"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few."
1. Pompey Community Church’s sermon on Luke 10:1-20 centers on Jesus sending the seventy-two into the harvest.
2. The preacher serves as the main speaker and uses Luke 10, Isaiah 43, Joshua Project, Matthew 10, 2 Corinthians 5, and Matthew 28 to explain the passage.
3. The episode argues that Jesus saves people and then sends them by his Spirit to proclaim his salvation.
4. Luke 10:1-2 names "the harvest" as plentiful and "the laborers" as few, which becomes the first major emphasis.
5. The sermon says Jesus appoints seventy-two others, not only the twelve, and sends them "two by two" into every town.
6. The preacher says this means gospel work is not only for pastors, staff, or elders, but for the whole church.
7. The sermon quotes Jesus’ command to "pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest" and treats prayer as the first response.
8. Isaiah 43:11-13 is used to support the claim that the Lord alone is Savior and that no one can turn back his work.
9. The message points to Joshua Project statistics: 7,419 unreached people groups and 3.16 billion people in the 10/40 window.
10. The preacher says only about 10% of missionaries and 10% of missions funds go to that region.
11. Jesus sends the seventy-two out "as lambs in the midst of wolves," which the sermon treats as a warning about danger.
12. The preacher says the temporary lack of a money bag, knapsack, or sandals teaches dependence on Jesus’ provision.
13. The message explains that a household response can mean peace resting on a prepared person or returning to the sender.
14. The sermon treats dust-shaking as a judgment sign and as a warning meant to turn people away from death.
15. Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum are named as towns under judgment for rejecting Jesus’ mighty works.
16. The preacher connects Luke 10:16 to 2 Corinthians 5 by calling believers ambassadors through whom God makes his appeal.
17. The seventy-two return with joy because even demons are subject to them in Jesus’ name.
18. Jesus redirects that joy away from spiritual authority and toward the deeper fact that their names are written in heaven.
19. The tone is exhortational and pastoral, with repeated direct address to "church" and frequent Scripture reading.
20. People who like missionary urgency and church-wide calling will value this sermon, while listeners wanting a short devotional may skip it.
