Monday, July 30, 2012

Traveling by Faith



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Matthew 10
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles
Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 
 
The apostle Paul would follow in the same ministry until Acts 18:6:

But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, 'Your blood be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'”
As his Savior before him, Paul wished to share the knowledge of God's grace through Jesus Christ to the people of Israel first (Romans 1:16), as he recognized they were part of God's plan to save humankind (see Romans 11). 
 
The disciples' ministry to the people of Israel was yet another example of God's grace, and has great implications for us raised to know Christ though have strayed along the way.

Jesus' instructions in Matthew 10 go against everything we know about missions planning: He essentially tells them to depend upon the provision of God. They were not to carry extra money, clothing, or supplies—their order: travel by faith, an assignment to which God has called several: Abraham being a prime example(Genesis 12:1). 

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