Following Christ
Robert Dawson
Matthew 9:35-10:42
Martin Luther, the Great Reformer had a very dear friend who was a fellow monk. They were part of the Catholic Church but Luther became convinced that contrary to the church's teaching the Bible taught justification (salvation) was not by what we do in keeping the law but by faith
He determined that he was going to reform the Catholic Church. He confronted the false teaching of the church. His friend, who agreed with what he was doing and wanted to help. He made an agreement with Luther. Luther would go into the heat of the battle and fight while he would retreat to a monastery and fight for Luther and the truth in continual prayer. He would seek God on the behalf of Luther. He would hold up his hands as it were through prayer, and that's how they began.
The struggle was fierce for Martin Luther, and he reported back to his friend and his friend intensified his prayers. And then one night his friend had a dream. He dreamed that he saw the world as a field and in that field he saw one solitary man going through that field as big as the globe. It was an impossible and heartbreaking task. As He looked closer he saw the face of that one man and it was the face of his friend Martin Luther.
He woke up, and he went immediately to find Luther and he said to him this, ''I must leave my prayers, for God has shown me that praying is not enough, I must give myself to the work.'' And so he set aside his solitude, went down into the dirt and the heat of the battle to labor beside his beloved friend.
As God's people we are called to support and pray for the mission. The task is enormous. There are tens of millions without Christ and tens of millions who have never even heard of Christ. The need is great and is one that moves the heart of our Savior. In Matthew 9.36 we are told how Jesus sees this teeming mass of people who are lost, in need of forgiveness and eternal life. Jesus looks at the crowds of people ...
Robert Dawson
Matthew 9:35-10:42
Martin Luther, the Great Reformer had a very dear friend who was a fellow monk. They were part of the Catholic Church but Luther became convinced that contrary to the church's teaching the Bible taught justification (salvation) was not by what we do in keeping the law but by faith
He determined that he was going to reform the Catholic Church. He confronted the false teaching of the church. His friend, who agreed with what he was doing and wanted to help. He made an agreement with Luther. Luther would go into the heat of the battle and fight while he would retreat to a monastery and fight for Luther and the truth in continual prayer. He would seek God on the behalf of Luther. He would hold up his hands as it were through prayer, and that's how they began.
The struggle was fierce for Martin Luther, and he reported back to his friend and his friend intensified his prayers. And then one night his friend had a dream. He dreamed that he saw the world as a field and in that field he saw one solitary man going through that field as big as the globe. It was an impossible and heartbreaking task. As He looked closer he saw the face of that one man and it was the face of his friend Martin Luther.
He woke up, and he went immediately to find Luther and he said to him this, ''I must leave my prayers, for God has shown me that praying is not enough, I must give myself to the work.'' And so he set aside his solitude, went down into the dirt and the heat of the battle to labor beside his beloved friend.
As God's people we are called to support and pray for the mission. The task is enormous. There are tens of millions without Christ and tens of millions who have never even heard of Christ. The need is great and is one that moves the heart of our Savior. In Matthew 9.36 we are told how Jesus sees this teeming mass of people who are lost, in need of forgiveness and eternal life. Jesus looks at the crowds of people ...
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