Luke 10:1-20

The work of the seventy -- Luke 10:1-20: The Lord sent out seventy of His followers to carry His message into every village. He said, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest." Sadly today there are still only a limited numbers of workers. The work of the disciples would be difficult at times. They would be like "lambs into a pack of wolves." The Lord sent them out to do His work and to learn to depend on Him daily. They were not to get side tracked with things that would waste their time. They were to pray and to search for peace loving people to assist them. There would be families who would provide for their needs because "the labourer is worthy of his hire." If they were received by a city they were to "heal the sick, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." If a city would not receive them they were to shake the dust from their feet as a witness against them. Sadly, God's kingdom came near to those people and they rejected it. These people will be worse off than Sodom, Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment Day because they have literally rejected the Christ. Jesus told the disciples, "He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me." The seventy were excited that demons were subject unto them. Jesus told them that instead of rejoicing that the demons were subject to them they should be happy that their names were written in heaven!