God’s Global Workforce – Part 2

Review

• You’re not from here. You are from the one who sent you (John 17:16-18).
• Jesus sent us into the world to be ambassadors (II Corinthians 5:20).
• Jesus also sent us into the world to be laborers. (Matthew 9:35-38).
• When Jesus speaks of laborers, he’s speaking .

• Laborers = Harvesters

• Lord of the Harvest = Owner of the field

• Field = The world

• The harvest = Pre-Christians

• The Biblical Pattern is :

We

• (the crowds)

• (their pain)

• (to God)

God

• (the laborers)

The laborers

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• You can’t pray earnestly for laborers without becoming a laborer (Isaiah 6:8).
• The of laborers is based on whether they are sent or not.
• People who are sent and follow the of the sender get the results the sender promised.
• God uses more than one to explain our role in leading people to Christ:
• He also describes us as , people who catch fish (Luke 5:4-10).
• When Peter to fish, he catches nothing.
• When Peter to fish, he catches more fish than he is prepared to handle.

More Lessons From Fishing

• Jesus uses the lesson about catching fish to teach Peter about catching fish .
• The Bible documents how Peter fulfilled the learning of the lesson.

learning outcomes identify what the learner will know and be able to do by the end of a course or program. (Shirley Lesch, retired professor from George Brown College in Toronto, Canada).

• Peter Preaches (Acts 2:14).

• There’s an altar call (Acts 2:37-40).

• 3000 join the church (Acts 2:41).

• The crowd becomes a congregation (Acts 2:42).

• More learning outcomes and impact indicators (Acts 2:43-47).

– Devotion to the Word (2:42)

– Meals and gatherings in homes (2:42,46)

– Prayer (2:42)

– Awe (2:43)

– Signs and wonders (2:43)

– Generosity beyond tithing (2:44-45)

– Praise (2:47)

– Favor (2:47)

– People daily joining the church (2:47)

Joshua D. Smith, Ph.D., 2019