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0:00Jesus summoned [music] his 12 disciples
0:02and gave them authority over unclean
0:05spirits to cast them out and to heal
0:09every kind of disease and every kind of
0:11sickness.
0:13Now the names of the twel apostles
0:15[music] are these. The first Simon who
0:18is called Peter and Andrew his brother
0:22and James the son of Zebedee and John
0:24his brother. Philip and Bartholomew,
0:27Thomas and [music] Matthew the tax
0:29collector, James the son of Alphus and
0:32Thaddius,
0:33Simon the Zealot and Judas Escariat, the
0:37one who betrayed him.
0:40These 12 Jesus sent out after
0:43instructing them, "Do not go in the way
0:46of the Gentiles, and do not enter any
0:50city of the Samaritans, but rather go to
0:53the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
0:55And as you go, preach, saying, The
0:59kingdom of heaven is at hand.
1:02Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
1:06the lepers, cast out demons.
1:10Freely you have received. Freely give.
1:17Do not acquire gold or silver or copper
1:20for your money belts or a bag for your
1:23journey or even two coats or sandals or
1:28a staff. For the worker is worthy of his
1:31support.
1:33And whatever city or village you enter,
1:37inquire who is worthy in it and stay at
1:40his house until you leave that city.
1:45As you enter the house, give it your
1:47greeting.
1:49If the house is worthy, give it your
1:51blessing of peace.
1:54But if it is not worthy, take back your
1:56blessing of peace.
1:59Whoever does not receive you nor heed
2:01your words as you go out of that house
2:05or that city, shake the dust off your
2:08feet.
2:10Truly, I say to you, it will be more
2:12tolerable for the land of Sodom and
2:14Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
2:17that city."
2:20So
2:21right here we're seeing
2:24Matthew describe the 12 apostles,
2:28apostles of the lamb. There were only
2:3112. Judas became a betrayer and so they
2:34replaced him so that there would only
2:36ever be 12.
2:39And there will only ever be 12. Nobody
2:41can ever be an apostle of the lamb.
2:43[music] They had a very specific calling
2:45as those who knew the Lord, as those who
2:48received his teaching firsthand, and as
2:51those who had the mission of taking it
2:53to the rest of the world. And in this
2:56scenario, this is his first exercise in
3:00ministry and he's giving them the grace,
3:03[clears throat] the power, the
3:04instructions.
3:06One of the more notable things here is
3:08the discussion about the house and the
3:11greeting and the blessing and the
3:13worthiness.
3:15And
3:17it's an interesting equation because we
3:20think that worthy means that we are
3:23better than other people. But that's not
3:26what worthy means here. Worthy means we
3:29are humble and receptive to those whom
3:33God sends even when they show up in
3:36forms we don't expect. Worthy means we
3:40recognize the voice of God even when it
3:43comes looking like Peter or Andrew or
3:45Matthew the former tax collector.
3:48And when when we receive the messenger
3:52of God in that manner, then there is a
3:55blessing of peace that comes on us. When
3:59we say blessed is he that comes in the
4:01name of the Lord, then we learn what
4:04makes for our peace. There is a grace of
4:08shalom. There is an ordering of that
4:11house. There is a rhythm in that house.
4:14There is a healing, a forgiveness, a
4:17joy, a love in that house that comes
4:21from accepting
4:24the messenger that the Lord would send.
4:26Certainly the apostles, but sometimes
4:29far less than they.
4:32Behold, I send you out as sheep in the
4:34midst of wolves. So be shrewd as
4:36serpents and innocent as doves.
4:40But beware of men,
4:42for they will hand you over to the
4:44courts and scourge you in their
4:46synagogues,
4:48and you will even be brought before
4:50governors and kings for my sake as a
4:54testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
4:58Now Jesus is speaking beyond that
5:00focused commission that he started with
5:02and now he's talking about all of us
5:03because he told the focused commission,
5:05don't go to the Gentiles. Now he's
5:08saying you will be taken to the
5:09Gentiles. So it's bigger than than the
5:13focused commission.
5:15But when they hand you over, do not
5:17worry about how or what you are to say.
5:20For it will be given you in that hour
5:22what you are to say.
5:25For it is not you who speak, but it is
5:27the spirit of your father who speaks in
5:30you.
5:32Brother will betray brother to death and
5:34a father his child. and children will
5:38rise up against parents and cause them
5:40to be put to death.
5:43You will be hated by all because of my
5:45name, but it is the one who has endured
5:48to the end who will be saved.
5:52But whenever they persecute you in one
5:54city, flee to the next.
5:57For truly I say to you, you will not
5:59finish going through the cities of
6:01Israel until the Son of Man comes.
6:06So this is now more prophetic
6:08instruction
6:10of the ministry of the church even after
6:13Jesus has departed.
6:15And in this section there are several
6:17things that that are very powerful.
6:21One of the things is Jesus says that
6:24when you are put on the spot and asked
6:28to give a witness, do not be anxious or
6:32worry about how you are going to
6:34perform.
6:35Why? Because it will not be you
6:39speaking,
6:41but it will be given you what you should
6:44say.
6:46So there is this sense in which he's
6:48telling us we will be speaking it will
6:51not be us speaking
6:54and if you understand that you
6:56understand the principle of anointing
6:58and inspiration
7:01and you even understand the secret to
7:03the whole conflict between grace and
7:06works
7:09because the grace of God does not
7:11preclude human activity. ity.
7:15It pre it precludes human activity that
7:18is just human activity but it allows for
7:22God to work in us to will and do his
7:25good pleasure.
7:28So we can say it is not me but God is
7:31using me.
7:33That's the works that Matthew spoke of
7:36when he said when he quoted Jesus, "Let
7:39your light so shine before men that they
7:42may see your good works and glorify
7:44someone else, your father in heaven."
7:46How does he say it will not be you
7:49speaking,
7:50but it will be given you what you should
7:52say. Does that mean we won't open our
7:54mouths or utter words? No. No, it means
7:56we won't do it on our inspiration, on
8:00our courage, on our insight, on our
8:03wisdom. It won't be us.
8:07But these are the works that God has
8:09prepared before the foundation of the
8:11world that we should walk in. These are
8:13the works of God and not of men.
8:17A disciple is not above his teacher, nor
8:19a slave above his master. It is enough
8:21for the disciple that he become like his
8:23teacher and the slave like his master.
8:27If they called the head of the house be
8:29elbub, how much more will they malign
8:32the members of his household?
8:34Therefore, do not fear them. For there
8:37is nothing concealed that will not be
8:40revealed or hidden that will not be made
8:42known.
8:43What I tell you in the darkness, speak
8:45in the light. And what you hear
8:47whispered in the ear, proclaim upon the
8:50rooftops.
8:52Do not fear those who kill the body but
8:54are unable to kill the soul but rather
8:57fear him who is able to destroy both
8:59body and soul in hell.
9:03Okay. So in this equation Jesus has just
9:08said in the previous section that
9:13his will his purpose and his message is
9:17going to cause trouble.
9:19And where is that trouble going to show
9:20up? In your own house. A man's enemies
9:23will be those of his own household.
9:25Brother will betray brother and cause
9:27them to be put to death. It's not going
9:29to be a foreign enemy coming from over
9:31the sea. It's going to be your friend.
9:33It's going to be your brother. It's
9:35going to be your children, your parents.
9:38And what that wants to do to us is make
9:40us hide in fear. And so Jesus starts
9:43this next section by saying, "You're not
9:47better than your master. It's enough for
9:50you to be like your master." And so when
9:51you see how mean they treat me, know
9:54they're going to treat you worse.
9:57They're going to treat you worse.
10:00And his answer to this treatment is,
10:02"Therefore, do not fear them."
10:06And then he says, "For there is nothing
10:09concealed which will not be revealed or
10:11hidden that will not be disclosed." And
10:13what do you think he's talking about?
10:15Is God going to one day disclose all of
10:18our rebellion and sin if we don't
10:20repent? Yes. But that's not what he's
10:22talking about. He's saying, "Don't fear
10:25them because they can't hide your
10:27message.
10:29I've put truth inside of you and they
10:31can't conceal it. I've put promise
10:34inside of you and they can't hide it.
10:37Listen, let me prove it. There is
10:39nothing hidden that will not be there is
10:41nothing concealed that will not be
10:43revealed or hidden that will not be made
10:44known. What I tell you in the darkness
10:49that's hidden that's concealed. Speak in
10:53the light and what you hear as from
10:57Jesus whispered in your ear or whispered
11:00from the Holy Spirit. Proclaim upon the
11:03housetops.
11:04Climb up on the top of your roof and
11:08raise your voice and speak the truth.
11:12Speak the message.
11:15And don't let fear silence the hope that
11:19God has hidden in you. This is where
11:23it's hidden. This is where it's
11:25concealed. And this is where it's
11:27revealed. The light of your example of
11:31your life is where it's revealed.
11:35And he goes on, he says what he said
11:37earlier in the biatitude. Remember he
11:38says here,
11:40"Are not two sparrows sold for a scent?
11:44And yet not one of them will fall to the
11:46ground apart from your father.
11:48But the very hairs of your head are all
11:50numbered. So do not fear. You are more
11:54valuable than many sparrows. He does say
11:56that there's one that we should fear.
12:00There's a wrong kind of fear. It's the
12:02fear of man.
12:04It's what am I going to suffer if I do
12:06what is right? That's the wrong kind of
12:08fear. But he says, I'll tell you who you
12:10should fear.
12:12Fear him who [clears throat] can destroy
12:14both body and soul in hell. Who is that?
12:17That's God.
12:19The only one we should fear is God. I am
12:22afraid to dishonor you, to disobey you
12:26because I know that kind of cowardice
12:29will place me outside the gates. That
12:32kind of cowardice puts me on the
12:34Broadway that leads to destruction. That
12:37kind of cowardice makes me in danger of
12:40body and soul being destroyed in hell.
12:44This is also a reminder that what we
12:46suffer in hell will be a physical pain,
12:49not merely a mental or disembodied pain.
12:54It will be a a visceral pain. Body and
12:58soul in hell.
13:02So do not fear. You are more valuable
13:05than many sparrows. Therefore, everyone
13:08who confesses me before men, I also will
13:12confess him before my father who is in
13:15heaven.
13:16But whoever denies me before men, I will
13:20also deny him before my father who is in
13:24heaven. Do not think that I came to
13:29bring peace on the earth. I did not come
13:32to bring peace, but a sword.
13:35For I came to set a man against his
13:37father, and a daughter [clears throat]
13:39against her mother, and a
13:40daughter-in-law against her
13:41mother-in-law, and a man's enemies will
13:44be the members of his household.
13:47He who loves father or mother more than
13:49me is not worthy of me.
13:53And he who loves son or daughter more
13:54than me is not worthy of me.
13:57And he who does not take up his cross
13:59and follow me is not worthy of me. He
14:03who has found his life will lose it. And
14:06he who has lost his life for my sake
14:09will find it. We started this chapter
14:12with Jesus telling the disciples to look
14:14for houses that are worthy. And now we
14:17get into who's worthy. If you love
14:21anything more than him, more than his
14:24appearing at your doorstep, you're not
14:26worthy.
14:28But if you speak and confess and live
14:32out the change he's worked in your life,
14:35you're worthy.
14:37But if you deny him, he's going to deny
14:39you. And and the the thing that's going
14:42to make us afraid is if we think that he
14:46came to make our life easy
14:49and then we are shocked when it becomes
14:51very hard. So Jesus uses this phrase do
14:55not think
14:57and that just means in the Greek don't
14:59imagine don't have a fantasy that I came
15:03to make your life calm.
15:06I did not come for that reason. I came
15:08to make it warlike.
15:10And if you're not ready for war, you're
15:13not ready to be mine.
15:15Because you're going to find this war in
15:17your house. You're going to find it with
15:19your relatives. You're going to find it
15:21in the streets. You're going to find it
15:23in your culture. You're going to find it
15:26in your own heart
15:28as there's a war that Paul says is
15:30raging inside of us. So, you can't have
15:33an expectation. Do not think that you
15:36became a Christian for everything to
15:39become easy and calm. You became a
15:41Christian so that you could have the
15:43power over him who was destroying you,
15:46over him who was killing you. That is
15:49sin [music] and the devil. But it's not
15:51going to be easy. But he's going to be
15:54with you.
15:56He who receives you receives me. And he
16:00who receives me receives him who sent
16:02me. He who receives a prophet in the
16:05name of a prophet shall receive a
16:07prophet's reward. And he who receives a
16:10[music] righteous man in the name of a
16:12righteous man shall receive a righteous
16:14man's reward.
16:16And whoever [music]
16:17in the name of a disciple gives to one
16:20of these little ones even a cup of cold
16:22water to drink, truly I say to you, he
16:25shall not lose his reward. Let me unpack
16:28this and then we'll be done with this
16:29chapter.
16:31He finishes here where he started.
16:34Whoever receives you, whoever welcomes
16:37the ministry of Christ into their life
16:40is not receiving the person but Jesus
16:44the father who sent him.
16:47And then he says, "But you're going to
16:49speak things." And when people act on
16:52the things that you speak, it can be as
16:54small as giving a cup of water in a
16:58disciple's name or authority. and
17:00[music] you're going to get the same
17:01reward as the disciple who came to your
17:04village. So if you go hear Peter preach
17:07and he preaches on love, loving your
17:09neighbor, and you realize you could love
17:11your neighbor by giving them a cup of
17:12cold water in the name and authority of
17:15Peter who preached, then you're going to
17:17get the same reward as Peter who went to
17:19your town. That's how God looks at
17:22acting on his word. Whether it's
17:25speaking it as a message, living it as a
17:28lifestyle, giving it in expressions of
17:31love, don't conceal [music] it. Reveal
17:34it. Don't disclose it. Don't hide it.
17:38Only be afraid not of being thought evil
17:42or mistreated by the world. But be
17:44afraid of denying the Lord because you
17:47don't want him to deny you before the
17:49father.
18:03>> [music]

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