Sent?... To Whom? | John 17:18

[00:00:00] Real Truth Daily. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. Hi everybody, welcome back to Daily Truths. We live in a neighborhood where there's large fences between us and our neighbors. I can't see our neighbor's backyard to the right, to the left, behind us. Now in front of us, obviously, the street is there and all of that. Here's what I'm saying. We've been here for about a month and a half full time,

[00:00:27] and I still only know two of our neighbors. That's not good. Now you think, well, it's their responsibility to come and welcome us. But you know what? Really, I should go out of my way to try to get to know our neighbors, right? Because I'm sent to them to be a witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. But here's my excuse, and oftentimes it can be your excuse as well.

[00:00:54] Well, it's just easier to hang out with Christians. Well, yeah, right? We have a lot in common with Christians. We all believe the same thing. Oftentimes we go to the same church. We look at life through the same lens. We have the same moral compass with the same foundation for life. Yes, it's easier to hang out with Christians. But Jesus has sent us into the world to hang out with Christians and to be sent to non-Christians.

[00:01:23] Here's my question. How much time do you spend with people that aren't like you? With people that don't believe in Jesus? With people that don't have the same moral compass and moral foundation that you and I have? How much time do you spend with those folks? Jesus talks about that in John chapter 17, where he says this, verse 18.

[00:01:51] And you sent me into the world. Let's talk about that. So God, the father sent Jesus into the world for what purpose? To preach, to teach, to minister, to heal, to live, to die, to rise again and ascend. And to bring the kingdom of God down here to earth so that all those who trust in him have forgiveness and the promise of a life that never ends. This was Jesus' mission.

[00:02:21] The father sent Jesus to accomplish that mission. And here's the thing. Jesus accomplished that mission. Now, listen to what he says. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. Oof. He's not only talking about the disciples. He's talking about you and me.

[00:02:44] To bring the light, the love, the fruits of the spirit that we have because of Jesus and the spirit of God living in us. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To bring the light, the love, the fruits of the spirit, and to testify to people that don't know Jesus, who he is, what he's done, and why we need him in our life. Jesus has sent us to those people.

[00:03:14] So, my friend, knowing that you're sent, are you delivering the package? I've seen many movies down through the years where it's like an espionage movie and the guy might say in some secret code, the package is delivered. The most important package of all, my friends, is the love and the grace and mercy that's packaged

[00:03:42] in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus to a world that doesn't know him, doesn't believe in him, doesn't think that they need him in their life. We are sent to those folks. So, here's my challenge for you. Look for opportunities to spend time with unbelievers. We've talked about that before on DT, I know, but look for opportunities to spend time with unbelievers. How much time do you spend with people that don't know Jesus?

[00:04:10] It's easy to spend time with people that do know Jesus. It's more of a challenge to spend time with people that don't. And so, here's my challenge for myself. I, in the next month, am going to get to know every neighbor around. The guy to the right, the guy to the left, the person across the street over there. I already know the person right there. I'm the person over there. And then the person next to me, I already know. So, that's one, two, three, four, five. So, two of the five I know.

[00:04:38] My challenge for myself is to get to know the other three and to build a relationship with them and to find out where they're at spiritually. And if they don't know Jesus or have no church home. And by the way, Mormons don't count. I'm sorry to say, but they're not. It's a cult. They're not believers. They need to know the truth and the life of Jesus, right? What he did, why he came.

[00:05:04] And of course, since I'm talking about it, the Mormons believe that Jesus was human, right? And that he eventually became God and died and rose again and ascended and has his own little kingdom. And there he had a bunch of wives and they had babies and they came down here to inhabit the earth, blah, blah, blah. And so, if we follow his example, we can be saved too by following Jesus and his lordship. That's the kind of words and save that he's savior, but he's a savior and that he gave us

[00:05:34] a model and example for us to follow. So, here's the thing. I'm going off on a tangent there. So, here's the thing. Mormons need Jesus too, okay? They don't know Jesus. They don't believe in Jesus. They'll say they do, but they need Jesus too. And so, we've got some Mormons in our neighborhood. My challenge is to get to know them and look for opportunities as I'm sent to them to be a witness for the Lord Jesus Christ.

[00:06:00] And as that applies to me, it applies to you too. So, we're sent by God to people that don't know him. Have a great day in the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is today's Daily Truth. Thank you for tuning in to Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. If this ministry is blessing you, please consider supporting us by sharing this channel with a friend. You can also like, comment, subscribe, or leave a review. This helps us tremendously.

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