"Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."
In today's lesson Jesus warned about the wrath of God that would come upon the cities in which His word had been preached and ignored. Then, He warned that God would be more lenient upon those who had not heard His word His word at all, than He would be toward those who had indeed both heard His word, and rejected it.
In the latter part of the lesson, Jesus reaffirms His promise to give His followers the power they would need to overcome any obstacle that might confront them as they traveled to spread His blessed word.
In the last sentence of the lesson, Jesus told His disciples not to be happy about the fact that He had given them the powers, but to rejoice because their names were written in heaven.
This lesson also directly applies to those of us who are followers of Christ Jesus today.~
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