๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ
โข What was the strangest place youโve visited? What made it different from other places?
โข Share a time when someone helped you out recently. How did you respond?
โข Have you experienced a recent challenge lately? How did you overcome it?
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ-๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต.โย ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ญ-๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ญ-๐ด.)
Jesus sent His seventy-two disciples ahead of him, to villages He had not yet gone to. He sent them out anticipating a plentiful harvest. At the same time, He focused on the need for more workers to preach the gospel and gather in the harvest. As we obey Jesusโ command to go, we will encounter many obstacles. But these are not dead ends. Rather, they can become doorways for the gospel to further advance into all the world. Today, we will talk about how every place that God places us in is an opportunity to preach the gospel, regardless of our situation.
๐ญ. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
. . . ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข, ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด. . . . ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ.ย ย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ญ,๐ฐ
Because they were treated with hostility for following Jesus, even to the point of losing their lives, the disciples scattered across various regions. Any person or family who has gone through a similar change in environment must have been challenged or terrified. However, the disciples chose to preach the gospel in spite of persecution. Have you experienced preaching the gospel despite challenging situations? Tell us about it.
๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ.ย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฐ-๐ฒ
Traditionally, Samaria and Samaritans were treated differently by Jews because of their cultural differences (see Luke 9:51โ56; John 4:4โ9). Because of this, they were distrustful of anything Jesus or His followers had to say. However, when Philip obeyed Jesus and preached the gospel even where he had fled, theyย ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ to him. What are some communities or friend groups you are a part of right now?
๐ฏ.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ.ย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฒ-๐ด
By the power of God, many unclean spirits left and many who were sick were healed as Philip preached the gospel. In the same way, God shows His love and power as we preach to others. As we obey Him, joy comes to those who hear His word and experience His power. Identify some opportunities to preach the gospel in your life. Which communities can you reach out to?
When we understand that Godโs sovereignty brings us to places we never knew we would go, we can begin to see that His command to preach the gospel is constant. More than this, we see how He goes before us and demonstrates His power as we obey. When we preach the gospel, we will see more cities experience joy and more individuals believe in Christ and publicly express it.
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข Is there anything causing you to hesitate in preaching the gospel? What is one way you can address your hesitation this week?
โข Knowing that Godโs presence and power is with us, how should our attitude be as we preach the gospel to those around us?ย
โข Is there a person or a community you have been praying to preach the gospel to? How can you start the conversation with them this week?
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank Jesus for His salvation and the good news that we are now a part of His family. Thank Him for the person and the community who led you to Christ.
โข Pray that you will continue to grow in the boldness to preach the gospel to your family, your friends, and your community.
โข Ask God to go before you and open the ears and hearts of those you will preach the gospel to, believing that He will demonstrate His power as you obey.