Duffy in the Pulpit: The Purpose of Jesus' Earthly Ministry

About this sermon

Will Duffy as DBC's guest speaker presents the most important Bible passages for understanding why Jesus avoided Gentiles, generally and explicitly, for the three years before His crucifixion. This Quarantine #7 semon surfaces out of the Denver Bible Church archives from five years ago. And here are some scriptures mentioned in passing and not displayed in the video: - Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" John 1:19 - John baptized thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, and yet Jesus' apostles baptized more people than John did. John 4:1 - "Come now [Moses], I will send you to Pharaoh..." But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh..." So [God] said, "I will certainly be with you. ...you shall come... to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him... 'let us go...'" ... Then Moses said... "O my Lord, I am not eloquent... I am slow of speech..." So the Lord said to him, "Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes... the seeing...? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say." But he said, "O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send." So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. ... Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. ... So he shall be your spokesman... And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses. Ex. 3:10-12, 18; 4:10-16, 30 [and thereafter 68 times then the Bible mentions "Moses and Aaron"]. And yes, all apostles are disciples but not all disciples, of course, are not apostles! All of us believers are called to be disciples and, as Will Duffy has done with so many, to disciple others! FIG TREE: Will points out that of two fig tree parables, the one in Luke 13 is the less popular one and he asserts that the Bible often uses the fig tree as a symbol of Israel. Here are passages that make that clear: "I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstfruits on the fig tree..." Hosea 9:10 "Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: 'Like these good figs, so... are [those] carried away captive from Judah... I will bring them back to this land... And as the bad figs... are... Jerusalem...'" Jer. 24:5-8 [The Lord will make Israel] like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. Jer. 29:17 [A nation] has laid waste My vine, And ruined My fig tree [describing Israel's destruction]. Joel 1:7 Both the vine and the fig tree sprout from the earth, from the soil beneath the land of Israel. God expected Israel, the people of the promised land, to bear fruit to Him just as both the vine and the fig tree (Song 2:13) bear fruit. Working with these symbols, God would sometimes bless or curse the fruit of the vine and the fig tree as a sign of His regard for Israel. God used good fruit or bad fruit in prophecy to represent His intentions toward the Jews. (Scripture commonly includes figs representing the blessing or cursing, etc., of the land of Israel as in Joel1:12; 2:18 with 22-23; Num.13:23; 20:5; Deut.8:8; 1 Kings 4:25; Jer. 5:17; 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:19; Micah 4:4-5 and Zech. 3:10.) Like thousands of other fellowships, Denver Bible Church has now many quarantine sermons presented for the members and friends of https://denverbiblechurch.org. These are... Quarantine Sermon #1: https://youtu.be/_zZht1JFAj0 (God's little antibodies) Quarantine Sermon #2: https://youtu.be/t1Gf2htvgDM (cell animation) Quarantine Sermon #3: https://youtu.be/vJXdYotMdXM (last days?) Quarantine Sermon #4: https://youtu.be/jJgekBSHdEI (rez from disease & death) Quarantine Sermon #5: https://youtu.be/1mmdY9lnie4 (know thy enemy) Quarantine Sermon #6: https://youtu.be/Le8_daeArVc (how to make a rooster crow; above). Quarantine Sermon #7: https://youtu.be/plBafAM2KnI (Duffy: Jesus sent to Israel) Quarantine Sermon #8: https://youtu.be/4xFB-dCjP8c (Pastor's follow-up to Will's msg)

Topics

• Purpose & Calling
• Service & Ministry
• Jesus Christ