“Let’s Go and Get Them”
Matt. 28:19-20 (The Great Commission)
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Introduction:
When it comes to having things happen in our lives most of us would really like it if God would just hurry up and do something about it. We want Him to light the fire for us, we want him to send us more power, and we want him to cause a revival in our churches. We definitely cannot do anything without Him, and that’s true. And the problem is not that God is not moving, no, no, the problem is, we are not moving. Let’s think about some of the things God has already done for us:
* He sent His Son, Jesus.
* He has cleansed us from sins stain.
* He has released us from sins power.
* He has given us His word as a foundation and a weapon to use against the devil.
* He has given each of us a good measure of faith.
* He has provided a whole Armour of God to use.
* He has filled us with the Holy Spirit and with power.
* He has broken the curse of the law, which was death.
* He has promised to meet all our needs.
* He has given us the authority to bind and loose in the earth, and the spirit realm.
* He gave us access to come boldly into His presence.
* He took the stripes for our healing.
Taking all of that in consideration, I cannot help but think, that perhaps, just maybe, there is something that we are supposed to do for Him, and that’s outreach. Let’s Go Get Them. Have you ever been frustrated by someone who didn’t know it was there turn?
* When you are at a traffic light, and the person in front of you is on the phone.
* When you’re standing in a line at the bank, and the person in front of you is just stirring in space.
* When you picked up the kids last night, and it was suppose to be someone else turn
* When you did the dishes last week, and your mom forgot you did them, now you have to do them again. You know things like that make you frustrated, I believe God gets that way with us sometime. When He bless us time and time again, and we keep all of the blessing to ourselves, and don’t want to share Him with anyone.
I believe as Christians, we need to know when we are to wait patiently and when it is our time to move. Amen? So look at your neighbor and say, Let’s Go Get Them!
You do know the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are but a few. So today were not cutting any corners, but we are going to get to the bottom of it all. The bottom of what you say? The reason why we won’t Go and Get Them.
We are living in a time, where the enemy is really trying to take you out. I’m not talking about taking you out to dinner or something like that. I’m talking about killing you, destroying your dreams, stealing your futures. He’s going to and from, seeking whom he may devour, the devil is busy. He’s not taking a coffee break, nor is he on vacation. The devil recognizes that if he’s going to bring down, as many Christians as possible, he has to work hard, but not only is he working over-time, he’s working triple time. Why? Because;
• He don’t want you to share the gospel with anyone.
• He don’t want you to go into the streets and share the good news.
• He don’t want you to tell anybody about Jesus Christ.
• He don’t want the church to grow, like it should be doing. No he don’t want none of that, he don’t want us to fulfill the Great Commission.
But the Bible tells us to “go ye therefore into all the nations”. Somebody say, let’s go get them. And I know some many church folks are eager to go out and do the work that God has purposed us to do, but there are obstacles in their way.
I. Go ye therefore…
Is a command from almighty God Himself, it means to move, to do something, to go somewhere, to go outside of this building and go get them. When Jesus told his disciples to Go, what did He mean? I’m glad you asked me, He meant, to go and do outreach as we call it today. He meant
• To share the Good New to the loss
• To feed and take care of the homeless
• To encourage someone that down today, but better tomorrow
• To love the unlovable, to speak to the unspeakable, to go and get them, no matter what the cost.
Why did he want us to go and tell ye therefore? Because;
• He knew they would not come by themselves
• He knew they would turn to drugs and alcohol instead of Him
• He knew they would only come to church only on New Years, Easter, and Christmas
• He knew they needed help to get through all the pain and suffering that life would bring them, He knew.
That’s why, we have to do outreach; that’s why, we have to tell everyone we about Jesus Christ; that’s why, we have to go and get them. Because they can’t come by themselves, they won’t by themselves, unless something drastic happen in their life. They are doing everything that they think is right in their own eyes, but they are going to burn in hell’s fire, if we don’t share the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. People we got to go and get them, no matter the cost, no matter what the situation, you can’t be afraid, why because God said “He would never leave you nor forsake you”.
II. Teach
Teach them what, you may say. Teach them the things that I have tough you, things like what? Things like: “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me, I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E”. Teach them things that new members need to know, things like;
• There are (66) books in the Bible, there are 2 divisions (Old Testament & New Testament), there are 39 books in the OT and 27 books in the NT
• The OT Testament has 4 sections in it: (5) The Law, (12) Historical Books, (5) Poetry/Wisdom Books & (17) The Prophets. The prophetical books can be broken up into 2 section; (5) Major & (12) Minor Prophets
• The NT Testament has 4 sections in it: (4) The Gospels, (1) History, (21) Epistles\Letters, & (1) Prophecy. The Epistles can be broken into 2 section also; (13) The General Epistles & (8) Pauline Epistles.
• Teach them that God loves them, remember, “Yes Jesus love me, yes Jesus love me, yes Jesus love me, Why? For the Bible tells me so”. That’s what we teach them.
Teach them things like, I Am what this book says I Am, it says (I am more then a conqueror, I Am the head and not the tail)
Teach them things like, I can Do what this book say I can Do, it says (I can Do All things, through Christ Jesus which strengthen me)
Teach them things like, I can Have what this book say I Have, it says (anything that you ask in my name, it shall be given unto you, “nothing is impossible to them that believe”).
Teach them things like, I can Go wherever I want me to go, Why? Because you said (Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; and I don’t have to feel like I’m all alone, why? Because thy rod and thy staff they comfort me).
Therefore I will go and get them, I will not fear anything. Truly, “The Harvey is plentiful, but the laborers are few”. Teach them, and they will come.
III. Baptize Them
We believe that the scripture teach that Christian Baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in Christ, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, why, to show forth our faith in the crucified, buried and risen Savoir. Acts 2:38
That mean, we believe it, every single word of it. You must be born again to take part in this baptism, you see, some fake there way through it. Oh, you don’t believe me, you do know you can go down in the water a hell raiser, and come beck up the same way. If there is now change in you, you are just a wet devil.
Closing:
Don’t sit waiting when it’s your move.
