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0:00Luke 10:1
0:03Now after this the Lord appointed 70
0:06others and sent them in pairs ahead of
0:08him to every city and place where he
0:11himself was going to come.
0:14And he was saying to them, "The harvest
0:16is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
0:21Therefore, beseech the Lord of the
0:23harvest to send out laborers into his
0:26harvest.
0:27Go, behold, I send you out as lambs in
0:31the midst of wolves.
0:34Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes,
0:38and greet no one on the way.
0:41Whatever house you enter, first say,
0:44"Peace be to this house." If a man of
0:47peace is there, your peace will rest on
0:49him. But if not, it will return to you.
0:53Stay in that house eating and drinking
0:56what they give you.
0:57For the laborer is worthy of his wages.
1:01Do not keep moving from house to house.
1:04Whatever city you enter and they receive
1:06you, eat what is set before you and heal
1:09those in it who are sick and say to
1:11them, "The kingdom of God has come near
1:14to you."
1:16But whatever city you enter and they do
1:19not receive you, go into its streets and
1:22say, even the dust of your city, which
1:26clings to our feet, we wipe off in
1:29protest against you. Yet be sure of
1:32this, that the kingdom of God has come
1:35near.
1:36I say to you, it will be more tolerable
1:39in that day for Sodom than for that
1:42city.
1:43So Jesus is launching a very intentional
1:48widespread ministry campaign
1:52and he is intending to bring his message
1:54through one city after another. But he
1:57appoints about 70 people to go two by
2:01two into these cities and basically
2:04prepare the way for him. Basically go
2:07and get people ready to hear what he's
2:10going to bring when he shows up.
2:13And he tells them that he doesn't want
2:15them taking provision.
2:18And that's because
2:20he wants
2:22them to not come in as outside
2:26professionals paid and supplied by
2:28someone else. Instead, he wants them to
2:30build relationships.
2:32He wants there to be a kind of mutual
2:35interdependence.
2:37He wants the disciples to need the help
2:40of the people whom they are coming to
2:42speak to just like those people
2:44presumably need the help of the message
2:47and the grace that the disciples are
2:49coming to bring. So he tells them don't
2:52move around from house to house. Stay
2:55where you're getting help. Stay where
2:57there's a connection because he wants
2:59relationships to strengthen. He wants
3:03connections to deepen. He's not wanting
3:05them to just be a one-off um encounter
3:11moving so fast like modern evangelists
3:14that you hardly know who they are. He
3:16wants people to develop a connection, a
3:19relationship that lasts. And he tells
3:22them that if they if they come into a
3:25house and they meet a person of peace,
3:29of shalom, that someone is there who
3:32recognizes the gift and the grace that
3:34they're bringing, then stay there and
3:36let their peace, their sense of
3:39settledness, their sense of purpose and
3:41blessing be on that man. But if not, and
3:45the city won't receive them, then shake
3:47even the dust off of their feet. And
3:50it's an unusual way to express a
3:53judgment to shake the dust off of your
3:55feet and to say even the dust from your
3:58city is going to stay here. What it's
3:59saying is we're taking none of your
4:02heart, none of your culture, none of
4:05your needs with us. You can stay where
4:08you are. We're going on without you. And
4:11even the dust that clings to our shoes,
4:14we want to leave in your city. So it's
4:17like the judgment is to say
4:20we didn't become one. We're not carrying
4:23you in our hearts with us when we leave.
4:26And what we brought isn't staying with
4:28you. There was no exchange. There was no
4:31abiding
4:32relationship. You stayed the way you
4:35were and even the dust that was on our
4:37shoes we left with you.
4:40That's what judgment looks like when
4:42there's not that connection formed and
4:44you and you remain unchanged. And he
4:47begins to pronounce these judgments on
4:49the towns that didn't change. He says,
4:52"Woe to you, Corazine. Woe to you,
4:55Betha. For if the miracles had been
4:58performed in Ty and Siden, which
5:00occurred in you, they would have
5:02repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth
5:05and ashes.
5:07But it will be more tolerable for Ty and
5:09Siden in the judgment than for you. And
5:12you, Capernium,
5:14will not be exalted to heaven, will you?
5:17You will be brought down to Hades.
5:20The one who listens to you listens to
5:22me. Then he turns to his disciples and
5:24he keeps speaking. The one who listens
5:26to you listens to me and the one who
5:29rejects you rejects me. And he who
5:33rejects me rejects the one who sent me.
5:36So it's all about what are you going to
5:39receive from the ministry? What of the
5:42ministry is going to stay with you? The
5:45disciples were not coming simply with a
5:47message. They were carrying a grace.
5:51They were handling a promise. They were
5:54transmitting a truth. And if they walked
5:57out of the city with exactly what they
5:59came in, then the city was cursed.
6:04But if they deposited some of their
6:07grace in that city, then the city
6:09realized the purpose for which the
6:11disciples were sent. And the purpose
6:13ultimately was for them to receive
6:15Jesus. And this is a type of the
6:18ministry that is still going on to this
6:20day that God sends people ahead so that
6:24we can bring the message. But then the
6:27idea is that he will show up
6:30not in some future day or age but his
6:34presence will come and they will receive
6:36of his grace and they will receive of
6:38his spirit. But if they can't receive
6:42the fallen imperfect people then they're
6:44not going to receive the Lord for whom
6:46they came to open the door. The 70
6:49returned with joy, saying, 'Lord, even
6:52the demons are subject to us in your
6:55name. And he said to them, I was
6:59watching.
7:01And what was he watching? He says, I was
7:05watching Satan fall from heaven like
7:09lightning.
7:11Behold, I have given you authority to
7:13tread on serpents and scorpions and over
7:16all the power of the enemy, and nothing
7:18will injure you. Nevertheless, do not
7:21rejoice in this, that the spirits are
7:23subject to you, but rejoice that your
7:25names are recorded in heaven. So, when
7:29Jesus sends out the 70, this is like a
7:32precursor of the body of Christ. This is
7:35the first large group of people that
7:38he's giving power and authority and
7:40ministry to. And he's saying, "Go out
7:43and begin to minister. Go out and move
7:46in the gifts of the spirit. Move in the
7:49word of grace. Move in healing. Move in
7:53the power that I have that I am sharing
7:56with you." And when people receive you,
7:58they're not just receiving you, they're
8:00receiving me. And as this large group
8:05first begins to do this, Jesus sees
8:08something. He has a vision. And what is
8:11the vision that he has? It's a vision of
8:14the dethroning of Satan. He said, "I saw
8:20Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
8:24Which is to say, this is the emergence
8:27of the kingdom. When the body of Christ
8:30begins to move in service and ministry
8:34and the gifts of the spirit, the power
8:37and authority of Satan comes down. His
8:40false throne, his false dominion, his
8:43control over people's lives comes down.
8:46And it comes down so fast, it's like
8:49lightning.
8:50And that's what Jesus saw in this
8:54precursor, this prototype of the body of
8:57Christ. He saw the dethroning of Satan.
9:00In Matthew, he said, "If I cast out
9:02demons by the finger of God, then the
9:04kingdom of God has come." Well, now
9:06we're seeing that happen on a much wider
9:09scale. We're seeing the the devil lose
9:12his authority, a dethroning of Satan. At
9:16that very moment, Jesus rejoiced greatly
9:20in the Holy Spirit. Now, this is
9:23unprecedented.
9:24He rejoiced greatly. This is a statement
9:28that signifies
9:30enormous eruptive gladness of heart.
9:35Jesus is excited
9:38when Jesus tells the woman at the well
9:40that the water he gives will become a
9:43fountain of living water springing or
9:46welling up unto eternal life. That's the
9:49same word Jesus had. Joy springing up.
9:53He is very excited as if seeing people
9:58coordinate to move in his spirit is why
10:01he came. And seeing the power of fear
10:04and the devil come down, this is why he
10:07came. So Jesus at that very time, Luke
10:11wants us to know that it was tied to
10:14their operation in the spirit. At that
10:17very time, literally that hour,
10:22Jesus rejoiced greatly in the Holy
10:26Spirit and he said, "I praise you, oh
10:31Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
10:33you have hidden these things from the
10:36wise and intelligent and have revealed
10:39them to infants.
10:42Yes, Father, for this was well pleasing
10:44in your sight. All things have been
10:47handed over to me by my father, and no
10:50one knows who the Son is except the
10:53Father, and who the Father is except the
10:57Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to
11:02reveal him.
11:04Turning to his disciples, he said
11:06privately, "Blessed are the eyes which
11:09see the things which you see." Okay, so
11:14he's saying, "I'm seeing Satan fall like
11:17lightning from heaven." And he's
11:19praising the father that this power is
11:22revealed to those who have become like
11:24little children, for this was well
11:26pleasing in his sight. And he's saying,
11:29"All things have been handed over to
11:32me." It's very fascinating that Jesus
11:34doesn't praise the father for the
11:36authority handed over to him until his
11:39followers start operating in that
11:41authority because his goal was never to
11:44be the only miracle worker. His goal was
11:47never to be the only minister of grace.
11:49His goal was to launch a messianic
11:52nation, an entire people, the body of
11:56the anointed one, who would begin to
11:58move in his power and grace and service
12:01and love to others. Amen. And so he sees
12:07the fulfillment of his mandate. He sees
12:10his power and authority beginning to be
12:13realized when the crowd, the group, the
12:1770 begin to operate in the same faith.
12:21This is a crowning moment. And he says,
12:23"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven
12:25and earth that you have hidden these
12:26things from the wise and intelligent."
12:30This kind of grace does not come through
12:34the Greek kind of learning, through the
12:36Roman kind of knowledge. This does not
12:39come through the Pharisees and scribes
12:41kind of understanding. This comes
12:43through something completely different.
12:45You have revealed them to babes, to
12:48infants. Yes, father, for this was well
12:52pleasing in your sight. God really liked
12:55it this way.
12:57All things have been handed over to me
12:59by my father, and no one knows who the
13:01son is except the father. And no one
13:04knows who the father is except the son.
13:06and anyone to whom the son wills to
13:09reveal him. So he's saying he's seeing
13:13this operation in ministry as a
13:15revelation of the father through the
13:17son.
13:20Turning to his disciples, he said
13:22privately, "Blessed are the eyes which
13:25see the things you see. For I say to you
13:28that many prophets and kings wish to see
13:32the things which you see and did not see
13:35them and to hear the things which you
13:37hear and did not hear them. So there is
13:41a kind of grace,
13:43there is a kind of extension of God's
13:46authority through people that is
13:50starting here with the 70 that has never
13:53happened before in human history. the
13:55prophets and the wise men. Everybody has
13:58wanted this. Nobody has known this. This
14:02is more than a situational anointing.
14:04This is God who has placed his authority
14:07in his son. And this is him extending
14:11that authority into his body.
14:14And a lawyer stood up and put him to the
14:18test,
14:19saying, "Teacher,
14:21what shall I do to inherit eternal
14:23life?"
14:25And he said to him, "What is written in
14:28the law? How does it read to you?"
14:31And he answered, "You shall love the
14:34Lord your God with all your heart and
14:36with all your soul and with all your
14:38strength and with all your mind and your
14:41neighbor as yourself." And he said to
14:44him, "You have answered correctly. Do
14:47this and you will live."
14:50But wishing to justify himself,
14:54he said to Jesus, "And who is my
14:57neighbor?"
15:00Now, why does he say, "Who is my
15:03neighbor?"
15:05Why does Luke tell us that he says, "Who
15:08is my neighbor?" Because he wants to
15:11justify
15:12himself. H
15:15what does that mean? Well, he must have
15:18been treating some people pretty badly.
15:23And he must have felt the conviction of
15:26the word of God when he said the words,
15:29"And you shall love your neighbor as
15:30yourself." He must have said, "I hope
15:32that doesn't include the Samaritans.
15:35I hope that doesn't include Joe down the
15:37street cuz I really don't like him. But
15:39since he's six doors down, maybe he's
15:41not my neighbor anymore."
15:43So, he's trying to get out of the
15:46commandment of the scripture. He's
15:48trying to justify himself. Let's make
15:50this let's dial this in so it doesn't
15:52include me and my little squabble with
15:55my neighbor. But wishing to justify
15:58himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is
16:00my neighbor?"
16:02And Jesus replied and said, "A man was
16:06going down from Jerusalem to Jericho
16:10and fell among robbers,
16:13and they stripped him and beat him and
16:16went away, leaving him half dead."
16:19Now, this story isn't told anywhere else
16:21in the Gospels.
16:24And by chance a priest was going down on
16:29that road, and when he saw him, he
16:32passed by on the other side.
16:36Likewise, a Levite also, when he came to
16:40the place and saw him, passed by on the
16:42other side.
16:45But a Samaritan
16:48who was on a journey came upon him. And
16:52when he saw him, he felt compassion.
16:58And he came to him and bandaged up his
17:00wounds, pouring oil and wine on them.
17:04And he put him on his own beast, and
17:07brought him to an inn and took care of
17:09him.
17:10On the next day, he took out two dinari
17:14and gave them to the inkeeper and said,
17:17"Take care of him, and whatever more you
17:19spend when I return, I will repay you."
17:24Which of these three do you think proved
17:28to be a neighbor to the man who fell
17:31into the robbers's hands?
17:35And he said the one who showed mercy
17:38toward him. Then Jesus said to him, "Go
17:43and do the same."
17:46Wow.
17:49You see,
17:51Samaria
17:54was not just
17:56the northern tribes of Israel. In fact,
18:01ethnically speaking, it was only about
18:033% Jewish by this point.
18:08Because when the conquering pagan kings
18:13had overcome Israel,
18:16they took away most of the inhabitants
18:19and scattered and exiled them into other
18:22places.
18:24And then they imported
18:26strangers, total foreigners with a
18:30different ethnic background, different
18:32races. They imported them into the land
18:34of Samaria.
18:37And then they brought in a handful of
18:40Jews back into the land to teach the
18:43foreigners
18:44the ways of the Lord so that they would
18:48stop being harassed by the wild beasts
18:50and such. But there was a lot of
18:53tension, a lot of racial tension, a lot
18:57of cultural tension between the
19:00Samaritans and the Jews. But in all of
19:03Jesus's parables, the Samaritans are the
19:06heroes.
19:09He's always trying to tell them, you
19:11think you're special because of your
19:13ethnicity, but you're not. God is
19:16looking for those who can still hear his
19:18voice. And if that's a Samaritan, he
19:20doesn't care
19:22what skin color you are. He doesn't care
19:24what your family was. He just cares
19:26whether you know how to love your
19:28neighbor. So when this lawyer comes to
19:31Jesus, that means that he is an expert
19:34in the law.
19:36And he is likely hoping that Jesus will
19:40tell him that he can keep abusing the
19:42Samaritans. Please tell me the
19:44Samaritans are not my neighbor.
19:47And instead Jesus completely reverses
19:50the equation
19:53and he describes how the priest and the
19:56Levite and the pious, the righteous
19:59people, this teacher of the law would
20:01have been a priest or a Levite. You can
20:03be sure. and uh he he describes how they
20:08treat the man in crisis
20:13and he asks which of them proved to be
20:19the neighbor to the man who fell in the
20:22hands of robbers. You see, they were
20:24asking, "Is he my neighbor?" But God was
20:27asking, "Will you be his neighbor?"
20:31Does that make sense? He completely
20:34reversed the equation. And this this is
20:39the golden rule
20:41to say he was a good Samaritan. Jesus
20:45took the word that was a curse word. You
20:47are a Samaritan and a heathen. That was
20:50like a slang term. And Jesus
20:54told their story with so much respect
20:56that now to say you're a good Samaritan
20:59means that you're the best sort of
21:01person.
21:02You believe he was turning the whole
21:04culture on its head? Now, as they were
21:07traveling along, he entered a village,
21:09and a woman named Martha welcomed him
21:11into her home. She had a sister called
21:14Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet,
21:16listening to his word. But Martha was
21:20distracted with all her preparations.
21:23And she came up to him and said, "Lord,
21:26do you not care that my sister has left
21:28me to do all the serving alone?
21:31then tell her to help me.
21:35Wow. So human.
21:40It's interesting. Martha would have
21:42thought that Mary was distracted
21:45because Martha thought the most
21:47important thing was to get supper on the
21:49table.
21:51But Luke thought that Martha was
21:54distracted
21:55because it seems like the most important
21:58thing was to be sitting at the feet of
22:00Jesus and hearing his word.
22:03And the Lord answered and said to her,
22:06Martha, Martha,
22:09he doesn't say it once, he says it
22:11twice. Martha, Martha,
22:14you are worried and bothered about so
22:18many things.
22:23But only one thing is necessary
22:29for Mary has chosen the good part which
22:33shall not be taken away from her.
22:36This is a very short conversation.
22:39That's the whole thing right there. And
22:41what is Jesus's point?
22:45He's trying to tell her that the source
22:47of your anxiety
22:50is that you care about more than one
22:52thing.
22:54You are worried and bothered about many
22:57things,
22:59but a successful life is worried about
23:03one thing and that is to hear the voice
23:07of God and act on it.
23:10So he's saying
23:13it's not about serving. It's not about
23:15dinner.
23:16It's about remembering that there's only
23:18one thing that matters.
23:21Martha, Martha, you are worried and
23:23bothered about so many things.
23:28But Mary has chosen one
23:32thing, and it's the necessary thing.
23:36And she's gotten the good part out of
23:38life.

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