World Mission Sunday: The Heart of the Gospel in Matthew 9:35–38

On the Fifth Sunday of Epiphany and World Mission Sunday, the message highlights praying for global and local mission partners and encourages continued prayer, volunteering, and support. Centered on Matthew 9:35–38, it explains the gospel as the good news of Jesus’ victorious work to reconcile sinners to God through his death and resurrection, with healing as a sign of God’s restoring work. The sermon emphasizes that Jesus truly sees and discerns people’s deepest need and responds with compassion toward those who are harassed and helpless by sin, death, and the devil, coming as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. It calls the church to recover the heart and motivation for mission—love rooted in grace—rather than guilt or mere duty, and to obey Jesus’ instruction to pray earnestly for the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers. It concludes with the example of Anglican reformers Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, urging renewed passion for gospel mission that will not be extinguished.

00:00 World Mission Sunday: Praying for Our Mission Partners
02:20 Why Mission Starts in the Heart (Matthew 9 Setup)
04:48 Matthew 9:35 — What Is “the Gospel of the Kingdom”?
08:20 Jesus Sees the Crowds: Known, Discerned, and Loved
11:56 Compassion & Our True Need: Harassed, Helpless, and in Need of a Shepherd
15:21 The Heart of Gospel Mission: Loved Beyond Measure
16:18 The Harvest Is Plentiful, But Laborers Are Few
19:55 The Answer to Apathy: Pray Earnestly for Laborers
21:10 Closing Charge: Light the Candle of Gospel Mission