MATT. 9:35-38

1. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS MATT. 9:35-38

2. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 1. MATT. 9:35-38 Great harvest, few laborers

3. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 1. MATT. 9:35-38 Great harvest, few laborers

4. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s credentials: miracles

5. MATT. 8-10 CHRIST’S CREDENTIALS: MIRACLES 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

6. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s compassion: sheep without a shepherd 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

7. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s compassion: sheep without a shepherd • Multitudes drawn by his credentials but not fully understand their need & his mission—he taught, many listened • Sin, unbearable burden—Jesus cares!

8. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction • Christ’s compassion: sheep without a shepherd • Taught disciples his love for lost souls 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

9. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s commission to his disciples: rescue the lost sheep • MATT. 10:1-8 Sent 12 Apostles to lost sheep of Israel to proclaim, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand”

10. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s commission to his disciples: rescue the lost sheep • MATT. 10:9-15 Needs provided by God’s providence & people • MATT. 10:16-42 Expect opposition & persecution

11. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Christ’s commission to his disciples: rescue the lost sheep • Preparing to rescue sheep of all nations, after his death & resurrection: the Great Commission in MATT. 28:18-20

12. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. • Preparing to rescue sheep of all nations, after his death & resurrection: the Great Commission in MATT. 28:18-20

13. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Introduction 3. A great harvest of lost souls in the Philippines • Hungry souls in the Philippines • Philippine history & religions • Churches of Christ in the Philippines • Institutional apostasy affected Filipinos • Ongoing harvest in 1970’s-90’s • Bright prospects for a great future harvest • None can do it all, all can do something!

14. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS I. Hungry Souls in the Philippines A. Negrito Lady Listening in the Rain • Acts 8:26-40 Blotched ink in my Bible: beauty marks, reminders of hungry souls!

15. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS I. Hungry Souls in the Philippines B. Fred Ogario Missed His Father’s Funeral • Matt. 8:21-22 Lesson learned in jeepney: “Let the dead bury their dead”

16. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS II. Philippine History & Religions A. 7,000 Islands, 92 Million Souls B. 1521 Claimed by Magellan for Spain, Named for King Philip II • Native tribes colonized under his subjects, taught Spanish, converted to Catholicism

17. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS II. Philippine History & Religions C. Land of Religious Darkness, Lost Sheep • Ancient idolatry, animism • 80% nominal Catholic • Variety of denominations— Felix Manalo (1886-1963) form Iglesiani Cristo (1914)

18. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS II. Philippine History & Religions C. Land of Religious Darkness, Lost Sheep • 1380 Islam planted • Worldly, corrupt

19. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS III. Churches of Christ in the Philippines A. Filipinos Seeking God • Acts 17:27 God opens doors • Jose Rizal (1861-96) critiqued Spanish rule & Catholic traditions—executed!

20. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS III. Churches of Christ in the Philippines A. Filipinos Seeking God • U.S. territory after Spanish-American War of 1898-99: religious freedom • July 4, 1946 independent nation: constitutional freedoms in 1973 & 1987

21. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS III. Churches of Christ in the Philippines B. Early Zeal of Christian Church • Start early 1900’s: 7,000 members by 1919 • 1926 Leslie Wolfe broke with FCMS

22. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS III. Churches of Christ in the Philippines C. 1928 George S. Benson Preach on Mindoro • Great suffering during Japanese occupation • 4,000 members by 1958

23. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS IV. Institutional Apostasy Affected Filipinos A. Institutional Liberalism Adopts Denominational Concepts & Tactics • Churches support human institutions, sponsoring church centralization, church benevolence to sinners, & church plans social & recreational activities • 1946 Oakland Park church, Sacramento, CA

24. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS IV. Institutional Apostasy Affected Filipinos B. Filipinos Oppose Institutionalism • 1957 Romulo Agduma study & teach • 1966 Sewell Hall visited Manila • 1968 Jady Copeland report little progress • 1970 Vic Tibayan listed 23 preachers, Cecil Willis soon listed 40

25. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS IV. Institutional Apostasy Affected Filipinos B. Filipinos Oppose Institutionalism • 1970 Roy Cogdill, Cecil Willis trip • Vic Tibayan, CastorioGamit, Julian Felix, JuanitoBalbin, Rodrigo Diego, Eliseo Sikat, Romulo Agduma, Diasdado Minor • Willis: Filipino preachers competent, periodic trips by U.S. saints helpful

26. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS V. Ongoing Great Harvest in 1970’s-90’s A. 1971 Connie W. Adams & J.T. Smith Trip • Adams found about 100 preachers standing • Smith debated EusebioLacuata

27. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS V. Ongoing Great Harvest in 1970’s-90’s B. 1973 Willis & Adams Trip: Good Results C. 1980 Adams Report: 400 Preachers Stand D. Help & Harm: W.H. Little, Jim Puterbaugh E. 1980’s-90’s Ongoing Visits by Several Men

28. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest A. Why Prospects Are Bright! • Rom. 1:16 Power of the gospel 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

29. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest A. Why Prospects Are Bright! • Acts 17:27 God opens doors 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

30. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest A. Why Prospects Are Bright! • 1 Thess. 1:3 Faith, hope, & love of Filipinos 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

31. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest B. Trial of Poverty, Appeal of the Gospel • Eph. 1:3; 3:8 Spiritual above earthly values 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

32. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest C. Gospel Changes Hearts & Lives • 2 Cor. 5:17 Drunks, abusers, blasphemers, Communists, Muslims, Catholics, sectarians, gamblers, murders, adulterers—lost sheep 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

33. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest D. God’s Providence Opens Doors • Acts 17:26-27 Rules nations so lost men can find Him: sends teachers to seekers • Acts 20:35 Duty & joy to use our prosperity to spread the gospel while we can

34. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest E. God Uses Faith, Hope, & Love of Filipinos • 1 Thess. 1:3 Power of faith, hope, & love demonstrated 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

35. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest E. God Uses Faith, Hope, & Love of Filipinos • 1 Thess. 1:3 Power of faith, hope, & love demonstrated • Teaching the gospel while working around the world: Ronnie Salunga family planted a church in Auckland, New Zealand Nov. 2009

36. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VI. Bright Prospects for Great Future Harvest F. Good Potential Outweighs Problems • Problems, disappointments, setbacks simultaneous with progress—Satan fights! • Focus on lost souls seeking salvation, saints growing, doors opening, & God’s patience followed by Judgment

37. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS VII. None Can Do It All, All Can Do Something! A. Visit the Philippines to Preach B. Preacher Training Classes C. Provide Bibles & Study Materials D. Careful Use of Support & Benevolence E. Communication Process

38. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Conclusion 1. MATT. 9:35-38 Great harvest, few laborers

39. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 1. MATT. 9:35-38 Great harvest, few laborers

40. GREAT HARVEST OF PHILIPPINE SOULS • Conclusion 2. MATT. 8-10 Christ’s credentials, compassion, & commission • Believe his credentials: our Savior-King has come! • Share his compassion: look with love on lost souls! • MATT. 28:18-20 Act on his commission: all of us do all we can to teach all men!

41. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. • MATT. 28:18-20 Act on his commission: all of us do all we can to teach all men!