Lesson 5110

 (Lesson 5110)(01-28-26) Matthew 10:1-6 

   “And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 

 

   In today’s quote, Jesus named then empowered his twelve apostles with authority over spirits and disease, commissioning them to preach the coming kingdom exclusively to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" while expressly forbidding them from entering the ways of the Gentiles or the cities of the Samaritans. This point is important to remember because Christianity could not then be taught because Jesus had not completed His divine mission and sacrifice for the sins of all who would come to believe in Him. ~