DO NOT GREET ANYONE ON THE ROAD - Don’t Get Distracted

The Call of Jesus

Welcome to this lesson
"Do Not Greet Anyone on the Road".

I think this is a funny title of a video,

a funny title of a chapter in my book
"The Call of Jesus" -

"Do Not Greet Anyone on the Road".

But, actually, these are not my words.

These are Jesus' words.

And Jesus is saying this in Luke 10:4.

And often we read something like that,
what Jesus is saying in Luke 10:4,

and we so easy jump over it.

We just jump over it and think:
Oh, it doesn't mean so much.

But, there is, actually, a lot
in what Jesus is saying,

when He said:
"Don't greet anyone on the road."

And when we really understand it
and when we apply it...

it's going to change so much in our life.

So, it's not only for us to read about it,

especially not to jump over it,

it's for us to obey it.

We need to obey everything
Jesus is saying,

also when He said:
"Don't greet anyone on the road."

When He said that in Luke 10:4,

it's not because we are
not allowed to say: "Hi!", "Hey!"

It's not that we are not allowed to
send a greeting to somebody,

but it's because we are sent out
with a special purpose.

We are sent out to find somebody,
we are going to look at later.

We are sent out to find a person of peace

and there is so easy to get distracted.

It's so easy by falling into small talks
that we get distracted,

forgetting why we are here,
what it is Jesus wants us to do.

And let's just look at the churches,
our churches today.

How often do we see churches today which,
actually,

obey the call Jesus has given us in Luke 10?

How often do we see churches take people
into church and train them

and send them out two by two,
as we have been looking at?

This should be something every church
is doing.

Why? Because it's what Jesus
has called us to do.

In the beginning of the book we looked at
that we should not do church first,

mission later, and then Jesus in the end.
No, we should start with Jesus.

And we should start with His words

and we should start
with obeying what Jesus is saying.

And that is to send them out
two by two in the harvest that is ready.

And there Jesus also said,
in Luke 10:4:

"Do not greet anyone on the road."

We really need to wake up.

We really need to look at what Jesus
has called us to do

and don't be distracted
by everything else.

So, when Jesus said:
"Don't greet anyone on the road",

it was because He doesn't want us
to get distracted

in why we are here,
why we are sent.

Let me read something from my book
"The Call of Jesus".

"As you know, we are put here on earth
in Christ's place as His body

in order to continue what He has started.

If you take the time to look at Jesus,
you will see a Man who was really dedicated

in His mission here on earth.

Jesus did not let Himself be tempted or
distracted with what this world had to offer.

He was also not led by the needs
of the people around Him.

He was led by the Spirit of God,
and He only did the will of His Father.

Of course, we will never be exactly
like Jesus,

but He is still our Role Model,
and our goal in life is to be like Him."

Hallelujah! We should be like Jesus.
That is our goal. It's to be like Jesus.

And one thing with Jesus was He was
very, very focused in why He was here.

He was not led by needs, He did not get
distracted by what other people said.

He was very, very focused
on what He needed to do.

We also read that about Paul.
Paul was very focused.

He said this to the church
in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27:

"Do you not know that in a race all
the runners run, but only one gets the prize?

Run in such a way as you get the prize.

Everyone who competes in a game
goes into strict training.

They do it to get a crown
that will not last,

but we do it to get a crown
that will last forever.

Therefore I do not run like
someone running aimless;

I do not fight like a boxer
beating the air.

No, I strike a blow to my body
and make it slave

so that after I have preached for others,

I myself will not be disqualified
for the prize."

Paul here said: I'm very strict.
I don't just run aimless.

I'm not like a boxer who's just
hitting the air.

He was very focused in why he was here
and what to do.

But how many Christians today
are exactly like this,

like a boxer just beating the air.

Er... I don't know what to do with my life.

I don't know what the goal is.

And we are doing a little there
and a little there, and a little there,

try to do some mission,
but don't know what we are doing.

We do something, but we don't know why

we are doing what we are doing.
We don't know what to do.

We didn't really stop up and
look at the rules,

and look at what it is
Jesus has called us to do.

Jesus has given us a call...

and it's so easy to be distracted.

It's so easy to go wrong...

by other teachings, or go wrong
by church traditions.

It's so easy to just be blind...

and just stand there like a boxer
hitting the air.

But we don't want to be like them.

We want to obey Jesus' call.

We want to be a good and faithful servant

who has obeyed
what Jesus has called us to do.

We want to say like Paul.
We want to be like Paul.

Or we want to say like Jesus,
if we look at what Jesus is saying.

Jesus in John 4:34 said this:

"My food,' Jesus said, 'Is to do the will
of Him who sent Me and to finish His work."

In the next chapter (John 5:30)
He said this:

"By Myself I can do nothing; I judge only
as I hear, and My judgment is just,

for I seek not to please Myself
but Him who sent Me."

Next chapter, again, John 6:38:

"For I have come down from heaven
not to do my will

but to do the will of Him who sent Me."

This is what Jesus said in John 4,
John 5 and John 6.

Can you say the same?

Can you say: I'm not here
to just do my will.

I'm here to do the will of Him
who sent me.

I'm not here to do my own will,
but His will.

This is how we should live
as believers.

We are put here on earth
in Christ's place to obey Him,

to do what Jesus has called us
to do.

And if we want to be His disciples

and if we want to see good fruit
in our life,

we should be careful that
we don't get distracted.

And we should be ready to
count the cost and pay the price for it.

So please, listen to the call
Jesus has given you.

And please, don't get distracted
by so many other things,

small talks, and this, and this, and this.

Where we suddenly forget why we are here.

We forget what Jesus wants with our life.

We are called to be here in Christ's place
and continue His work.

We are called to continue what Jesus
wants us to do.

And that is to find the person of peace.

And that is to go out.

And when we find that person of peace,
stay with them,

eat and drink what they serve.

He has, actually, not just called us
to evangelize.

So many people just evangelize.

People just share a little Jesus
here and there

without really looking
for the person of peace,

without knowing why they are here.

And therefore I believe my book
"The Call of Jesus" and this video series

are so important because it will help you,

it will give you tools and show you
what it is Jesus wants you to do.

Yes, you are not just called to evangelize.

You are called to go out
and find that person of peace.

You are called to make disciples.

And maybe that person of peace
is already near you.

Maybe it's somebody from your
workplace, your neighbor,

but you don't think of it,
you don't pray over it.

You are so distracted,
you are so busy with so many other things.

You are so busy, so you don't stop up
and really look.

You are so busy in your everyday life.

You are so distracted by so many things

that time just flies and you never
really obey Jesus.

But when you stop up,
when you stop being distracted,

know why you are here and
start to obey the call Jesus has given you...

you will experience amazing things.

You will experience incredible things.

You will also experience persecution
because that is part of it.

And it will be hard sometimes,
but then you just look at Jesus.

It was also not easy for Jesus.
Jesus also experienced persecution.

You will experience persecution.
I will experience persecution.

So, I really encourage you -
don't get distracted.

Be focused on why you are here.

Jesus was focused to the end.

One of the things He needed to do,
of course,

was to die on the cross for you and me
and that was so important.

But also here, our enemy, Satan,
tried to distract Him.

Let's read some more from my book.

"One time, when Jesus was together
with His disciples,

He shared what was going to happen
to Him.

He shared how He must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things

in the hands of the elders, chief priests,
and teachers of the law.

Jesus shared how they must kill Him

and how He would raise up the third day
(Matthew 16:21).

When He shared this to His disciples,
His good friend Peter rebuked Him and said,

'Never, Lord! This shall never happen to you!'
(Matthew 16:22).

Whoa!
This is crazy when you think about it!"

Try to think about this.
Try to think about this.

Here we have Jesus. Here Jesus was telling
what God wanted Him to do.

He was sharing the perfect will of God,
how God wanted Him to go to Jerusalem

and what was going to happen.

And what did He experience?

That His best friends,
or one of His best friends, Peter,

tried to get Him away from it.

Satan tried to use one of Jesus' best friends
to distract Him

in what God wanted Jesus to do.

And we are so thankful that Jesus
did not listen to that advice,

that Jesus did not let Himself
be distracted.

Because if Jesus had not gone to Jerusalem
and died on that cross,

we would all have been lost today.

People will also try to get you away
from obeying the call Jesus has given you.

People will try to distract you.

Don't listen to them.

Jesus answered Peter (Matthew 16:23):
"Get behind me, Satan!

You are a stumble block to me;

you do not have in mind the concerns on God,
but mainly human concerns."

"Get behind me, Satan!"
That was what Jesus said to Peter.

Or to that spirit behind Peter

who wanted to distract Jesus
from what He should do.

The same is with you and me.

When we start to obey Jesus' call,
there is a spirit,

and it can come from your best friend,
it can come from your pastor,

it can come from your neighbor,

it can come from many other people
around you who try to distract you

and get you away from obeying the truth,

get you away from doing what Jesus
has called you to do.

Don't listen to all of those lies.

Don't listen to all of those things
that try to distract you.

Focus on Jesus and His call
and keep obeying that.

When Jesus said to Peter:
"Whoa, behind be, Satan,"

it was not because Peter was evil,
in that sense,

but Peter did not understand
what it was God wanted for Jesus.

The same way is with you and me
today.

When we start to obey the call
Jesus has given us,

there are people who will go against it,

there are people who won't like it.

It's not because they are all evil,
but they just don't know.

They don't see the big picture.

They don't know what it is
Jesus has called us to do.

So I really, really encourage you -

don't be deceived by being
distracted.

Don't be distracted.

Also when it comes to listen to those
videos here,

reading my book,
reading the word of Jesus.

There are so many things,
especially these days, oh...

now there are so many things
about the virus, the end times.

It's good to keep you updated,
but still, you can easily be distracted

by so many other things
that are not important.

What is important?

It's Jesus and listening to His words

and obeying what Jesus has called us to do.

That is important.

So please don't get distracted.
Keep it simple.

Look at Jesus's words.

See the whole video series, please.

See all of them.

Also those you jump over them
and maybe have not seen,

because this is important,

because later I'm going to go back
and refer to those videos,

when we put it all together.

Read the book, if you can...

if you want to.

Don't get distracted.
Do what Jesus has called you to do.

Until next time, if you want,
get the book.

It's written in a very simple way.

You can get it on thelastreformation.com
or Amazon,

and, as I said before,
if you don't have the money,

then send an e-mail to
[e-mail]

and just say: Hey, I don't have the money.
I would like to read the book

and then we can give you a code
and you can get the book

as an e-book for free.

Let us not be distracted.

Let us know why we are here

and let us know what Jesus
has called us to do

and let us obey His call,

and then we are going to see
amazing things.

And we are called for a time like this

and I'm very excited for the time
we are entering into.

It's the end time, a time where
the end times church

is going to rise and shine.

And the church, as we know it,

it's going to disappear.

It's time for us to see
if we are in Christ or not in Christ.

It's time for us to see
if we are building on sand

or building by wood and straw,
or we are building on the rock,

and doing the right thing,
by obeying the call Jesus has given us.

God bless you! See you next time!
Bye-bye!

The Call of Jesus