120 received baptism at the day of Pentecost - Acts 1:15
Strategy
Why not an army?
He needed leaders to lead the ministry after He left. Not all followers. It takes energy to produce a leader.
Not trying to impress the crowd but the usher in a Kingdom
Mass are like helpless sheep wandering aimlessly without a shepherds
Masses willing to follow anyone that came along with some promise for their welfare
Jesus was a realist. He knew he could not meet all the needs on His own.
Some concern themselves with baptisms and numbers more than power and love of God
Everything that is done with the few is for the salvation of the multitudes.
Modern Practicals
We are not even keeping with the growing population
We in an age where more rapid communication is now being seen than ever before
Must not be frantic to try to change the pattern overnight
Do like Jesus – start with a few lowly disciples and do as it was done by Jesus
Slow, tedious, painful, and probably unnoticed at first