Matthew 10:1-11, 17-20_Sermon_The Workers

g1_July 6th, 2025 Sermon_ #2_Luke 10:1-11, 17-20_The Workers

{ILS} Star Wars - R2-D2 and C-3PO

• Two of the most famous characters in science fiction movies

• Tasked with different jobs and have different temperaments

• C-3PO is a diplomat, a communicator - R2-D2 repairs and computer files

• Paired together, frustrated with each other, ultimately care and repair

• scattered to places they never thought they’d be - expanding the story

{SCR} Luke 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. 5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 

{MPT} The disciples are the first to tell the story

• The first thing that villagers hear, may be the only thing they remember

• Important responsibility for those being sent by Jesus

• Entrusted with the hope and purpose of the latest message from God

• Jesus seems curious who will minister to his people…before his people share

{MPT} Storytellers must decide where to begin

• First, they begin with people they approach

• Who would you approach - people of similar age or lifestyle? Different 

• Upside - The direction is broad, visit and tell

• Second, they begin with the point they emphasize first

• What would you pick? Healing, Teaching, Serving, Miracles

• Upside - The power is evident in each category

{SCR} Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 

{MPT} What story do the workers tell themselves and others?

• Depends on

• Communication & Attentive

• Opportunity & Willing

• Hope & Enthusiastic

• And what is the root of that hope?

{SCR} Luke 10:20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

{MPT} Our story must first begin with being called to serve

• "My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread thro' all the earth abroad, the honors of your name."