WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.219 Last Sunday we heard about how Jesus performed two amazing miracles. 00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:10.740 One of the miracles was the healing of a woman who had suffered with bleeding for 12 years. 00:00:11.939 --> 00:00:15.019 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.920 That Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. 00:00:35.480 --> 00:00:44.539 Well at this point in the story Luke now zooms out a little bit to give us a wide angle view of some other things as we come to chapter 9. 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.379 Let me read the first few verses here. 00:00:50.380 --> 00:01:03.240 When Jesus had called the 12 together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:09.760 And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:18.180 Back in chapter 6, verse 12 to 16 is where Luke first introduced us to the 12 disciples. 00:01:18.180 --> 00:01:25.400 They were Peter and his brother Andrew, James and his brother John, all fishermen. 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:31.440 And then there was Philip and Bartholomew, also known as Nathaniel. 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.280 Matthew, also known as Levi, the tax collector. 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.719 Thomas, and then another James, another Simon, and two Judases. 00:01:43.460 --> 00:01:45.840 One who is also known as Thaddeus. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:47.880 The other was the betrayer of Jesus. 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:54.520 But let's remember what Luke said about these 12 men earlier, back in chapter 6, verse 13. 00:01:55.220 --> 00:02:02.180 Luke said that Jesus called his disciples to him and chose 12 of them, whom he also designated apostles. 00:02:03.380 --> 00:02:07.520 And we talk briefly about that title, apostle. 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:13.500 The word apostle comes from the Greek word apostolos. 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:16.740 And it means a person who is sent out. 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:18.639 Like a messenger. 00:02:19.340 --> 00:02:20.400 Or an ambassador. 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:23.080 Or a delegate. 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:23.860 An envoy. 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:27.020 And so these 12 men were designated apostles. 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:28.080 And so these 12 men were designated apostles. 00:02:28.820 --> 00:02:36.740 But they continued to be with Jesus for a while until this moment in chapter 9, where Jesus first sends them out. 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:40.840 Luke tells us that he called the 12 together. 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:42.460 He gave them power and authority. 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:44.980 And he sent them out. 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:47.919 To proclaim the kingdom of God. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.759 And to heal the sick. 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:54.359 That word sent them out. 00:02:54.359 --> 00:02:56.280 Is from the word apostello. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.159 And as I just mentioned, it's a specific kind of sending. 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:02.120 It's not just like on an errand. 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:04.560 Like to go get groceries from the store. 00:03:04.859 --> 00:03:06.699 It's sending as a messenger. 00:03:06.899 --> 00:03:07.739 As an ambassador. 00:03:08.399 --> 00:03:09.519 As a representative. 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:12.500 And this is really important. 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:20.640 We need to know that the title of apostle carries within it this meaning of being sent by someone. 00:03:21.260 --> 00:03:22.360 Jesus is the sender. 00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:25.580 And of course these 12 men are those being sent. 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:31.260 Now let's bring in all these details that Luke gives us here about this moment of sending. 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:33.780 Jesus calls them together. 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:40.019 And it says that he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons. 00:03:40.739 --> 00:03:43.519 And to cure diseases. 00:03:45.799 --> 00:03:46.539 Wow. 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:49.560 This is massive. 00:03:50.579 --> 00:03:51.579 Think about this. 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:55.599 Up until now we have only seen Jesus casting out demons. 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:57.699 And healing sicknesses. 00:03:57.979 --> 00:03:58.639 And illnesses. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.819 And Luke has been very careful to point out. 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:03.179 What. 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:05.199 Jesus is doing. 00:04:05.379 --> 00:04:06.979 And what those things mean. 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.259 It means that Jesus has authority. 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.259 And power over demons. 00:04:11.839 --> 00:04:12.919 And sicknesses. 00:04:13.619 --> 00:04:14.919 But now we see here. 00:04:15.019 --> 00:04:17.519 Almost another kind of great miracle. 00:04:18.099 --> 00:04:20.180 Jesus is able to give that power. 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:21.279 And authority. 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:22.620 That he has. 00:04:23.039 --> 00:04:23.699 To others. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.860 This is truly amazing. 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:27.819 When you think about it. 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:30.399 One moment. 00:04:30.539 --> 00:04:31.439 It's only Jesus. 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:32.139 Who heals. 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:33.199 And casts out demons. 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:34.699 But now it's Jesus. 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:36.339 And these 12 men. 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:37.399 That he has chosen. 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:39.120 I mean think about this. 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:40.459 From the perspective of Peter. 00:04:41.099 --> 00:04:42.479 One of Jesus' disciples. 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:45.079 For the past while. 00:04:45.219 --> 00:04:47.079 You've simply been following Jesus around. 00:04:47.219 --> 00:04:48.860 And watching him do all these. 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:50.379 Amazing miracles. 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:52.099 But now Jesus. 00:04:52.599 --> 00:04:53.680 Pulls you in. 00:04:54.019 --> 00:04:55.579 Along with the other 11. 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:56.579 And says. 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:57.599 Here. 00:04:58.459 --> 00:05:00.319 I now give you. 00:05:00.539 --> 00:05:01.500 My power. 00:05:02.060 --> 00:05:03.439 And my authority. 00:05:04.219 --> 00:05:05.519 To do these things. 00:05:05.599 --> 00:05:06.279 That I've been doing. 00:05:09.699 --> 00:05:11.300 You're going to heal the sick. 00:05:13.180 --> 00:05:14.860 You're going to cast out demons. 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:20.699 To be able to just bestow this ability. 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:21.660 On others. 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:23.259 Is itself a miracle. 00:05:23.780 --> 00:05:25.580 And a great sign of who Jesus is. 00:05:27.340 --> 00:05:29.000 Not only are they sent to heal. 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:30.580 But they are sent by Jesus. 00:05:30.580 --> 00:05:31.840 With a message. 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:34.240 As messengers. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.780 Says he sent them out. 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:37.160 To proclaim. 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:38.460 The kingdom. 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:39.600 Of God. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:40.200 God. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.580 Now right at this spot. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:43.280 Luke doesn't. 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:44.360 Explain. 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:45.900 What all that message is. 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:49.240 But it's a very same thing. 00:05:49.320 --> 00:05:50.960 That Jesus has been proclaiming. 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:52.640 All over the region of Galilee. 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.200 As we heard back in chapter 4. 00:05:55.320 --> 00:05:55.900 Jesus said. 00:05:56.340 --> 00:05:58.260 I must proclaim the good news. 00:05:58.760 --> 00:06:00.140 Of the kingdom of God. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.320 To the other towns also. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:02.820 Because that's why I was sent. 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:05.680 That's in Luke 4.43. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:08.120 And so Jesus went from synagogue. 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:08.939 To synagogue. 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:11.139 With that message. 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:12.579 He proclaimed. 00:06:12.719 --> 00:06:13.639 That the kingdom of God. 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:14.219 Was near. 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.759 And that people should turn back to God. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:19.100 In repentance. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:21.160 Mark 1.15. 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:22.839 He proclaimed. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:24.279 That the words of the prophets. 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:26.519 Were right now. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:27.399 Being fulfilled. 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:29.100 In the hearing of the people. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:31.240 As he read from the scroll of Isaiah. 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:33.800 Luke chapter 4. 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:34.899 Verse 18 and 19. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:37.899 He proclaimed. 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:39.060 The good news of the kingdom. 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:39.859 In his sermon. 00:06:39.859 --> 00:06:41.399 In Luke chapter 6. 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:43.399 Blessed are you who are poor. 00:06:44.179 --> 00:06:45.179 For yours. 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:47.060 Is the kingdom of God. 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:50.000 And he taught the people. 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:51.299 About the kingdom of God. 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:52.279 And what it's like. 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:53.719 Using parables. 00:06:54.719 --> 00:06:55.859 How it works. 00:06:56.179 --> 00:06:57.000 Or at least a little. 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:57.819 Glimmer. 00:06:59.099 --> 00:07:00.239 One of those parables. 00:07:00.239 --> 00:07:01.459 Was the parable of the sower. 00:07:01.579 --> 00:07:02.299 That we looked at. 00:07:02.379 --> 00:07:03.299 In Luke chapter 8. 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:05.660 And now. 00:07:05.780 --> 00:07:06.420 Jesus is saying. 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:07.180 To these 12 men. 00:07:07.259 --> 00:07:08.000 I want you. 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:09.199 To go out now. 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:11.480 And proclaim this same message. 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:17.259 And to do these miracles. 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:17.980 Of healing. 00:07:20.259 --> 00:07:21.460 The very same. 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:22.199 Message. 00:07:22.460 --> 00:07:23.460 And the very same. 00:07:23.460 --> 00:07:24.340 Kinds of miracles. 00:07:24.340 --> 00:07:25.780 That Jesus has been doing. 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:27.659 And those miracles. 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:28.099 Of course. 00:07:28.219 --> 00:07:28.919 Will now serve. 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:29.979 To authenticate. 00:07:29.979 --> 00:07:30.939 The message. 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:32.339 That these apostles bring. 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:34.039 From town. 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:34.519 To town. 00:07:34.599 --> 00:07:35.000 To town. 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:38.799 This is the kind of moment. 00:07:38.799 --> 00:07:40.379 That makes us all nervous. 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:42.059 Where the mentor. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:43.719 Or the father. 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:44.519 Or the mother. 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:46.039 Or the instructor. 00:07:46.219 --> 00:07:46.459 Now. 00:07:46.939 --> 00:07:48.000 Hands over the reins. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:50.239 Or puts the tool. 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:51.239 In our hand. 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:52.179 For the first time. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:53.699 Or the wheel. 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:55.180 And says. 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:55.540 Okay. 00:07:56.180 --> 00:07:56.980 Now you do it. 00:07:58.900 --> 00:08:00.100 We can only imagine. 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:00.740 How excited. 00:08:00.860 --> 00:08:01.259 And nervous. 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:02.199 The 12 disciples. 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:03.000 Must have been. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.060 In this moment. 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:06.920 Perhaps even shocked. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:07.360 Like. 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:08.620 What? 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.360 I'm going to be healing people? 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:13.579 I'm going to be. 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:14.939 Casting out demons? 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:17.639 You want me. 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:18.660 To now preach? 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:23.480 And Jesus lays out. 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:24.220 Some parameters. 00:08:24.220 --> 00:08:24.920 For this. 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:26.519 First ministry trip. 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:27.379 That they're about to. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:28.319 Go on. 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:30.100 Verse 3. 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:31.600 Jesus told them. 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:33.180 Take nothing for the journey. 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:35.220 No staff. 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:37.039 No bag. 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:38.740 No bread. 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:40.519 No money. 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:42.779 No extra shirt. 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:45.820 Whatever house you enter. 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:47.139 Stay there. 00:08:47.560 --> 00:08:48.860 Until you leave that town. 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:48.919 Time. 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:52.300 These parameters. 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:53.240 For the trip. 00:08:53.779 --> 00:08:55.240 Really force the disciples. 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:56.879 To rely on God. 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.100 And to have faith in him. 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:01.759 They are to travel so light. 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.399 That they're not even to take any food. 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.600 Or not even any money. 00:09:05.820 --> 00:09:06.680 To buy food. 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.060 Or to pay for lodging. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:11.220 In these towns that they go to. 00:09:11.300 --> 00:09:12.700 Which means that just as Jesus. 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:13.800 Is teaching them. 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:15.879 They must look to God. 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:17.460 For their daily bread. 00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:20.660 For each day's provisions. 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:23.940 And we might wonder about that. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:25.300 Why did Jesus forbid them. 00:09:25.400 --> 00:09:26.780 From taking all this stuff along. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:29.980 And I think it was. 00:09:30.040 --> 00:09:30.800 So that they would learn. 00:09:30.900 --> 00:09:31.879 To depend on God. 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:33.240 And not themselves. 00:09:35.160 --> 00:09:36.460 But it's possible. 00:09:36.580 --> 00:09:38.000 There were some other reasons as well. 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:40.519 There were actually at this time. 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.000 Other traveling teachers. 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:42.800 And preachers. 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:44.460 And religious figures. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:44.600 Preachers. 00:09:46.160 --> 00:09:47.379 Who would go about. 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:48.980 From town to town. 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:50.500 Though. 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:52.000 They were probably more like. 00:09:52.160 --> 00:09:52.740 The prosperity. 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:53.720 Preachers. 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:54.300 In our day. 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:56.740 They would sometimes. 00:09:56.740 --> 00:09:57.620 Roll into town. 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.700 And then go from house. 00:09:58.800 --> 00:09:59.220 To house. 00:09:59.300 --> 00:09:59.740 To house. 00:09:59.740 --> 00:09:59.759 To house. 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:00.300 In town. 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:02.580 Spreading their teachings. 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:03.879 And their secret wisdom. 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:05.500 And their religious services. 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:07.379 In exchange. 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:08.539 For whatever they could get. 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:09.840 From the people. 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:12.799 And then when they got. 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.620 What they could from one house. 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.960 Then they would go to the next. 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:17.179 And the next. 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:17.759 And the next. 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:19.620 Until they got everything they could. 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:20.419 From that town. 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:21.820 And then. 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:23.019 They'd move on. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:24.559 Sometimes we get these people. 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:25.580 That show up in Davidson. 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:26.679 And we wonder. 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:27.700 Where did they come from? 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:28.100 And they're. 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:28.639 Of course. 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.600 Usually selling a subscription service. 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:31.139 Or something. 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:32.240 And. 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.460 They're here for two or three days. 00:10:34.560 --> 00:10:35.759 And then they just disappear. 00:10:36.560 --> 00:10:37.600 It was kind of like that. 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:39.820 So it's possible. 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:41.200 That Jesus parameters here. 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:42.320 Really serve. 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:42.940 To set. 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:44.299 His apostles apart. 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:45.080 From those. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.399 Kinds of people. 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:47.500 Those kinds of teachers. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:49.080 Jesus apostles. 00:10:49.340 --> 00:10:49.879 Are not. 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:50.919 To be exchanging. 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:51.580 Miracles. 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:52.919 For money. 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:56.100 Or the message of the kingdom. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:57.759 For personal gain. 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:00.139 They were permitted. 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.340 Simply to accept. 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:02.200 The hospitality. 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.740 Of one house. 00:11:04.180 --> 00:11:05.039 In each town. 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:07.180 And then they were to leave. 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:08.200 For the next town. 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:09.700 In this way. 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:11.220 Nobody could charge them. 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:12.180 With being motivated. 00:11:12.180 --> 00:11:13.039 By greed. 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:15.120 Or with having. 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:16.220 An ulterior motive. 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:18.460 They wouldn't even have a bag. 00:11:19.180 --> 00:11:20.200 To put gifts in. 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.620 Or donations in. 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.279 I mean. 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:23.960 What would it say. 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:25.080 About the kingdom of God. 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:25.840 If the apostles. 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:27.139 Rolled out of every town. 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:27.659 They entered. 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:28.919 With this massive cart. 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:29.720 Full of stuff. 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:30.620 That they had acquired. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:32.440 After preaching. 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:33.279 And healing. 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:33.399 And healing. 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:38.379 I think Jesus wanted it to be clear. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:40.379 That citizenship in his kingdom. 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.399 Is free for all. 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:44.220 For the rich. 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:44.940 For the poor. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.840 It comes as a gift. 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:48.460 No strings attached. 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.840 All we need to do is repent. 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.340 And believe. 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:53.139 This good news. 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:56.139 The basic hospitality. 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:57.100 Of the home. 00:11:57.100 --> 00:11:58.159 That they entered. 00:11:58.340 --> 00:11:58.620 Would be. 00:11:58.799 --> 00:11:59.279 Enough. 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.159 To sustain them. 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:00.740 In their work. 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.759 From place to place. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:04.340 But they would have to pray. 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.759 And look to God. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.559 For each day's needs. 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:08.379 To be met. 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:10.699 Especially. 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:12.059 If the town. 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:12.840 That they entered. 00:12:13.699 --> 00:12:14.860 Did not welcome them. 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:15.639 Or receive. 00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.600 Jesus message. 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:18.519 Verse five. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.100 If people do not welcome you. 00:12:21.939 --> 00:12:22.899 Leave their town. 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:24.740 And shake the dust. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.559 Off your feet. 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:27.199 As a testimony. 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.159 Against them. 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:31.039 So some towns would. 00:12:31.179 --> 00:12:32.179 Some towns did. 00:12:32.699 --> 00:12:33.299 Reject. 00:12:34.179 --> 00:12:35.379 The apostles of Jesus. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.019 Outright. 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.899 And given that they were. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:40.740 Messengers. 00:12:40.939 --> 00:12:42.079 That they were ambassadors. 00:12:42.079 --> 00:12:42.939 Of Jesus. 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:44.799 Rejecting them. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.639 Was the equivalent. 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:47.379 Of rejecting Jesus himself. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:49.960 Since Jesus. 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:50.500 Was the one. 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.179 Who sent them. 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.720 It's kind of a sobering. 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:54.960 Thought. 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:55.399 Isn't it? 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.340 Jesus knew. 00:12:58.460 --> 00:12:59.279 That this would happen. 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:01.159 And so he gave them. 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:01.759 Instructions. 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.460 Of what to do. 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.559 Leave that town. 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:05.159 Shake the dust. 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:06.019 Off your feet. 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.200 As a testimony. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.120 Against them. 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:10.379 This. 00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:11.700 Shaking the dust. 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:11.940 Off. 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.580 Was a deeply. 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:13.740 Symbolic gesture. 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:15.679 Think about dust. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.240 For a moment. 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.100 We often think of dust. 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:18.560 As being. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:19.659 Inconsequential. 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:20.960 It's. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.200 It weighs nothing. 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.080 On the scale. 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:25.460 Who cares. 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.100 If there's dust. 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.560 On the bottom. 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:27.100 Of your shoe. 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:27.980 That's. 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:28.899 Normal. 00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:30.680 So to actually. 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.120 Pause. 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:32.240 After leaving a town. 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:32.519 And. 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:35.139 Shake the dust. 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:35.560 Off. 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.539 From that town. 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.320 It's an act. 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.560 Of. 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.639 Completely. 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:40.919 Dissociating. 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.320 Ones. 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:42.180 From the people. 00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:42.879 Of that town. 00:13:43.900 --> 00:13:44.740 It's like saying. 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.720 Then I will have. 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.700 No part. 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:47.879 Of you. 00:13:48.680 --> 00:13:49.240 Not even. 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:49.920 A little bit. 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:52.379 Now. 00:13:52.520 --> 00:13:53.440 This is not a thing. 00:13:53.520 --> 00:13:53.780 Done. 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:54.980 Vindictively. 00:13:55.420 --> 00:13:56.060 Or a thing. 00:13:56.140 --> 00:13:57.140 Done in frustration. 00:13:57.140 --> 00:13:58.120 By the apostles. 00:13:58.680 --> 00:13:59.480 It's not a way. 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:00.180 Of trying to have. 00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:00.980 The last word. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.900 On the way out of town. 00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:02.700 Or. 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.879 As an insult. 00:14:04.900 --> 00:14:05.920 Jesus is the one. 00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:07.120 Telling his messengers. 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:07.900 To do this. 00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:09.080 When they are not. 00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:09.540 Welcomed. 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:11.439 Remember. 00:14:11.599 --> 00:14:12.299 They represent. 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.259 Jesus himself. 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.959 They are sent. 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.860 By Jesus. 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.599 And therefore. 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.719 If Jesus commands them. 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.360 To do this. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:18.839 It's really. 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.839 Jesus saying. 00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:20.459 To the people. 00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:21.219 Of that town. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.819 Since you will not. 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.299 Listen. 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.199 To me. 00:14:25.319 --> 00:14:26.000 And repent. 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.000 I cannot claim you. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:28.699 As my own. 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:31.120 And you cannot claim me. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:32.059 As yours. 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:32.919 There is now. 00:14:33.079 --> 00:14:33.579 A complete. 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.679 Separation. 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:35.959 Between us. 00:14:36.719 --> 00:14:37.159 I withdraw. 00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:38.019 My messengers. 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:40.480 And I leave you. 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:40.980 To face. 00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.740 God's judgment. 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.179 Alone. 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.699 Let me read you. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.639 The parallel passage. 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.220 From Matthew. 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.000 Chapter 10. 00:14:50.319 --> 00:14:51.779 Verses 14 and 15. 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.199 Jesus. 00:14:52.699 --> 00:14:53.299 If anyone. 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:54.319 Will not welcome you. 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.460 Or listen to your words. 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.539 Leave that home. 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.220 Or town. 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.100 And shake the dust. 00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.799 Off your feet. 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.159 Truly. 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:01.360 I tell you. 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.659 It will be more. 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:03.199 Bearable. 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:03.939 For Sodom. 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.799 And Gomorrah. 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.039 On the day of judgment. 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.319 Than for that town. 00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.419 In other words. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.799 This is the moment. 00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.199 For the people. 00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:17.019 In these towns. 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.659 To repent. 00:15:19.219 --> 00:15:20.259 To believe. 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:22.759 To turn their hearts. 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.639 Back to God. 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.219 And admit their sins. 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.959 And receive. 00:15:26.099 --> 00:15:26.860 Jesus message. 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.500 Of grace. 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.439 And forgiveness. 00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.980 God desires. 00:15:31.219 --> 00:15:32.099 To have a restored. 00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.899 Relationship. 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:34.279 With these people. 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:35.399 He offers them. 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.199 Citizenship. 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:36.879 In his kingdom. 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.519 And this is the same message. 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.139 Jesus has been proclaiming. 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.980 Everywhere he goes. 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.339 Now. 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.720 He sends his apostles. 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.740 To proclaim it. 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:46.199 Authoritatively. 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.419 With miracles. 00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:50.240 To back it up. 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.379 And so. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.480 If people reject. 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.539 Jesus messengers. 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:57.399 They reject Jesus. 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.039 And if they reject Jesus. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.679 They will perish. 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.819 And receive. 00:16:04.199 --> 00:16:05.219 What's just. 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.519 From God. 00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:08.740 That's what this. 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.139 Dust shaking represents. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.860 Back to Luke. 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.379 Verse. 00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:17.240 Chapter 9. 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:17.919 Verse 6. 00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:19.360 So they set out. 00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:20.879 And went from village to village. 00:16:21.959 --> 00:16:23.339 Proclaiming the good news. 00:16:23.579 --> 00:16:24.559 And healing people. 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.279 Everywhere. 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.679 Again. 00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.860 Picture this in your mind. 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.039 Up till now. 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.620 It's been. 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:31.019 Just all these people. 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.700 From everywhere. 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:33.000 Swarming to Jesus. 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.240 Where he is. 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.240 And miracles are happening. 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:37.300 People are being healed. 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.480 Of all kinds of things. 00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:40.700 But now this is a massive change. 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:43.100 Now the miracles are starting to happen. 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:44.220 All over the place. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:46.000 Where Jesus is. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.019 And wherever these 12 guys go. 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:49.159 From town to town. 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.279 All over the region. 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.259 God is in a sense. 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.300 Multiplying. 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.420 The miracles. 00:16:54.420 --> 00:16:54.800 He's. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.720 Increasing the reach. 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.620 Of the message. 00:16:57.860 --> 00:17:03.000 We can only imagine. 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.120 Just how crazy a time. 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.720 This would have been. 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.120 Remember. 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.400 They didn't have electronics. 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.240 They didn't have television. 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.000 Smartphones. 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.779 They didn't even have dumb phones. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:13.400 To spread news by. 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:15.539 The news just traveled by foot. 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:17.099 With the people themselves. 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.380 And now you've got these towns. 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.360 All over the place. 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:20.759 That are. 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:22.759 Sending word with travelers. 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:25.079 Of what's going on in them. 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:26.620 And of these people arriving. 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.579 And doing miracles. 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:29.139 People that they've never met. 00:17:30.219 --> 00:17:32.339 And there's one big name. 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.879 Attached to all of this. 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.839 Jesus. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.259 It's no wonder Herod the Tetrarch. 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.059 The ruler of the region. 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.979 Was confused. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.019 About what was going on. 00:17:46.679 --> 00:17:48.599 And the reports that were coming in. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.219 From all over his region. 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:52.600 Verse 7. 00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:54.380 Now Herod the Tetrarch. 00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.860 Heard about all that was going on. 00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:57.839 And he was perplexed. 00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:59.539 Because some were saying. 00:17:59.860 --> 00:18:01.819 That John had been raised from the dead. 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.279 Others. 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.420 That Elijah had appeared. 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.799 And still others. 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.779 That one of the prophets of long ago. 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.900 Had come back to life. 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:15.300 But Herod said. 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.420 I beheaded John. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:20.280 Who then is this I hear such things about? 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.860 And Herod. 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:24.480 Tried to see Jesus. 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.720 This is all causing quite the commotion. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.180 Isn't it? 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.540 And it makes sense. 00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:33.740 Because now it's not just Jesus. 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.840 Showing up here and there. 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.460 But now. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.840 Jesus. 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:38.860 And these 12 other guys. 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:40.140 Who many would not have known. 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.180 The message is very similar. 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.220 To that of John. 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.279 The baptizer. 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.500 The message of repentance. 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.720 Was rolled right into. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.559 The preaching of Jesus. 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.700 It was the same message. 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.519 Plus more. 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.340 And so. 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.720 Maybe John's come back to life. 00:18:58.140 --> 00:19:00.160 Jesus is saying the same things John was. 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.259 Some of them anyway. 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:07.460 And we've been hearing about people being raised from the dead. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.200 Maybe God has raised John. 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.059 Back to life. 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:14.539 We don't see it in this gospel. 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.599 But in the other gospels. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:18.740 We see that Herod actually buys into this idea a little bit. 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.740 Pretty strongly actually. 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.859 Thinking that John is somehow. 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.240 Alive again. 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.140 Resurrected. 00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:31.540 But then others think that it must be Elijah. 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.360 And that's natural. 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.920 Because Elijah was one of the greatest miracle working prophets. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.960 In the Old Testament times. 00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:42.400 Look at all these miracles. 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.560 Maybe it's Elijah. 00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:47.040 Maybe God has brought him back. 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.460 All of this caused quite a stir. 00:19:50.520 --> 00:19:52.000 It was a really exciting time. 00:19:52.780 --> 00:19:54.920 And we're going to pick up the story next week. 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.580 But for this morning. 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:58.000 I just want to take a couple minutes. 00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.420 To reflect on. 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.940 Some of what we've read. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:02.680 And how it applies to us today. 00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:05.900 First of all. 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.900 This passage is a sober reminder. 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:15.180 That God gives each of us a window of opportunity. 00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:17.660 A chance to hear. 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:19.480 His gracious news. 00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:21.000 And to respond. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:24.900 Have you welcomed the news of Jesus? 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:31.539 Have you done what Jesus called everyone to do? 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:33.480 Have you repented of your sins? 00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:37.599 Have you admitted to him. 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:39.059 Your wrongs. 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:42.259 And asked for his forgiveness. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:47.680 The sobering truth of this passage is. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.500 If we do not listen to Jesus. 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:51.180 If we do not welcome him. 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.859 There is nothing left for us. 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.859 But judgment. 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.619 Listen to these words of Jesus one more time. 00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.599 Truly I tell you. 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:07.119 It will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah. 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.259 On the day of judgment. 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:10.500 Than for that town. 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:17.720 Have you repented? 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:21.440 Have you welcomed Jesus? 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.700 It does require faith. 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:32.799 It does require trust in God. 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.819 And in his message. 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.940 His kingdom is not seen. 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.480 By the world today. 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.079 But one day it will be. 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.759 When Jesus returns. 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:45.680 There is another place. 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.039 Where this applies to us. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.660 That I would like to touch on here. 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.579 Many Christians. 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.720 Wrestle with what to do. 00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:54.140 With these first words. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.900 That we looked at. 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.240 We are simply looking in faith. 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.160 Trying to understand. 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.680 What these words mean. 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.440 And we are eager to follow Jesus. 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:04.840 And so many simply take these words. 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:07.000 And just apply them directly to us. 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.660 Sort of assuming that God works today. 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.860 In the exact same way. 00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:13.539 Through all of his people. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:18.340 Many who meanwhile take this as a template. 00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:20.279 For how God does ministry. 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:22.420 Through all his followers today. 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.640 Or at least as a prescription. 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.940 For how we should do it. 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:29.180 And this is perhaps. 00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.620 The most significant difference. 00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.740 Between what we believe. 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.759 In our church. 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.660 And what our brothers and sisters. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:36.440 Down the road at New Life. 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.620 Pentecostal believe. 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.080 They would say. 00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:40.320 That we all have. 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.120 This same power. 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.860 And authority. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.360 From Christ. 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.059 To drive out demons. 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.420 And to heal. 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:50.200 Whether we realize it or not. 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.500 We have it. 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:54.039 And it's left to us. 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.299 Simply to believe it. 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.900 And to use it. 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.660 Sometimes that belief. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.740 Is reflected in the way. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:03.660 That we hear our brothers and sisters pray. 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.660 When they ask for healing. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.279 Rather than. 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:06.960 You know. 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.099 Lord would you heal. 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.119 So and so. 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.640 They might say. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.359 Father in the name of Jesus. 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:14.579 We break the power of this sickness. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.460 And so and so. 00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.079 And speak your healing. 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.880 Into their body. 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:21.540 That's not just a difference. 00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:22.580 In personal style. 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.360 Or vocabulary. 00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:25.220 There is in fact. 00:23:25.280 --> 00:23:25.720 A belief. 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.440 By some. 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:29.060 That all followers of Jesus. 00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.940 Are to do. 00:23:30.260 --> 00:23:31.480 What Jesus sent out. 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:31.860 His. 00:23:32.520 --> 00:23:33.620 These 12 men to do. 00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:36.760 But what many fail to recognize. 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.600 Is that what Jesus did here. 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.420 With the apostles. 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.300 Was not intended. 00:23:42.760 --> 00:23:43.660 To set a pattern. 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:46.140 For all future followers of Jesus. 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:48.900 There was to remain. 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.759 A distinction. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.940 Between apostle. 00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:52.420 And disciple. 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.640 There were many. 00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:55.600 Who followed Jesus. 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.580 As. 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.900 A disciple. 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:00.020 But there were few. 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.960 Chosen to be. 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.040 Sent out. 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.900 And given this authority. 00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.880 And power. 00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:05.600 To preach. 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.100 As Christ's representatives. 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.640 In this way. 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.360 This is one of the pitfalls. 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.860 That we can sometimes fall into. 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.820 As we attempt to apply the Bible. 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.599 To our own lives today. 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.200 We can take a passage. 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.240 That's descriptive. 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.619 Of what happened. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.200 And we can make it. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.439 Prescriptive. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.319 Of what. 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.119 Should happen. 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.579 What has to happen. 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.259 All the time. 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.460 Or what should be the normal. 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.179 When God didn't intend it. 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.460 It's not just with the power. 00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:36.159 And the authority to heal. 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.859 That we make this mistake here. 00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:39.240 We can also make this mistake. 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.299 Even with what we read. 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.099 In verses. 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.099 Three and four. 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:44.099 Some suggest. 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.639 That the only acceptable way. 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.819 To do gospel ministry. 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.819 Or missionary work. 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.419 Is by following these parameters. 00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.539 That Jesus gave. 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.019 To. 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.399 The twelve. 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.299 Here in verse three. 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.559 By that line of thinking. 00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.859 We should never raise support. 00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:00.339 We shouldn't even pack a bag. 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.619 Or take equipment. 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.919 Or supplies with us. 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.980 But this was not intended. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.799 To be a missionary framework. 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.919 For all time. 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.240 This was for this time. 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.899 And. 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.719 Perhaps. 00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.039 For the second time. 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.759 That we'll read about. 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.539 In chapter ten. 00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.439 Jesus will even refer back. 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.500 To this moment later. 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:22.419 On the night before his death. 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.539 Luke 22. 00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.419 Verse 35. 00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.599 When I sent you out. 00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.759 Without purse. 00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.799 Bag or sandals. 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.819 Did you lack anything? 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.759 Nothing. 00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.559 They answered. 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.199 He said to them. 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.339 But now. 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.379 If you have a purse. 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.279 Take it. 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.459 And also. 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.039 A bag. 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.579 And if you don't have a sword. 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.880 Sell your cloak. 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.259 And buy one. 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.299 So Jesus point there. 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.120 Is that God is. 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.440 Is the one. 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.840 Who looks after us. 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.000 All the time. 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.960 And we can trust him. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.519 To do that. 00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.840 But. 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.920 Now. 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.420 For this. 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.240 New moment. 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.100 In Luke 22. 00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.400 A different moment. 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.000 In the story. 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.140 Requires a different way. 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.640 Of walking. 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.620 It will be the time. 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.220 For prudence. 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.920 It will be the time. 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.700 For preparation. 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:10.380 Because of what's about to happen. 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.319 Similarly. 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.740 Many Christians have looked at. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.240 Words in verse 5. 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.259 The statement about. 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.900 Shaking the dust off our feet. 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.120 And. 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.319 And just almost taking it. 00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.880 As a command. 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.940 Given to us today. 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.980 That that's how we should do ministry too. 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.779 That's how we should share the gospel too. 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.640 If people don't respond. 00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:31.100 Shake the dust off your feet. 00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.460 Don't worry about. 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.940 Trying to share with them some more. 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.100 Just go on to the next. 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.219 Christ. 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.459 The trouble with that. 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:40.619 Is knowing when we're to shake the dust off. 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:40.839 And. 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:44.119 What's the modern day equivalent of that? 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.419 I would. 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.740 Suggest that there is no modern day equivalent to this. 00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:52.659 Because we are not the apostles. 00:26:53.719 --> 00:26:55.740 Jesus has not given it to us. 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.879 To go through every town in Galilee. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.859 In a relatively short period of time. 00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:02.319 Healing and preaching the kingdom. 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:05.179 It is not given to us. 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.279 To let someone know. 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.319 That their time to receive the messenger. 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.539 Is over. 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.319 And that they're now left. 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.019 To judgment. 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.759 Think about how things go with us. 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.639 We quite often. 00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:19.899 Live among the same people for years. 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.519 And maybe we end up sharing the good news. 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.679 With some people. 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.919 Many times. 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.399 Before they either accept it. 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:29.640 Or make their rejection of it. 00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.140 Firm. 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.920 But how are we to know. 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.920 If the last time that we shared with them. 00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:37.300 Was the last opportunity. 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.160 God will give them. 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.140 We don't. 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:44.000 We run into all sorts of problems. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.120 When we don't recognize. 00:27:45.280 --> 00:27:46.280 That this passage. 00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.420 Describes. 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.700 What Jesus did. 00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:50.200 With and through the apostles. 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.559 And instead. 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.880 Try and turn this into. 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.279 Kind of a template. 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.299 For normal Christian experience. 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.059 Think back to the miracles. 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.000 For just a second. 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.160 Paul. 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.120 In a later letter. 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.299 To the Corinthian church. 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.740 Makes it. 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.039 Very clear for us. 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.519 First Corinthians chapter 12. 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.860 Verse 27. 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.319 He says. 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:11.080 Now you are the body of Christ. 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.819 And each one of you. 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.519 Is a part of it. 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.559 And God has placed in the church. 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.600 First of all. 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.279 Apostles. 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.359 Second. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.639 Prophets. 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.960 Third. 00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.799 Teachers. 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.339 Then miracles. 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.899 Then gifts of healing. 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.379 Of helping. 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.960 Of guidance. 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.059 And of different kinds of tongues. 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.519 Are all apostles. 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.119 Are all prophets. 00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.680 Are all teachers. 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:41.200 Do all work miracles. 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.879 Do all have gifts of healing. 00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.879 And he goes on from there. 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.400 Or. 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.660 The rhetorical answer. 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.700 To all of these questions. 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.780 Is definitively. 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.220 No. 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.580 No. 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.820 Not all our apostles. 00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.940 Not all our workers of miracles. 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.040 Not all our teachers. 00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.740 His point is that. 00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.820 As different parts. 00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.840 Of the body of Christ. 00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:04.480 We each play our own role. 00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.400 We each have. 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.940 Our own unique things. 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.480 That God has given us. 00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.060 To contribute. 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:11.960 It's the same. 00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:14.220 With what we read this morning. 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:16.319 The apostles had their unique role. 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.480 And part to play. 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:19.019 In God's great story. 00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:21.059 And we need to kind of. 00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.220 Figure out. 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.799 Our place in the story. 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.440 In some ways. 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.039 It's different. 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:29.299 Than what was given to the apostles. 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.059 By Jesus. 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.720 That's okay. 00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.679 That's a good thing. 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:37.779 Greatness. 00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.960 In God's kingdom. 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.000 Is not measured. 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.460 By whether we work miracles. 00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:43.360 Or cast out demons. 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.560 Or by how many people. 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.580 Come to know Jesus. 00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.220 Through us. 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.360 As Jesus. 00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.500 Says a little later. 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.539 Here in chapter nine. 00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.140 For it is the one. 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.039 Who is least. 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.740 Among you. 00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.519 All. 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.539 Who is the greatest. 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.460 And we'll get to this. 00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.519 In chapter 10. 00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.259 A little bit later. 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.940 But Jesus. 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.080 Will also say this. 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:05.039 Do not rejoice. 00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.500 That the spirits. 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.819 Submit to you. 00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.139 But rejoice. 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.159 That your names. 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.159 Are written in heaven. 00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.919 Far more important. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.679 Than what we do. 00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.399 For the Lord. 00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:17.059 Is where we stand. 00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.119 With the Lord. 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.399 We should serve him. 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.059 With humility. 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.460 And passion. 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.899 Yes. 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.319 But if we don't. 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.240 Get to heal. 00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.299 Or cast out demons. 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.019 Or write books. 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.559 Of the Bible. 00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.460 That's okay. 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.120 God has a unique. 00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.200 And special role. 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.640 For each one of us. 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.100 In his body. 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.480 In his plan. 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.039 In his great story. 00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.840 Let's pray. 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.319 Lord Jesus. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.920 We thank you. 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.799 For just the chance. 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.259 To see. 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.380 What took place. 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.000 When your son. 00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.799 Walked the earth. 00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:59.539 And we marvel at it. 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.220 The thought. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.119 Of all the miracles. 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.379 That you did. 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:06.419 And of how your truth. 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.079 Rang out. 00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.139 Into all the. 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.180 Surrounding. 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.099 Places. 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.539 It's amazing. 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.940 And we believe. 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.779 That Jesus. 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.859 Your son. 00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.519 Is. 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.720 Our Messiah. 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:20.120 God. 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:24.459 But we also think about our place in your story, Lord, as your followers. 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:28.219 And we ask that you would show us how we are to serve you. 00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:33.519 What is our part to play? 00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:40.019 How are we to relate with the people around us, Lord? 00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:45.419 In some cases, we ask for great patience. 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:51.740 To bear with those who we've maybe talked to about you many times, but they just haven't responded. 00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:57.300 Help us not to grow weary of doing what is good. 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:04.500 We thank you for your love, and we thank you that you are always with us by your Holy Spirit. 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.400 Amen.