermon three things that we should expect. 412 00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:40,600 As we go out on mission for Jesus, three things for us to 413 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,900 expect where we are. At least a few to expected. 414 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:45,700 You go to Nigeria, all of us are ever God, calls us to be a 415 00:23:45,708 --> 00:23:49,000 disciple, making disciple. We can expect the same things 416 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 here. And the first thing we can 417 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,500 expect is for God to provide spoiler alert. 418 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,500 We can expect God to provide Verse 8 to 10. 419 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,200 These are his instructions, take nothing for the journey except a 420 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,400 staff, no bread, no bag no money in their belts wear sandals, but 421 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,000 not an extra shirt whenever you enter a house, stay there until 422 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,300 you leave that town. Now, what this is, I don't know 423 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:13,500 how many bags you're planning on taking with you tonight. 424 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,700 Syria. Add imagine at least one very 425 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:21,800 big suitcase. But to the disciples Jesus says 426 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:25,500 Pack Light. In fact, he says, pack 427 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:28,900 ridiculously light, it would be like, saying to the place is 428 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:30,800 just take your passport and a toothbrush, and you'll be fine. 429 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:36,000 No food, no bag, no money, no extra clothes, just go. 430 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,000 He says, cloak belt, sandals and staff off. 431 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,400 You go. Why why does Jesus tell them to 432 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,500 pack so light? Why does he tell them to only 433 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,600 take those four things and nothing else? 434 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:52,600 Primarily its to make sure that they Place their trust in God to 435 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,000 provide everything that they need instead of trusting in 436 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,100 their own supplies and their own abilities and their own 437 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:02,100 resources. See True. 438 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:06,000 Discipleship of Jesus is characterized by dependence on 439 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,400 Jesus for everything And dependence on Jesus is shown by 440 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,700 going where he calls us doing what he calls us to. 441 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,800 No matter the needs and the questions we might have about 442 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,300 that like these disciples and I also booked a hotel in advance 443 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,600 They have to turn up. Imagine that manly. 444 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,700 So now you just turn up in Nigeria where we going to live. 445 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:30,000 Let's wait and see instead when they go to a town and someone 446 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,200 welcomes them into their house as they would have done in these 447 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,300 days there to stay in that house. 448 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:38,800 Even if a better option comes up trusting that God will provide 449 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:42,200 all their needs on this mission for him and they can expect for 450 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,500 God to provide all their needs on this mission for him. 451 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:47,700 So they don't need to plan ahead and they don't need to plan for 452 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:51,100 God not to provide because he promised he will. 453 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,400 And these four items that they're told to take what also 454 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,300 reminded marks readers of somewhere in the Old Testament 455 00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:00,800 because they are the exact same for items. 456 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,300 That God's people are told to take with them when they leave 457 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:08,200 Egypt in The Exodus, there's a deliberate mirror here by Mark 458 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,400 and mark is telling us that the mission of The Twelve announces 459 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,500 something. As equally as important and 460 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:16,900 revolutionary insignificant as The Exodus did for the people 461 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:20,600 leaving Egypt, God is doing something new on this Mission 462 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,600 and it's exciting and it's a big deal. 463 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:27,400 So it's disciples. We need to be ready for that and 464 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,800 living like that's the case. Free from anything that might 465 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,800 distract us or slow us down on this new project that God has us 466 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,800 involved in. And the same is true for us as 467 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,000 we go out to make disciples wherever we go we can and we 468 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,600 should expect God to provide all that we need money, energy, 469 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,400 people, places to live. God will provide all of our 470 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,800 needs as we go out on mission for him. 471 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,400 Somalis, I'm not saying don't sort of house out to live in. 472 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,200 I'm encouraged you to do that. Do that. 473 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,600 But when that, if that falls apart, when it's not as great as 474 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,600 it could be, when things do go wrong, you can expect God to 475 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,800 provide for every single one of your needs for all of us in our 476 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,000 communities, and our families, in our schools, in our 477 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,100 workplaces. God will provide all that we 478 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,500 need, as we reach out for him. Expect that. 479 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:21,800 Don't plan to fail. Then you weren't really try. 480 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:26,700 Expect God to provide As a church family, we've talked 481 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,400 about about finances as a church, but we expect and trust 482 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,800 that God will provide everything we need financially, as we go 483 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,200 forward and seek to make disciples in Clarendon Park and 484 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,300 beyond for him, we trust that God will provide the people we 485 00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:44,200 need for the things. He calls us to do, we expect God 486 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,600 to do that because he's promised, he'll provide, all of 487 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,900 our needs. We don't want to go out in our 488 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:53,100 own strength. We got in our own strength will 489 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,500 achieve some stuff the way of any Eternal consequence. 490 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,600 We want to go out and his strength expecting God to 491 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,800 provide trusting him to provide praying for him to provide 492 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,400 calling on him to keep his promises. 493 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:07,300 That's something we can do together but there is impressed 494 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:10,800 nians together and call on God to do what God's promises going 495 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,300 to do for us. God loves it when he's people do 496 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:16,100 that. We are to expect God to provide 497 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,600 And the second thing we're to expect, though is rejection. 498 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:25,500 We are to expect rejection as we go out on mission for Jesus. 499 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,400 Rejection of both us and the message that we bring. 500 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,600 You see rejection is going to happen. 501 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,200 That's why this sending out comes just after Jesus himself 502 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,400 has just been rejected, if even, Jesus gets rejected, of course, 503 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,800 we're going to get rejected too. Verse 11. 504 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,600 If any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that 505 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,700 place and Shake the Dust off your feet as a testimony against 506 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:53,000 them. Jesus prepares the disciples for 507 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,500 the places. They go to not pay any attention 508 00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:00,200 to the good news, even in the promised land, there are people 509 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,100 who will reject the promised one When they do Jesus says, leave 510 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:07,800 that place. He said something weird to us, 511 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,600 Shake the Dust off your feet. It's not because he even towns a 512 00:29:11,608 --> 00:29:14,800 particularly dirty because in those days, if you were a Jewish 513 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,900 person, you have to fish territory for whatever reason. 514 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,800 When you came back into Jewish land, you would Shake the Dust 515 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,600 off your feet from the place you come from in case, any of that. 516 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,700 Dirty Heathen, dust pollutes. Your clean Promised Land It's a 517 00:29:30,708 --> 00:29:33,400 symbol of those Outsiders are not welcome Where We Are. 518 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:37,500 And here Jesus is basically saying that if people reject the 519 00:29:37,508 --> 00:29:41,200 message of the Apostles of the disciples there to be treated 520 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:46,500 like Outsiders to God's kingdom as heathens equal to dirty 521 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:53,100 Gentiles as far away from God. Disciples had to reject expect 522 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,200 rejection and we should expect the same. 523 00:29:56,500 --> 00:30:00,000 Now, confession time, I've really struggled for many years 524 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,900 reading a lot of books on evangelism. 525 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,400 I won't name any by name that wouldn't be helpful, but one of 526 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,000 the reasons I've struggled reading them because when you 527 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,100 read them, they're always at her. 528 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,600 I went to a night party and Jesus, and people came, there 529 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,800 was another doesn't happen in my life. 530 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,600 That doesn't happen in my Rugby Club in my changing rooms in my. 531 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,200 See you at Uni, wherever that doesn't happen. 532 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,600 That's not my experience. The overwhelming wants to people 533 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,300 listening to Talk about Jesus who don't know him is, okay, 534 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:32,200 what's good for you? Very rarely people will outright 535 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,800 reject me and ever, right? Go with me. 536 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,500 But this usually indifference or rejection of the message. 537 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,300 And for a long time, very few books on evangelism that I read 538 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:44,400 really reflected that I can recommend some that don't do 539 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,100 that if you read any but on our mission is disciple making 540 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:51,400 disciples of Jesus. We should be prepared for people 541 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,200 to reject the message not in a, what's the point anyway. 542 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,200 Then Still do it, just be aware. It's going to happen. 543 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,500 Some people are going to reject the message, some people as 544 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,800 we're going to see in future weeks will reject the messenger. 545 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:10,600 Be prepared for that. Don't let It Crush you because 546 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,700 there are worse things that can happen Than People rejecting the 547 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:16,800 message you bring. But a more excitingly. 548 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,000 The third thing. We should also expect, it's 549 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,600 forgot work. God to work. 550 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,200 Look at what happens in verses 12 and 13 out and preached that 551 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,300 people should repent and they drove out many demons. 552 00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:33,000 And Anointed with oil, many people who are ill and healed 553 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,200 them. Despite the link there in 554 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,000 Nazareth, they refuse to believe. 555 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,400 So there's no healings here, there are healings. 556 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,300 So the implication is people are believing the message. 557 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:49,500 And these hopeless unpredictable unprepared, idiot, disciples go 558 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:53,300 out, they share the gospel and they see God do incredible 559 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,900 things. Isn't that remarkable? 560 00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:58,000 You would never have picked these men? 561 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:01,500 You'd never have chosen this method but they have the 562 00:32:01,508 --> 00:32:05,200 authority of Jesus with them. And so they go and they 563 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,400 Faithfully obey, Jesus is called to go and make more disciples. 564 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,500 That's the same call we all have. 565 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,400 That's the same gospel. We all have is the same 566 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,400 authority. Jesus gives to us because he's 567 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,100 with us wherever we go and mission for him. 568 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:23,600 We might feel unprepared and unpredictable and hopeless, we 569 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,100 might feel like idiots, like these disciples but we have the 570 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:32,000 same authority of Jesus with us, so we too can go and expect God 571 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000 to work. Discipleship of Jesus breeds 572 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,900 disciple making disciples how and where could we be more 573 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,300 deliberate? And praying, and thinking about 574 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,800 that, as a church, family in the next couple of weeks, maybe 575 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,200 spend some time in home groups, this week, praying about just 576 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,000 one person that the Lord has put on your heart that you'd love to 577 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,900 share the gospel with. Ask for help in doing that pray 578 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:59,500 for opportunities to share about them in the weeks ahead and pray 579 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:02,100 for them to come to know him for themselves. 580 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,000 And remember it is him. We want them to know. 581 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,200 That's our mission to promote Jesus. 582 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:12,400 So Jump Ahead to the next verse will, you I know it's 583 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,200 technically mics for a couple of weeks time but I'm sure we'll 584 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,400 let me read it. So the disciples go out on 585 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,600 Mission in verse 12 and 13. And how does verse 14? 586 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,200 Start King Herod heard about this. 587 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:25,400 So the disciples got a mission Herod hears about it. 588 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,000 What does he hear about? Because Jesus is name had become 589 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:32,800 well-known, the Disciples of the ones out on Mission. 590 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,700 Jesus gets heard about more, not the disciples. 591 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,200 And it's him. We want to lift up, not us but 592 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,100 our church not Avenue or a church for as mon-sol or 593 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:46,300 anything other than Jesus is name. 594 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,900 How can we do that this week? How could we be thinking in our 595 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,600 lives, that how where we could be more disciple making 596 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,100 disciples to? We can do it, expecting God, to 597 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:01,800 provide all that, we need expecting and prepared for 598 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,600 rejection. So, we're not crushed by it. 599 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,500 But expecting God to work, all all authority has been given to 600 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,900 Jesus and he's with us wherever we go. 601 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:18,000 So we can go to Let's not let our familiarity with Jesus, and 602 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,900 let's be honest, a familiarity with the rejection, Jesus faces. 603 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:24,300 Stop us from having faith in Jesus and doing what he calls us 604 00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,300 to do. Let's go and be disciple making 605 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:31,199 disciples confidently going out for him in his authority, 606 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,900 expecting God to provide. Yes, expecting people to reject 607 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:38,300 us but also expecting and looking forward to seeing where 608 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:41,000 God is going to work, even though we can do nothing in our 609 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,000 own strength. Let's be praying for each other 610 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:49,400 as we go and do that this week. I'll hand over to Kate in a 611 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,600 moment. We're going to throw our final 612 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,300 song, A Caitlin introduce it. But the dude is a probably 613 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:55,100 possible. The first verse of the final him 614 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:55,800 up. Please. 615 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,600 I love this. A very old him and it's not 616 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,700 necessarily about Avengers and but I think it helps us think 617 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,000 about this, not this one. So I meant the final one dude, 618 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:07,900 Judah. Sorry, not the last, say we rest 619 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,200 on thee, it's a him. Reminding ourselves, rest, not 620 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:15,600 drank we rest on God. And in his strength, he's our 621 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,800 Shield, he's our Defender. We don't Go alone against the 622 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,500 enemy. We don't go out world alone, 623 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,600 seeking to call people to repentance and faith. 624 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,600 We go with him with us cover. Next slide, please Judah. 625 00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:34,900 With strong in his strength was safe in his keeping and we rest 626 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:38,800 on him. And in his name we go that's our 627 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,200 call his disciples. That's the promise God gives us 628 00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:44,000 the he'll be with us wherever we go. 629 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,700 That's the promise God gives us the he'll be with us wherever we 630 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:44,000 go.