Seeing the Harvest Through the Eyes of the Son!

Mt 9:36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

How many of you have had the opportunity to plant something before?

•How well did it do? Did you reap a good harvest?•The term “harvest” implies that

everything else necessary has already been done!♦The tilling, planting, watering and waiting

have already taken place!♦It is now time to reap the reward!

The greatest harvest one can ever take part in!

•Not just corn, cotton, or peas! But we are dealing with “the souls of men!”•This is the greatest work that one

can be involved in!•There is nothing in the world greater

than this harvest!

Mt 16:26 “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world,

and loses his own soul? Or what will a

man give in exchange for his soul?”

Learning to see souls in need of a Savior!

•People are lost without the Son!•There is no hope outside of Jesus!

♦Act. 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

I. The Pity of the Harvest!(Mt. 9:35-36)

•Mt 9:35-36 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

Jesus sees people as they “really are!”•Everyone we meet is either “saved or

lost” there is no other option!•Without Jesus one is lost!

♦Eph 2:12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

We need direction & protection!•Sheep are helpless without the

shepherd!•Jesus is the “good Shepherd!”

♦Joh 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.”

•Jesus bring hope for the future!♦1 Cor. 15:19-20

II. The Potential of the Harvest!(Mt. 9:37)

•Mt 9:37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

•Even though they were sheep without a shepherd, Jesus saw “potential” in them!

♦Pol-oos’ = much, plenteous, abundant ♦Found 365 times in the NT!

There are souls that need saving all around us!

•If you cannot find enough to stay busy as a Christian, then you are not looking!•All around us is opportunity!•When we look out into the world we are

in, do we see the potential in others?

III. The Problem of the Harvest!(Mt. 9:37)

•Mt 9:37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

•Jesus sees the pitiful state of men, He sees the potential in them, but there is a problem!

♦Too few are willing to work for Him!

The power to save is available to everyone, but few are willing to go and share it!

•Did you know, that we still have this same problem today?•There are still many souls that need

to be saved, but someone has to share Jesus with them!

IV. The Power of the Harvest!(Mt. 9:38)

•Mt 9:38 "Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."

•There is “power in prayer!”♦Js. 5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the

sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

The “Key” is that we are people that are willing to go and people

that are willing to pray!•If only we would learn to take Jesus

at His Word!•Jesus is big enough for all men’s

sins!♦Past, present and future!

Conclusion:•It is my hope & prayer tonight that we

will learn to “see the harvest through the eyes of the Son!”•When we look around us, will we see

souls in need of a Savior? Will we be willing to reach out and share Jesus with them?•“Here am I; send me!” (Is. 6:8)