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Where does the title for my message come from?
2. It is found in the Book of Esther, words which were spoken by Queen Esther’s uncle, Mordecai.
3. When Mordecai said those words to his niece, the outlook for the Jews was bleak.
4. Israel had been in Exile for many years because of their rebellion against God’s covenant.
5. While some of their countrymen had returned to Israel after the Exile ended, many Jews had put down roots in foreign lands and decided to remain where they were, scattered abroad, away from their Promised Land.
6. The Jews had many enemies but one in particular stood out at this time, his name was Haman the Agagite.
7. Haman’s hatred for Mordecai and the Jews ran so deep that he devised a plot to have the Jews wiped off the face of the earth in one day and then convinced King Ahasuerus to issue a decree for it to be done.
8. Uncle Mordecai begged Queen Esther to tell her husband, King Ahasuerus, that she was a Jew and to reverse his edict.
9. But Esther was afraid to do so because she feared the king’s wrath if she approached him uninvited.
10. When Mordecai heard Esther’s hesitation, he told her. . .

Esther 4:13-14, Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place. . . And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?

11. Now, you might be wondering, what does the story of Esther have to do with Luke 10.
12. Well, as in the days of Esther and also the days of Jesus, we are living in perilous times.
13. And perilous times require a response, a response from men and women of courage.
a. A response from men and women of principle.
b. A response from men and women of faith.
14. As born-again Christians, we have a calling and we have been called For Such a Time as This.
15. Tonight, as we study Luke 10:1-24, we will discover what our calling is and how to fulfill our calling to the satisfaction of the One who has called us, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Luke 10:1-24

Context
1. When we arrive at Luke 10, there was another major shift in Jesus’ ministry.
2. After Jesus had sent the twelve apostles to proclaim the Gospel (9:1-6), and had fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish (9:12-17), and had heard Peter’s confession that He is “The Christ of God” (9:18-22), and had been transfigured on the mountain (9:28-36), we are told in Luke 9:51. . .

Luke 9:51, When the days were approaching for His
ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem. . .
3. To prepare the cities along the route for His arrival, Jesus selected seventy men to spread the news, “the kingdom of God has come near.” (9)
4. Now, I must state upfront, that there are some things about this passage which do not apply to us because Jesus’ directives and provisions were only for that group of seventy disciples.
5. That said, there are many important principles which we may glean from this passage and apply to our lives because they transcend the specific commission of the seventy.
6. We will begin with general observations and principles and then transition to specific observations and principles so that we may rise up and be used of God for such a time as this.

Transition – The first principle from Luke 10 is. . .

I. Let Christ Radically Transform Your Life

• To understand what I mean when I say, “Let Christ radically transform your life” it is essential for us to understand the context.
• When Jesus sent the seventy as His advance team to prepare the cities for His arrival, He had been ministering to these people for almost three years.
• This means that the men Jesus was sending out with His authority were men He had been transforming during those three years.

Transition – How were they transformed by Jesus?
• First, by becoming Christ’s disciples.
• Which means. . . .
Discipleship comes first

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