The Harvest is Plentiful

Location: Ballard Campus
Preacher: Mark Driscoll
Date:8/22/10
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Luke 10:1-16
The Harvest is plentiful
This section is perfect for the prep for the big push in the fall
There are many predestined/pre-christians ready to hear and believe Jesus
God has been working in their hearts before
*Is my disposition selfish with low expectations for non-christians to christians?
Jesus' Strategy for Spreading the Love and truth of Himself to as many and possible
He is a sending and sent God
Sends out his people to reach other people
Sent in teams
12 Apostles and 70 others who are called
There is a bigger picture where many are continued to be reached for Jesus
*Are my expectations low?
The Past year has seen our biggest harvest yet as a Church
The future will be better by God's grace
Jesus asks us to pray to send out more laborers
COMMUNITY GROUPS
Goal is 100 more community groups - 300 hosts, apprentices, leaders
Campuses
Ballard is doing well and growing
West Seattle needs the right campus pastors
Shoreline is maxed out facility wise, bigger locations and replicating the campus twice
Bellvue is packed out, need a bigger location, creating new campuses on the 405 corridor
communityu groups are clustering by location and becoming a new campus
Dawntown is growing hugely, wants to plant a campus in the Rainier Valley usingt the same community group model
University of Washington have grow from a few volunteer to a few community groups, to about 400 hundred, now have a campus
Supreme Court says that a school group cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation there is an opportunity for the new building
Olympia Campus is now the fastest growing campus, new opportunity for more capacity
Every single campus has grown in the last year
Federal Way is doing well
Tacoma Campus? great unifying position for
**Olympia, federal Way, and UW campuses only have 1 elder each
Albuquerque Campus has grown during the summer never before! Bilingual services, need more seats, needs for space, huge CGs, replications
Jesus' method actually works
Acts 29 has planted 300 churches in the US, and more in 13 nations
250,000 people 1000 churches in 6 years
The Bible is right
Follow Your Calling
go out as sheep amoung wolves
Jesus says:
1 Watch out for Wolves
They are about taking people without the accent of the leadership of the Church
Try to manipulate and lie to divide the flock and pick off sheep to use them and abuse them (Doctrinal wolves, Power Hungry wolves, Moral Wolves)
In Pakistan, it is a very offensive to call someone a wolf, the highest insult
Also in Pakistan, a pastor who plants churches, was falsely accused of dissing Mohammed the false prophet, and after being exonotrated was shot to death and so was his brother
2 Seek the Peace and salvatio of Everyone
Sharing the gospel and ending the wrath currently leveled at them
3 Recieve whatever income is given
Strike up conversations with people and love on them
4 Heal the Sick and make the invisble kingdom visble
Casting out demonic oppression, praying that God will heal the sick to show God's Power
Jesus Says don't:
1 Bring money supplies, or food
2 Get distracted in long conversations, talk to people who may have interest in Jesus, look for the low hanging fruit
God my have already been working in their hearts and they would be willing to come to church or CG if only I ask
4 Move around and be hard to find - have a CG in a house and make it easy to find the outpost of that house - as the house fills up, replicate, have a willingness to split
Church Setup
Large gatherings and smaller home groups
There are two kinds of change: (No such thing as stasis)
Growth and harvest
Death and decline
Jesus Looking back on his sending of the 70
Some months later....
God provided didn't He? God is good for it
Taught the new Christians to serve and give
Now take money, pack some clothes, get a weapon
New method: Now Jesus sends them as warriors among wolves
God sends people out in two ways: (1) without supplies and on faith or (2) with backing and resources
*Where Do I serve How do is Give?
It all depends on the mission
Jesus the Strong Prophet
He calls people to repent of sin and then called down judgements on the unrepentent
Today wehave the best opportunity to see him and repent, but how bad will the eternal consequence be for those who don't repent?