WEBVTT

00:00:01.936 --> 00:00:04.423
The Call of Jesus

00:00:05.071 --> 00:00:08.959
Welcome to this lesson where we are
going to talk about the call of Jesus

00:00:08.959 --> 00:00:13.440
and how the call Jesus gave us in the Bible
is the same today.

00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:18.941
What Jesus said in the Bible is the same
for you and me who live today.

00:00:18.941 --> 00:00:22.210
The second chapter in my book
"The Call of Jesus" is called

00:00:22.210 --> 00:00:24.493
"The Twelve and The Seventy".

00:00:24.883 --> 00:00:29.608
In that chapter I show that there is
a difference between what Jesus said

00:00:29.608 --> 00:00:32.816
to the Twelve and what He said
to the Seventy.

00:00:32.816 --> 00:00:35.820
But I don't want to focus so much
about that here.

00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.769
You need to read the book to know
what the difference is.

00:00:39.769 --> 00:00:45.367
What we need to understand is that
the call Jesus gave us

00:00:45.637 --> 00:00:46.930
is for us today.

00:00:47.230 --> 00:00:53.854
What Jesus said to the Twelve and to the
Seventy is for you and me who are living today.

00:00:54.494 --> 00:01:00.181
But before we are going to look at Luke 10,
try to imagine

00:01:01.531 --> 00:01:04.751
that you have been walking with Jesus
for three and a half years

00:01:04.831 --> 00:01:07.850
and now Jesus wanted to leave you

00:01:07.850 --> 00:01:11.559
and He wanted to say something to you.

00:01:11.559 --> 00:01:18.282
The last words from Jesus, I believe
really, really, really reveal His heart

00:01:18.282 --> 00:01:20.669
in a very, very special way.

00:01:21.279 --> 00:01:27.877
And we can read those last words
in the end of the gospels, Matthew and Mark.

00:01:27.877 --> 00:01:35.930
In Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus spoke those
last words. He said here:

00:01:35.930 --> 00:01:39.349
"All authority has been given to me 
in heaven and earth.

00:01:39.349 --> 00:01:43.011
Go therefore and make disciples 
of all nations,

00:01:43.011 --> 00:01:47.216
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

00:01:47.216 --> 00:01:51.869
teaching to obey all things 
I have commanded you;

00:01:51.869 --> 00:01:55.690
and lo, I am with you, 
even to the end of the age."

00:01:55.940 --> 00:01:58.820
These were Jesus' last words there.

00:01:58.820 --> 00:02:00.815
Jesus' last words in Mark were:
(Mark 16:15-19)

00:02:00.815 --> 00:02:04.623
"Go into the world and preach the gospel
to every creature.

00:02:04.993 --> 00:02:08.704
He who believes and is baptized shall be
saved;

00:02:08.704 --> 00:02:11.745
but he who does not believe 
will be condemned.

00:02:11.745 --> 00:02:14.565
And these signs will follow 
those who believe:

00:02:14.565 --> 00:02:18.807
In My name they will cast out demons;
they will speak with new tongues;

00:02:18.807 --> 00:02:20.582
they will take up serpents;

00:02:20.582 --> 00:02:24.826
and if they drink anything deadly, 
it will not hurt them;

00:02:24.826 --> 00:02:29.437
they will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover."

00:02:30.357 --> 00:02:33.246
These were Jesus' last words.

00:02:33.246 --> 00:02:36.800
And this is revealing Jesus' heart.

00:02:37.110 --> 00:02:41.588
Not only His heart at that time, 
but this is revealing Jesus' heart today.

00:02:41.588 --> 00:02:45.322
Why? Because He has not changed.

00:02:45.502 --> 00:02:47.326
We have maybe changed.

00:02:47.536 --> 00:02:49.302
The church has changed.

00:02:49.302 --> 00:02:51.813
Our focus has changed.

00:02:52.153 --> 00:02:54.907
But Jesus is the same yesterday,
today and forever

00:02:54.907 --> 00:02:57.467
and what He said there

00:02:57.467 --> 00:03:01.155
is also what He wants to say to us today.

00:03:01.155 --> 00:03:04.624
Jesus died for the whole world,
not only for you and me.

00:03:04.624 --> 00:03:08.721
He died for everyone out there.
This is His heart.

00:03:08.721 --> 00:03:14.957
He came here to find, to seek
those who are lost.

00:03:14.957 --> 00:03:21.553
And one thing He said there in 
the end of Matthew, I want to read again.

00:03:21.553 --> 00:03:23.881
First He said in the end of Matthew:
(Matthew 28:18-19)

00:03:23.881 --> 00:03:27.779
"All the authority has been given to Me 
in heaven and earth.

00:03:27.779 --> 00:03:31.474
Go therefore, make disciples
of all nations."

00:03:32.054 --> 00:03:34.059
But the question is: How?

00:03:34.059 --> 00:03:35.150
How do we do that?

00:03:35.150 --> 00:03:39.248
How do we go out and make 
disciples of all nations?

00:03:39.248 --> 00:03:45.793
Do we go out, find a building,
get a nice church,

00:03:45.793 --> 00:03:48.169
and get a nice worship band,

00:03:48.169 --> 00:03:51.306
and then, hopefully, 
the sinners will come to us.

00:03:51.306 --> 00:03:56.350
Is this how Jesus told us to do it?

00:03:58.230 --> 00:04:00.666
I don't say it's wrong, but...

00:04:00.886 --> 00:04:03.995
it was, actually, not what Jesus
told us to do.

00:04:04.305 --> 00:04:08.002
What we often forget is that Jesus
did not only say:

00:04:08.002 --> 00:04:10.574
Go and make disciples of all nations.

00:04:10.574 --> 00:04:16.575
He also explained how 
He wanted them to go.

00:04:16.925 --> 00:04:22.566
How He wanted them and us
to make disciples of all nations.

00:04:22.566 --> 00:04:25.822
We often forget that Jesus said
so much more

00:04:27.362 --> 00:04:28.709
then just: Go!

00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:34.757
So, let's look at it again and read a little
further down in Matthew 28. He said:

00:04:35.507 --> 00:04:38.331
"All authority has been given to Me 
in heaven and in earth.

00:04:38.331 --> 00:04:42.245
Go therefore, make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them..."

00:04:42.245 --> 00:04:43.660
And then it comes.

00:04:44.200 --> 00:04:52.930
"and teaching them to observe (obey)
all things I have commanded you."

00:04:53.530 --> 00:04:59.517
Jesus wanted those disciples
to make disciples of all nations,

00:04:59.517 --> 00:05:07.453
baptizing them and teaching them
to obey everything He has commanded them.

00:05:07.453 --> 00:05:13.144
So, what Jesus commanded His disciples,
not only in Matthew 28,

00:05:13.144 --> 00:05:16.034
but while He was walking with them
on earth,

00:05:16.034 --> 00:05:18.611
when He left earth He said:

00:05:18.861 --> 00:05:21.996
Now what I have been teaching you

00:05:22.336 --> 00:05:26.928
you go, make disciples of other nations,
baptizing them

00:05:26.928 --> 00:05:29.931
and teach them to obey the same.

00:05:30.061 --> 00:05:33.516
And then you go and make disciples
of other nations

00:05:33.516 --> 00:05:36.095
and teach them to obey the same.

00:05:36.095 --> 00:05:39.739
And now we are here 
and it's the same for you and me.

00:05:39.739 --> 00:05:45.580
What Jesus has commanded them
have not changed.

00:05:45.580 --> 00:05:49.834
It's the same for you and me
who are living today.

00:05:50.904 --> 00:05:54.527
My question is: Why don't we do it?

00:05:54.527 --> 00:05:58.204
Why are we so focused on going out
and renting a church building

00:05:58.204 --> 00:06:03.011
and getting people to come to our church,
because this is not what He has commanded?

00:06:03.011 --> 00:06:11.168
Why are we so busy doing many other things
than doing what Jesus said to us in the Bible?

00:06:11.908 --> 00:06:15.588
It almost looks like it has changed,
but when did it change?

00:06:15.588 --> 00:06:18.484
Did it change in year 500?

00:06:18.614 --> 00:06:20.847
Did it change in 1500?

00:06:21.457 --> 00:06:24.342
Did it change when we came into
the year 2000?

00:06:24.342 --> 00:06:27.380
Did Jesus suddenly change and said:
Stop, stop, stop...

00:06:27.380 --> 00:06:32.425
I don't want you to do what I told you to do.
I want you to do this instead.

00:06:32.695 --> 00:06:37.195
No. But let's be honest.

00:06:37.305 --> 00:06:41.532
Most people today are busy with church,

00:06:41.632 --> 00:06:43.870
are busy with church activities,

00:06:43.870 --> 00:06:45.815
are busy with programs,

00:06:45.815 --> 00:06:48.869
are busy with so many things,

00:06:49.069 --> 00:06:54.466
but they, actually, are not obeying
what we read Jesus was saying.

00:06:54.746 --> 00:06:59.678
They are so busy without taking the time
to look at what, actually,

00:06:59.678 --> 00:07:03.306
is Jesus wants to obey.

00:07:03.976 --> 00:07:07.642
And what was it Jesus said to His disciples?

00:07:07.642 --> 00:07:11.033
What was it He said to His disciples
they should teach us,

00:07:11.033 --> 00:07:13.645
so we may obey it?

00:07:13.645 --> 00:07:17.951
One of the places we read what Jesus
said to His disciples

00:07:18.291 --> 00:07:23.341
that He wanted them to teach us
so we will obey it and teach others,

00:07:23.341 --> 00:07:28.185
so they will obey it is what we read
in Luke 10.

00:07:28.185 --> 00:07:33.160
So, when we are going to read these words
from Luke 10, remember

00:07:34.130 --> 00:07:39.511
that what He there said to them,
He later said to them

00:07:39.511 --> 00:07:43.081
that they should teach us 
so we will obey the same.

00:07:43.081 --> 00:07:49.874
So, what Jesus says here is the same
for us who are living today.

00:07:49.874 --> 00:07:51.185
And just be honest.

00:07:52.175 --> 00:07:56.119
Where do we find in these texts 
I'm going to read here

00:07:56.119 --> 00:08:00.278
that we should have nice, fine churches
with professional worship bands

00:08:01.028 --> 00:08:04.626
and if we have a nice worship band
and nice, fine church,

00:08:04.626 --> 00:08:07.143
the harvest would come to us.

00:08:07.143 --> 00:08:11.071
I don't read in the Bible that the harvest
was supposed to come to us.

00:08:12.461 --> 00:08:14.688
No, we were supposed to go to the harvest.

00:08:14.688 --> 00:08:18.110
And the harvest is ready and plentiful 
and waiting for us.

00:08:18.110 --> 00:08:20.804
I don't say it's wrong to have a church
building and meet,

00:08:20.804 --> 00:08:27.153
but the problem is: if we just end up there
and not obeying Jesus - we have a problem.

00:08:27.153 --> 00:08:30.372
Let's look at what Jesus said to 
His disciples

00:08:30.372 --> 00:08:35.206
and what He's saying to you and me
in Luke 10. Read these words.

00:08:36.046 --> 00:08:40.161
"After these things the Lord appointed
seventy others, and sent them

00:08:40.161 --> 00:08:47.807
two by two before His face into
every city and place

00:08:47.807 --> 00:08:50.795
where He himself was about to go.

00:08:50.795 --> 00:08:57.109
And He said to them, 'The harvest is truly
great, but the laborers are few;

00:08:57.109 --> 00:09:00.792
therefore pray the Lord of the harvest

00:09:00.792 --> 00:09:04.044
to send out laborers into His harvest.

00:09:04.044 --> 00:09:09.931
Go your way; behold, I'm sending you
out as lambs among wolves.

00:09:09.931 --> 00:09:14.672
Carry neither money bag, knapsack,
or sandals;

00:09:14.672 --> 00:09:18.076
and greet no one on the road."

00:09:18.346 --> 00:09:19.733
Listen here.

00:09:21.373 --> 00:09:23.063
Where do people do that today?

00:09:23.063 --> 00:09:27.341
Where do people just come together
two and two and go out

00:09:27.341 --> 00:09:30.485
in the harvest that is great and plentiful?

00:09:30.485 --> 00:09:34.666
Where do we find people who are praying
the Lord of the harvest to send out workers,

00:09:34.666 --> 00:09:37.295
as we are reading here?

00:09:37.295 --> 00:09:40.383
You know, the harvest is ready,
the harvest is plentiful,

00:09:40.383 --> 00:09:42.191
there's nothing wrong with the harvest.

00:09:42.191 --> 00:09:43.982
The problem is the workers.

00:09:43.982 --> 00:09:46.189
We need to go out.

00:09:46.189 --> 00:09:48.096
And let's continue what He's saying.

00:09:48.096 --> 00:09:51.037
Because what does He want us to go out
to do?

00:09:51.037 --> 00:09:53.563
He wants us to find somebody.
He said here (Luke 10:5-11):

00:09:53.563 --> 00:09:57.817
"Whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this house.'

00:09:57.817 --> 00:10:04.049
And if a son of peace is there, your peace
will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.

00:10:04.049 --> 00:10:08.924
And remain in the same home, eating
and drinking what they serve,

00:10:08.924 --> 00:10:11.833
for a laborer is worthy of his wage.

00:10:11.833 --> 00:10:14.649
Do not go from house to house.

00:10:14.649 --> 00:10:18.188
Whatever city you enter,
and they receive you,

00:10:18.188 --> 00:10:21.608
eat such things as they set before you.

00:10:21.608 --> 00:10:24.045
And heal the sick, and say to them,

00:10:24.045 --> 00:10:26.949
The kingdom of God has come near to you.

00:10:26.949 --> 00:10:31.333
But whatever city you enter, and they 
do not receive you,

00:10:31.333 --> 00:10:37.412
go out into the street and say, 
'Even the dust of your city we wipe off us

00:10:37.412 --> 00:10:39.792
as a testimony against you.

00:10:39.792 --> 00:10:44.699
Nevertheless, the kingdom of God has
come near to you."

00:10:45.809 --> 00:10:48.613
These are some of the things Jesus
was saying.

00:10:48.613 --> 00:10:52.046
That we should go out and find
a person of peace.

00:10:52.046 --> 00:10:54.404
Many people don't know what
a person of peace is.

00:10:54.404 --> 00:10:56.582
They don't know what they are
going out for,

00:10:56.582 --> 00:10:58.995
and therefore they are not going to find,

00:10:58.995 --> 00:11:00.881
what Jesus has called them to do.

00:11:00.881 --> 00:11:04.855
And He said what we should do
when we find that person,

00:11:04.855 --> 00:11:08.307
that we should stay in their house,
we should eat and drink.

00:11:08.307 --> 00:11:11.737
He said how we should heal the sick,
how we should share the gospel,

00:11:11.737 --> 00:11:13.770
how we should not go from house
to house.

00:11:13.770 --> 00:11:16.813
He also said when people will not receive
our message,

00:11:16.813 --> 00:11:20.036
take the dust off your feet and hands
and move on.

00:11:20.036 --> 00:11:22.213
It was what Jesus said.

00:11:22.213 --> 00:11:27.749
And I want to say to you, 
in many years I have done church my way,

00:11:27.969 --> 00:11:30.702
I have done it the way most people did it,

00:11:30.702 --> 00:11:34.610
but some years ago I stopped doing it
my way

00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:38.505
and I started to do it as Jesus is saying here

00:11:38.505 --> 00:11:41.887
and that changed everything.

00:11:41.887 --> 00:11:49.187
It changed everything, not only my life,
but it changed those people around me.

00:11:49.477 --> 00:11:54.393
Yes, we don't live in Israel and many
things have changed today.

00:11:54.393 --> 00:11:57.924
The culture has changed, 
the technology has changed,

00:11:57.924 --> 00:12:04.305
and many things are different today,
but the call of Jesus is the same.

00:12:04.665 --> 00:12:09.874
And one thing happens
when we obey Jesus.

00:12:10.214 --> 00:12:16.261
Joy. We experience joy, we experience 
excitement when God is using us.

00:12:16.261 --> 00:12:21.730
And when Jesus sent His disciples out
in Luke 10, we read later (Luke 10:17):

00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:27.908
"They returned with joy saying:
'Lord, even the demons obey in your name."

00:12:27.908 --> 00:12:32.085
They returned with joy.

00:12:32.245 --> 00:12:34.940
Let me read something from my book here.

00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:41.783
"What we need to realize here, is that 
the seventy disciples came home rejoicing.

00:12:41.783 --> 00:12:45.428
This is what should be happening
when we serve God.

00:12:45.428 --> 00:12:51.233
When we step out in faith on Jesus' Words
and see His Spirit work through us,

00:12:51.233 --> 00:12:54.689
it should bring forth a great joy!

00:12:54.689 --> 00:12:58.909
We should not be able to contain
our excitement.

00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:03.567
I have seen this in so many people,

00:13:03.567 --> 00:13:06.502
where they have taken their first step,

00:13:06.502 --> 00:13:08.934
pray for someone for the first time,

00:13:08.934 --> 00:13:12.242
shared the gospel with somebody
for the first time,

00:13:12.242 --> 00:13:14.842
baptize somebody in water
for the first time,

00:13:14.842 --> 00:13:18.722
or baptize somebody with the Holy Spirit
for the first time.

00:13:18.722 --> 00:13:21.463
They cannot hide their excitement!

00:13:21.463 --> 00:13:24.296
They are full of joy because they have
realized

00:13:24.296 --> 00:13:29.328
that God has used them to spread
His Kingdom!"

00:13:30.218 --> 00:13:31.715
Can you see it? Hallelujah!

00:13:31.715 --> 00:13:35.525
That joy, that joy, that joy, that joy
is for you.

00:13:35.525 --> 00:13:39.701
That joy is for you, and when you
start to obey Jesus' words,

00:13:39.701 --> 00:13:43.759
you experience that joy,
you experience you are alive.

00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:45.687
Don't be frustrated.

00:13:45.687 --> 00:13:47.546
Obey Jesus.

00:13:47.546 --> 00:13:51.202
Because the problem is that many people
in churches are frustrated

00:13:51.202 --> 00:13:53.443
and losing their first love and their faith.

00:13:53.443 --> 00:13:55.554
I want to read a little more from my book.

00:13:55.554 --> 00:13:59.928
"An amazing revelation in Luke 10
is that this is for everyone.

00:13:59.928 --> 00:14:04.235
Jesus did not only give these commands
to pastors

00:14:04.235 --> 00:14:09.693
or to people with special status 
or special calling or talents.

00:14:09.693 --> 00:14:16.396
The commands Jesus made in Luke 10
is both for young and for old people in Christ.

00:14:17.076 --> 00:14:22.195
You don't have to wait to get started to obey
Jesus in what He is saying here.

00:14:22.195 --> 00:14:26.331
Many Christians are sitting in their church
feeling frustrated.

00:14:26.331 --> 00:14:29.240
They are frustrated because they are waiting.

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:31.323
They are waiting for something.

00:14:31.323 --> 00:14:35.390
They are waiting for their turn
to be used by God.

00:14:35.390 --> 00:14:40.830
They are waiting for the pastor to notice them
and give them opportunity to be used by God.

00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:46.635
But I'm telling you that you don't need
to wait anymore.

00:14:46.635 --> 00:14:52.695
Jesus has already given you His calling
and commandment for your life,

00:14:52.695 --> 00:14:56.599
and it is so clear written in front of you."

00:14:56.599 --> 00:14:59.039
I want to say: This is for everyone.

00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:01.200
And when you understand what Jesus
is saying,

00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:04.311
that the harvest is truly plentiful and ready,

00:15:04.311 --> 00:15:06.378
and what a person of peace is

00:15:06.378 --> 00:15:08.161
and how you can find a person of peace,

00:15:08.161 --> 00:15:10.879
how you can heal the sick,
how you can share the gospel,

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:15.783
how you can baptize them in your bathtub,
how you can make disciples,

00:15:15.783 --> 00:15:19.124
it's going to change, as I said,
not only you,

00:15:19.124 --> 00:15:21.982
but many, many, many people around you.

00:15:22.162 --> 00:15:25.226
And what we want to do in this video series

00:15:25.226 --> 00:15:27.794
and what I want to do in the book
"The Call of Jesus"

00:15:27.794 --> 00:15:31.470
is I want to spend a lot of time
on Luke 10.

00:15:31.470 --> 00:15:36.371
I want to go through Luke 10 
verse, by verse, by verse.

00:15:36.371 --> 00:15:42.096
And then give you examples
how this look today

00:15:42.096 --> 00:15:47.184
and give you tools so you can start
to find that person of peace

00:15:47.184 --> 00:15:50.262
and heal the sick, and do what
Jesus has commanded you.

00:15:50.262 --> 00:15:52.935
So, until next time we see,
take a little more time

00:15:52.935 --> 00:15:58.140
to read Luke 9, Luke 10 and Matthew 10.

00:15:58.140 --> 00:16:01.641
Just be honest, look at it
and then look at your church,

00:16:01.641 --> 00:16:04.979
look at your life, look at what
you grew up in

00:16:04.979 --> 00:16:08.119
and ask yourself: Have we've been.
actually, doing it?

00:16:08.119 --> 00:16:12.436
Have we've been doing what Jesus
has called us to do?

00:16:12.436 --> 00:16:16.234
Or we have been busy doing 
so many other things

00:16:17.324 --> 00:16:20.010
He has not called us to do?

00:16:20.010 --> 00:16:23.532
And please share this video
and get the book, if you can.

00:16:24.122 --> 00:16:26.847
Get it on Amazon, get it on our website.

00:16:26.847 --> 00:16:31.004
If you don't have money for the book
send an e-mail to us,

00:16:31.004 --> 00:16:34.701
to TheLastReformation.com
and we can give you a link

00:16:34.701 --> 00:16:36.436
and you can get the book for free.

00:16:36.436 --> 00:16:40.332
We want this to come out 
to as many people as possible.

00:16:40.332 --> 00:16:43.823
It's time to obey the call Jesus has given us,

00:16:43.823 --> 00:16:46.502
because the harvest is great,
the workers are few,

00:16:46.502 --> 00:16:49.107
and in that moment we start to obey
His call,

00:16:49.107 --> 00:16:50.766
it's going to change the world.

00:16:50.766 --> 00:16:53.832
God bless you!
See you next time! Bye-bye!

00:16:55.163 --> 00:16:56.753
The Call of Jesus