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Last time we discussed Jesus healing the two blind men, commanding them to tell no one, but instead they proclaimed it all over the land.
Jesus healed the man with a demon and was unable to speak.
He was accused of casting out the demon by the prince of demons by the Pharisees.
And, the last discourse was on the harvest being plentiful, but the laborers few.
Now we will go into the calling and sending out of the Twelve Apostles.
Calling of The Twelve
The apostles were called earlier to be “fishers of men”.
Each one had been called in his own special way from his environment.
Christ was now calling the apostles to go forth in the fulfillment of their first call.
In a sense, we may say they were called twice - they received their commitment call, and then their commissioning call.
There are several important facts given about their commissioning call.
1.
They were called to Him (v. 1).
2. They were given power and authority (v. 1).
3. They were twelve in number (v. 2).
4. They were made apostles (v.
2).
5.
They included three sets of brothers (v.
2).
6.
They were organized two by two for ministry: according to God’s plan (v.
3).
There are three steps in the call of the disciples to the ministry.
a.
The discipleship call.
They heard about Christ, went to hear Him, and began to follow Him just as many others did.
b.
The commitment call.
There were multitudes of people following Christ, but He noticed the unusual commitment of these twelve men.
At this point, He called them to the ministry: to leave all and to begin a period of special training in order to preach and teach professionally.
Note Lu. 6:13 where Jesus called His disciples to Him, and from among the many whom He called, “He chose twelve whom also He named apostles.”
c.
The commissioning call.
Christ commissioned them to go forth with the message of salvation.
Call—Discipleship: the call of the disciples is a precious study.
Jesus called them to Him; He chose them “to be with Him” (Mk.
3:14).
They were called out from among many followers.
The disciples were given power and authority.
The power to heal and cast out demons was given to prove that Christ was truly the Son of God.
The apostles were given the same authority and power because they were being sent in His name.
They were proclaiming Him and His message to be true; they were proving it by the power given them.
Power—Authority (exousia): the Greek word means authority.
Christ was giving His own authority to His messengers.
They were sent forth by Him on His special mission; therefore, they were given His authority and power to minister.
Notice that the power to save or convert the lost is not given.
Why?
Only God can save and penetrate the spiritual world or dimension.
Man’s authority is limited to the physical world and dimension.
Unclean Spirits—Evil Spirits: evil spirits are spirits of unholy, polluted, immoral, and unjust behavior; they are spirits belonging to the ungodly realm of darkness.
Two things need to be said about evil spirits at this point.
1. Christ accepts and teaches the presence and reality of evil spirits.
He sent His apostles forth with the authority to cast them out.
2. Throughout human experience, most beliefs have extremes that arise and surround the truth of the belief.
Apostles: the disciples were twelve in number.
A teacher, including Christ, can adequately teach only so many.
Note that Christ taught some things to the multitudes; then He taught more to a much smaller number (Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and some others); and finally He taught all things to a small band of men (the twelve apostles).
We might say that He taught all He could to a small band of disciples who were to carry on His life’s work.
Should we not be discipling in the same manner?
This is where SS, Discipleship Groups, etc become critical in the life of others.
(Timothy/Barnabas).
Why did Christ select twelve special apostles instead of some other number?
There are several possible reasons.
1.
There were twelve tribes of Israel.
Israel had been the first called to be the people of God.
Christ wanted to reach out to Israel first and to give them a last chance.
Therefore, He wanted an apostle to represent each of the twelve tribes, to equal the twelve patriarchs of Israel, that is, to equal Jacob’s sons.
The number twelve was symbolizing that He was making an attempt to reach all Israel.
2. The Jews had been the first called by God.
Therefore, they were to be the first called by God’s Son.
The twelve apostles were to be the representatives of Christ who were to bring Israel’s twelve tribes to God the Father. .
3. The twelve apostles were to be the patriarchs, the heads, the apostles of the new Israel.
An apostle is a representative, an ambassador, a person who is sent out into one country to represent another country.
Three things are true of the apostle.
⇒ He belongs to the One who has sent him out.
⇒ He is commissioned to be sent out.
⇒ He possesses all the authority and power of the One who sends him out.
Christ seemed to arrange the apostles two by two; note how Matthew groups them by two’s.
Several lessons can be immediately drawn from this.
(1) We need each other, someone with whom we can be close in fellowship and ministry.
(2) We need to go forth together two by two.
(3) We need to organize for ministry.
What if we were to disciple 12 people in our lifetimes?
How much more could be done to take the gospel to the world?
Commissioning of the Twelve
This is the commission of our Lord to His apostles.
It was the very first expedition they had been sent out on all alone.
Note how carefully Jesus instructed them and the clear implications for His followers in every generation.
1. Jesus sent out His disciples: instructed them, “Go” (v.
5).
2. First, go to Israel: to the lost of one’s own house (v. 6).
3. Second, preach: the Kingdom of Heaven is near (v.
7).
4. Third, minister: sharing freely (v.
8).
5. Fourth, receive compensation (vv.
9–10).
6. Fifth, seek a worthy host (v.
11).
7. Sixth, plan your ministry and your visits (vv.
12–15).
Commission—Call—Ministers - Jesus sent forth His disciples, commanding them.
Note that Jesus did not send forth every disciple who was following Him.
Only a few were chosen to serve as special messengers who were to devote all their time to preaching and ministering.
A person is sent forth by Jesus; he does not choose to go forth.
If he does, he goes forth in his own strength and power.
He cannot expect the power of Christ.
The ministry is not a profession; it is a commission.
Christ calls and commissions.
The man who chooses to be a minister without a true call and commissioning of the Lord experiences four things.
(1) He finds himself ministering primarily in his own strength.
(2) He often finds his heart void and feels the constant pressure of having to come up with human ideas and human programs.
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