I Love to Tell the Story!
And He called His ten servants
The Lord's Harvest


from Section VI-b
ON RESURRECTION AND SERVICE:

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:
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world.
Amen."
Mat 28:19-20 KJV

Sample List of
FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION:
WHEN: TYPE OF EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH: HOW:
Mon.,Wed.,Fri. General Christian Witness: Publish the Gospel over the Internet!Create/sponsor Evangelistic Web pages; promote in search engines, publication, and web rings.
Alternate months Outreach through my Church: [Ex.: Missions in Europe and South America]Financial ($__) - Write check on 1st of each month; Prayer-daily - after breakfast.
Mon. and Fri. Local and Personal Discipleship: Bible Study/Prayer MeetingInvite _____ to go to Bible Study at church; begin daily Devotional Time and open it to _____ [friend] or _____ [family member].

Teaching and Admonishing:

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." Col_3:16-17_KJV

Sample List of
TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER:
WHEN: TYPE OF CHURCH MINISTRIES: HOW:
Wed.p.m., Fri.a.m. Church Prayer MinistryGet on the Prayer Chain; attend Prayer Meetings.
Sundays Sunday School Ministry Just attend and learn unless you are trained and ready for teaching!
Spring Spiritual (Church) Retreat Begin adjusting work schedule and calendar to facilitate this event!

The Least of These My Brethren
Mat 25:31-46 KJV

The Lord's Harvest "{31} When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: {32} And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

{33} And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

{34} Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: {35} For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: {36} Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

{37} Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? {38} When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? {39} Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? {40} And the King shall answer and say unto them,

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me.

{41} Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: {42} For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: {43} I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

{44} Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? {45} Then shall he answer them, saying,

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not
to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me.

{46} And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Sample List of
CARING FOR THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN:
WHEN: TYPE OF CHURCH MISSIONS: HOW:
Saturdays Church Prison MinistryGo with a church group; prepare: Pray and fast (one meal) before going.
Begin now. Alms/Food for the PoorStart putting away cans of food for a needy family for Thanksgiving - Give through church, school, or reputable charity.
Sundays Church Coop ProgramPut $___ in church envelope and designate for a particular program; read and keep informed, in order to be able to pray specifically.

Helping One Another

"Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." John_13:13-17_KJV

Sample List of
HELPING ONE ANOTHER:
WHEN: TYPE OF CHRISTIAN GOOD DEEDS: HOW:
Tues. evenings Hospital Visitation PlanGet a list of a sick church member, call and see what their needs are, and visit (if they want you); or go to hospital with a group from church.
Sundays Nursing Home VisitationChurch members, as well as other Christians; those non-Christians who the Holy Spirit leads us to.
Thursdays Telephone Sanity ChecksKeeping atuned to those sad ones we might call "high maintenance" - those to whom life has not been so gentle, or who have not learned to "roll with the punches." We are all high maintenance people at times. Always follow the Golden Rule.

The Golden City

Cross and Wheat

Occupy Till I Come

"And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. {12} He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 1 {13} And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

{14} But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. {15} And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

{16} Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. {17} And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. {18} And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. {19} And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

{20} And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: {21} For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 2

{22} And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: {23} Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 3

{24} And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. {25} (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) {26} For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 4

{27} But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." Luke 19:11-27 KJV

Faithful and Wise Servant
Mat 24:45-51 KJV

"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? {46} Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

{47} Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

{48} But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; {49} And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; {50} The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, {51} And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Treasures
Mat 6:19-34 KJV

The Lord's Harvest Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: {20} But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: {21} For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

{22} The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. {23} But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

{24} No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

{25} Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? {26} Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? The Lord's Harvest

{27} Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? {28} And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: {29} And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. {30} Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

{31} Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? {32} (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

{33} But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

{34} Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

(to be continued)

Footnotes

    1 (Luke 19:12 NIV) "He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return."

    2 (Luke 19:21 NIV) "I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'"

    3 (Luke 19:23 NIV) "Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'"

    4 (Luke 19:26 NIV) "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

The Lord's Harvest

There is much to do before the Lord returns! He does not want us to be lax, wasting precious time away; but to be productive for Him in the building of His Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is a spiritual one during this church age that we live in, but one day He will return to rule in a visible way, and we shall rule with Him! (1 Cor.6:3) Here are some Scriptures about The Harvest of The Lord, (the bringing in of souls to His Glorious Kingdom)
  • "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. {7} So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. {8} Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. {9} For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. {10} According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. {11} For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Cor 3:6-11 KJV)

  • "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." (Mat 9:37-38 KJV)

  • "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: {25} But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. {26} But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. {27} So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? {28} He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? {29} But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. {30} Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." (Mat 13:24-30 KJV)

  • "Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. {37} He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; {38} The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; {39} The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. {40} As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. {41} The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; {42} And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. {43} Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." (Mat 13:36-43 KJV)

"LORD, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my days, what it is;
that I may know how frail I am."
Psalms 39:4

I Love to Tell The Story

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

John 3:16 I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

John 3:16 I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story; 'tis pleasant to repeat what seems,
Each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God's own holy Word.

John 3:16 I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, 'Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

John 3:16 I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

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