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The Greatest Joy

Luke 10:17-20

Requirements For Following Jesus

• You must believe Jesus is the Messiah and Savior.


• You must believe Jesus is the Messiah and Savior.

• You must give up your entire life and even be willing to die.


• You must be humble.


• You must be humble.• You must abandon comfort.


• You must be humble.• You must abandon comfort.• You must not delay.


• You must be humble.• You must abandon comfort.• You must not delay.• You must not look back.

Luke 9:23-24

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Question: Why would anybody want to follow Jesus?

Luke 10:3-4

I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road.

Lambs among wolves + no money + no extra clothes/shoes + likely rejection =

Luke 10:17

The seventy-two returned with joy

Lambs among wolves + no money + no extra clothes/shoes + likely rejection = joy

Outline

• The Joy of the Seventy Two• The Greater Joy

The Joy of the Seventy Two

Luke 10:17-20

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

The Instructions for the Mission

• Preach the gospel of peace.


• Preach the gospel of peace.• Heal the sick.


• Preach the gospel of peace.• Heal the sick.• Proclaim that the Kingdom of God has

come near.


• Preach the gospel of peace.• Heal the sick.• Proclaim that the Kingdom of God has

come near.• Warn those towns that reject you of

the coming judgment.

Luke 10:17

“Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

Luke 10:18-19

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.

Where does power over sin and evil come from?

• Jesus has conquered Satan

Revelation 12:9-11

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world – he was thrown down to earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the

Revelation 12:9-11

authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the lamb.”


• Jesus has conquered Satan• Jesus has conquered sin

Luke 10:19

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.

John 3:15-16

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world in this way; He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.


• Jesus has conquered Satan• Jesus has conquered sin• Jesus conquered Satan and sin on your behalf

Revelation 12:10-11

for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the lamb.”

Luke 9:23-24

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

The Greater Joy

Luke 10:20

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

1 Corinthians 15:19

19 If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.

Without an eternal perspective the Christian life gets reduced down to

simple moralism.

Hebrews 12:2

For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross

Application

1. Rejoice that Jesus died for us, and conquered death for us.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57

When this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Application

1. Rejoice that Jesus died for us, and conquered death for us.

2. Make your life make sense in light of eternity.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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