Lesson 3150

 (Lesson 3150)(08-16-20) Matthew 9:32-38

    As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and 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 on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”

    As Jesus traveled throughout the region and made note of all the people who were following Him, He told his disciples that the fields were ripe for the harvest but there were too few to work the harvest. 

    The same is still true today. It seems that the vast majority of those who claim to be the children of God have become content to faithfully warm their favorite pew in church two or three times a week and leave the spreading of God’s amazing grace through Jesus Christ, to  someone else. The lost masses of the world won’t be found in a chuch pew. It is our Christian obligation to seek out and teach every lost soul who is willing to listen. What a sad example we are setting.~