Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.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.And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
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… but to feel the weight of that hurt? Same thing, Matthew 9, verse 35-38. When Jesus saw the crowds, He had what on them? He had compassion on them. He didn't just see the need. He felt the gravity of their need. and then to reach down and touch that need. In an age and a day where we can put our iPod in our ears, we can go throughout the busyness of our life day in and day out doing all the things that we find ourselves engrossed in doing and watch Fox News and look on the Internet and see all the needs around us, but never lift a finger to meaningfully engage the needs of those around us. And not just, don't miss the temptation, not just in the world as a whole, but in the church. undoubtedly in this room a variety of physical struggles represented this morning some of you are going through some physical pain emotional struggles different families in this room who are walking through some things whether it's in a marriage or with children that things aren't just working out the way they were supposed to maybe maybe on the verge of divorce maybe feeling the effects of a divorce maybe there's financial struggles uncertainty about the future there Maybe there's spiritual struggles undoubtedly in this room. …
… and he had compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. That's part of what it means to be a United Methodist or a British Methodist. Part of what it means to be a Methodist is to have compassion for people and to look around at the world and say, what does Jesus need us to do now? And that's captured in our buildings here in the City Road Chapel, in the Methodist Central Hall in the New Room in Bristol. But it's also captured resurrection. I just want to say to you, it's captured in our fellowship hall, which is called the Foundry and named after this building that was Methodism's first home in London. Our Foundry is a place where recovery groups meet, where children come to grow in faith, where people come for support groups for those who lost a loved one or those dealing with mental health issues. I mean, all of this, it's part of what we do at our Resurrection Overland Park location, where we have a food pantry that provides groceries to the people in our community. …
… and we see Jesus' vision expressed in the passage I want to read to you from Matthew 9 if you have a Bible with you or if you want to look at it on the screen it's from Matthew 9 verse 35 and this is the linchpin of Matthew's gospel. Matthew's gospel was very systematic. What he does is he sets out in Matthew chapter 4, he says, look, Jesus came bringing good news. He went around all the towns and villages preaching the good news. If you're here today and you need good news, you're in the right place. Because Jesus came to bring good news. He went around everywhere bringing good news, preaching, and healing. Then Matthew sets out how he preached. Matthew chapter 5 to 7, the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on the Mount. Chapters 8 and 9, nine healing miracles. And then he's about to go on to chapter 10, verse 1, where Jesus says, now over to you. He sends the 12 out. …