Mumbai Christian Church

However, that was not the first time Jesus sent His disciple’s out into the mission field. Jesus sent His disciples out on a mission. As we read this passage of Scripture there are some valuable lessons that we can learn as we accomplish the mission that Jesus has left for us.1. The Mission’s Purpose. The disciples had to know what it was that they were supposed to accomplish.

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, preach this message: `The kingdom of heaven is near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

They were sent to preach the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven.
You know the same is true of us. We are told to preach. There are so many different things in which we could preach out against in our world today. However, I think that we would be best to concentrate on the one message that we should preach. And that message is Jesus Christ.

You see, they preached that the Kingdom of Heaven was near. For us, the Kingdom is here and it is our job to preach that fact.

To learn some valuable lessons about this fact, all we have to do is to look at the life of Paul. Whenever Paul got a chance to preach, what did He preach? Jesus Christ crucified! Jesus Christ Buried! Jesus Christ Risen From The Dead.

The mission to preach belongs to every single one of us.

There is not one person in the room who has given their lives to Jesus Christ that does not have this responsibility to preach.
People expect the preacher to preach, but when we all begin to preach Christ we will indeed change the world for the Gospel Message in this generation!!
They were sent to heal. As they went about preaching the Gospel Message they were to heal those who needed.
Now, we must understand something here. These men were empowered by Jesus to heal. The Apostles and the people in which the Apostles laid their hands on had a power from the Holy Spirit to do some amazing things. The purpose for them using these powers were to prove that the message they were preaching was true.
Now, there are people who have been given special gifts by God. There are doctors, nurses and scientists alike who have made it their life long work to heal people. They are unable to heal in the same sense that they Apostles were able to, but they are gifted by God none-the-less.

We too are to be a people of healing. We may not be able to heal in the same sense that the Apostles were, but we can bring healing to a people that are hurting.
- Hurting From The Effects Of Sin.
- Hurting From Loneliness
- Hurting From Hopelessness
Everyone the disciples physically healed, eventually died. However, when we show people that the ultimate source of healing is found in the hope of eternity, we are doing more than healing them for a while, we are showing them that Christ can heal them forever. Our salvation should be enough of a motivation for us to go out and make a difference. Freely you have received, freely give.The purpose of the mission was to preach and heal. The Mission’s Problems. The disciples were given the mission, but they were told about the problems that they were going to encounter. People would not listen. The disciples were told that there was going to be people who would not listen to the message that they had to preach.
The same is true for us today. There are people who won’t want to hear what we have to preach. That doesn’t mean that we are supposed to give up preaching. All that means is that we have to preach somewhere else.
to listen to our message: .From our text we see that the disciples were in danger because of the message they were going out to preach.
Listen again to what Matthew 10:17 ” 20 says: Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Jesus told them that they were going to encounter danger. And He promised them that they were going to be helped by the Spirit.

We may not face the same type of persecution that the disciples had to face, be we do face people who are combative to the message of Jesus Christ.
Do you want to know what would happen if all of us in this room took the mission of preaching Christ seriously? First of all, people would be won to Christ. Secondly, we will encounter opposition.

Why is that? Because Satan knows that there is power in the Gospel message. And when we preach lives are changed. When lives are changed there should be more people preaching.

Even though we may not face the daily dangers that the early Christians faced, the chance does exist. No, we should not fear persecution. Jesus told us what we should fear. Look again at verses 28-30Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows..

Preach and, well that leads us to our final point for the morning. The Mission’s Promises!
Jesus gave them a mission, told them that they were going to face problems, and then He went on to give them some promises.