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GETTING THE MESSAGE RIGHT (2)
(Luke 9:1-9)
Intro – A young American was traveling by train when he was greeted by a friendly conductor who knew no English.
They young man knew no German, so they had an animated chat using hand signals.
When the conductor left, a woman seated nearby asked the young man if he spoke German.
He replied, “Not a word.”
She nodded, “That explains why you didn’t get off when he said you were on the wrong train.”
Garbled messages lead to wrong destinations!
Jesus wants His disciples to get the message right as they go out to preach.
*I.
Their Provisioning* – Last week we saw how He provisioned them.
No distractions or encumbrances, but power to minister.
We saw that He equips every believer differently through spiritual gifts, used under the authority of the HS to enable us to make a dent in eternity – to have a telling impact in God’s sight on our world.
*II.
Their Proclamation (Substance and Substantiation)*
*A.
The Substance*
V. 2, “and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God.” Preach God’s kingdom!
Most Jews thought their Jewishness qualified them.
They needed to be taught otherwise.
“Proclaim” means to “preach”, like they’d seen Jesus do.
Simple method.
II Tim 4:2, “Preach the Word.”
Forget methods, strategies, entertainment or clever techniques.
Just preach the Word.
Preaching has fallen on hard times.
Many insist that in a media-saturated society with short attention spans we must use dialogue and plays and videos -- all fine in their place.
But God says “Preach the Word.”
He says in I Cor 1:12, “it pleased God through the folly of what we preach (literally, the preaching) to save those who believe.”
Why preaching?
Because the power is in the Word, not our cleverness.
Mark fleshes out Jesus’ instruction in 1:15: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
That’s a loaded verse.
What is the kingdom of God?
The Jews thought they knew.
It was Messiah kicking the Romans out and setting up shop.
They were partially right.
That will happen.
BUT the kingdom of God begins not outwardly, but in the human heart.
The kingdom of God is the rulership of God, and it moves from inside out.
What made Eden the perfect?
The rule of God.
There was one authority, one rule and one will, and one God.
There is always only room for one God.
But what happened?
Adam and Eve succumbed to the great temptation “you will be like God.”
Why did they sin?
They wanted to be their own God.
They left the kingdom of God for the kingdom of me – the kingdom of darkness into which we are all born.
There’s the essence of sin – to be one’s own God.
Salvation is a return to God’s rule – return to God’s kingdom that Adam lost.
Do you see?
And how does that happen?
“Repent and believe in the gospel.”
Repent.
Turn around.
Do a 180.
Away from Self and toward God.
Rejoin God’s kingdom.
That happens at the core of our being.
The kingdom is God’s rule in our hearts.
It will be outward one day, but it starts within.
Paul says in Col 1:13-14, “ He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
So kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, kingdom of the Son – all the same thing – God’s rule in any heart that invites Him in -- beginning the process of reversing the curse that started with Adam.
That’s what God is all about; and that is the message the disciples were taking to the people of Galilee who mistakenly thought the kingdom of God was only political deliverance.
They need to learn it is first a spiritual deliverance.
Kingdom of God = God in my heart, on the throne of my life.
Many, like the Pharisees, see the kingdom as socio-political and believe we make it happen!
They define the gospel as addressing social injustice.
And we should do that – but our job is not to create the kingdom.
We represent the kingdom, not make it happen.
We cannot build the kingdom.
God does that!
That’s why it’s called, the kingdom of God.
We don’t somehow establish the kingdom; we receive it.
Jesus told his disciples in Lu 12:32, “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
We preach the kingdom by urging others to accept God’s rule in their hearts, but it is all God’s making.
Okay?
Got it?
The kingdom of God – His rule, first in hearts, later the world.
Now Jesus adds one more element.
He says, “Repent and believe in the gospel.”
The gospel.
What is the gospel?
The word is ευανγελιον which is composed of αγγελος, “message” or “news” with the prefix ευ, “joyful.”
Literally, “good news” or “news that brings joy.”
Originally it was used to describe, earth-shatter, history-making, life-shaping news as opposed to just daily news.
It described watershed events.
When Persia invaded Greece and the Greeks won battles at Marathon and Solnus, they sent “evangelists” – bearers of good news to those cities: “We have fought for you and won.
You are no longer slaves; you’re free.”
That news changed their lives forever – which is exactly what the gospel of Jesus Christ does – if we accept it.
It is precisely at this point that Christian faith differs from every other religion, including no religion.
Tim Keller contends the essence of religions is advice.
The essence of Christianity is good news.
Religions say, “Take this advice to earn your way to God.”
The advice differs one religion to another – but it always imposes a burden.
It may compel or inspire.
But in the end, would religion that demands performance leave you feeling like the listeners in Marathon felt when victory was announced and they were free?
Can religion leave you feeling that your burdens have fallen off?
Do you feel something great has been done for you and you’re not a slave anymore?
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