Fearghal Kelly - November 17, 2024
Reaching the Unreached
Jesus has compassion on the crowds; He sees them. Matthew calls them distressed and dejected, like lost sheep without a shepherd. Then He tells his disciples that there is a harvest out there, people who need to be reached with the gospel. We now share in that calling, to go out into the harvest fields and share the good news of what Jesus has done with similar grace and compassion for those unreached. Jesus had been preaching and healing, now He gives that authority to the twelve to go and do the same.
From Series: "Matthew - Your Kingdom Come"
In January 2021 we spent time reading through The Sermon on the Mount in our series called “The New Normal”. As we worked through Matthew 5, 6 and 7 we looked at what God’s Kingdom looks like, what it means to be truly blessed and how we can know and love God more. Now, Jesus goes out, into the crowds, traveling round demonstrating the coming Kingdom. We see Him heal, call people to repentance, forgive, raise the dead, cast out demons, calm the storm and eventually calls his disciples to do the same. We want to see His Kingdom come in this city, we want to see Jesus move and we want to do the things we see Him do. In Portsmouth we want to see the light shine in the darkness; that’s who Jesus is, a light in the darkness and the darkness cannot over come.
