Matthew 9
37 Then saith he
unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Sir, may I ask a question?
Does the Lord of the harvest send every
believer as a labourer into his harvest?
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The harvest is truly
plenteous.
Words have plain
meanings!
1. The HARVEST is
truly plenteous
- what constitutes
the harvest?|
- who has produced
the harvest?
- how is the harvest
produced?
2. The harvest IS
truly plenteous
- the harvest IS
already there.
- the labourers DID
NOTHING to bring about the harvest.
- the Lord of the
harvest has produced the harvest, and He has produced that plentiful harvest
WITHOUT any help from His labourers!
- He sends His
labourers to gather in the harvest He has already produced.
- He didn't send His
labourers to grow the crop, nor produce the harvest. He sends them to gather in
the harvest!
3. The harvest is
truly PLENTEOUS
- The harvest He has
produced is not just plenteous but TRULY plenteous.
- Christ has
redeemed for Himself a truly VAST multitude out of the fallen race of Adam. Rev
5:9
- God the Father is
effectually calling the redeemed out of their native state of sin and death to
that of grace and eternal salvation in Jesus Christ.
- These are the
HARVEST spoken of by Christ; He sends labourers to gather them into His
churches.
Those effectually
called to grace and salvation need to be gathered into the churches. That's the
work of the labourers sent out by the Lord of the harvest.
The text speaks of
Christ, the Lord of the harvest, sending out labourers...
This is NOT the same as every believer doing
the work of an evangelist.
Many misguided pastors brainwashed their church members into believing that they are all labourers sent out by their Lord to be evangelists.
"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth labourers into His harvest."
Just a few obvious
(I hope!) thoughts.
