Thank you for your kind response to my Sunday morning sermon. It was the first time I ever used 140 living breathing human beings as props. I thought it would be like herding cats. Instead, it came off like clock work. Huzzah.
The method Jesus left us for Kingdom work is organizationally simple. He started with Himself—holiness matters most. He then found 3 who would provide accountability and support—He took the three with Him into the death throes of Gethsemane. He poured His life into 12—they were His vanguard into lostness; He gave the Great Commission to them first. He sent the 70 out on mission. This is still a good size for mission and ministry work. It is no coincidence the average USA church runs 70 in attendance. Everybody can know everyone else, and they can band together to get God's work done effectively.
And then there were the multitudes. We need to be together to hear the Word preached, to sing, and and to be inspired. We don't have to be rocket scientists to figure out Jesus' approach to successful Kingdom work. His methods worked then; they will work now too.
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