Sermon Scripture - Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
LK 10:1 After this
the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two
ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send
out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending
you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse
or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
LK 10:5 "When you
enter a house, first say, `Peace to this house.' 6 If a man
of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return
to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever
they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around
from house to house.
LK 10:8 "When you
enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you. 9
Heal the sick who are there and tell them, `The kingdom of God is near
you.' 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go
into its streets and say, 11 `Even the dust of your town
that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this:
The kingdom of God is near.'
LK 10:16 "He who
listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he
who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
LK 10:17 The
seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit
to us in your name."
LK 10:18 He
replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I
have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to
overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20
However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice
that your names are written in heaven."