The Ordinary Are Chosen

Time To Train

the Pharisees are now plotting to kill Jesus

Jesus is ruining their happy religion

their religion of works

which is the basis of all satanic religions

Jesus has a group of disciples that follow Him #?

from this group He will choose His Apostles

the ones that He will spend the most time with

ones that will live with Jesus as he travels

ones who will go out on short mission trips

sort of like what Allison does

these men will be taught by Jesus

they will watch Jesus in action

Jesus will rebuke them for their lack of faith

being selfish

being childish,

and fighting

these men are The ones to start the new Church

These men are going to take over when Jesus is gone

.But most of the teachings of Jesus will go over their heads These are the men that Jesus chose

These are the men that the father gave to Him

read Luke 6 12 - 19

Jesus Prayed

V 12

Jesus was alone in secluded place

all night He prayed

all night He was in communion with His Father

Jesus knew that His life would be tougher

Jesus knew the religious people was trying to kill Him

Jesus knew these ordinary men that He would choose would be a struggle

Jesus knew that these men would need prayer to remain faithful

their life would be difficult

they would be under the microscope of the world

they would die a martyrs death

so Jesus prayed all night

Jesus the Spirit and the Father were in communion

as the trinity

as God Jesus always prayed in the will of the Father

unlike some of ours that are in the will of me

when was the last time we prayed all night because lives depended on it

Twelve Ordinary Men

out of all the disciples that was with Jesus at that time V 13 - 15

all of these men were ordinary working class men

their power was in the Lord to do great things

God used their abilities, their background

God made them who they are

and God uses that

but any power comes from the Holy Spirit

also comes through communion with the Father

The Training Begins

V 17

through His works Jesus is teaching the Apostles

V 18-19

what is Jesus teaching?

compassion

understanding of the needs of the people

time is short the needs are great

He was always to be about the will of the Father

Jesus was teaching these ordinary men

to be the leaders of the church

we are just as ordinary

our faith is not that big

we are not the scholars

but Jesus has called us to be who we are

do we need the training by the Holy Spirit Yes

do we need to be disciplined? yes

do we need need to follow in the foot steps of Jesus? Yes

we have works that the Father has put before us

the only way we are going to be successful in the good works is by grace

by the power of the spirit

,ordinary people used by Jesus for extraordinary works