Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
(From: MATTHEW #15 - 9:35-10:5a)
XI. 9:35-11:1 CHRIST'S METHOD OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL
A. 9:35-10:5a ENLARGEMENT OF THE MINISTRY: DIVINE STRATEGY
1. 9:35 TEACHING, PREACHING AND HEALING DEMONSTRATION
Kai pe-riEgen ho IeSOUS tas POleis PAsas kai tas KOmas[2968],
And :Jesus went about all the cities and the villages,
diDAskon en tais su-na-goGAIS auTON, kai keRUSson [2784]to eu-agGEli-on [2098]tes ba-siLEIas [932],
teaching in their :synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
kai the-raPEUon [2323]PAsan NOson [3554]kai PAsan ma-laKIan [3119].
and healing every sickness and every infirmity.
2. 9:36-10:1 COMPASSION ON SHEEP - LABORERS COMMISSIONED
a. 9:36 PITY: JESUS REACTS TO SHEPHERDLESS SHEEP
I-DON de tous OCHlous, e-splagchNISthe[4697]peRI auTON,
But seeing the crowds, he was moved with pity for them,
HOti Esan e-skulMEnoi [1590]kai e-rimMEnoi [4496], hoSEI PROba-ta [4263]me Echon-ta poiMEna [4168].
because they were distressed and scattered, as if sheep having no shepherd.
b. 9:37 Then says he to his :disciples, The harvest indeed isplenteous, but the laborers arefew.
TOte LEgei tois ma-theTAIS auTOU, Ho men the-risMOS [2326]poLUS, hoi de erGAtai [2040]oLIgoi.
c. 9:38 Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his :harvest.
deEthe-te [1189]oun tou KuRIou tou the-risMOU [2326], HOpos emBAleerGAtas eis ton the-risMON auTOU.
d. 10:1 JESUS' IMMEDIATE SOLUTION: THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TWELVE
Kai pro-ska-leSAme-nos [4341] tous DOde-ka ma-theTAS auTOU,
And he called to him his twelve :disciples,
Edo-ken auTOIS e-xouSIan [1849]pneuMAton a-kaTHARton [169],
andgave them authority over unclean spirits,
HOste ekBALlein [1544]auTA, kai the-roPEUein [2323]PAsan NOson [3554]kai PAsan ma-laKIan [3119].
so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every infirmity.
3. 10:2-4 NAMES OF THE TWELVE
Ton de DOde-ka a-poSTOlon [652]ta oNOmaTA estin TAUta:
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these:
PROtos, SImon, ho leGOme-nos PEtros, kai AnDREas ho a-delPHOS auTOU;
Thefirst, Simon, :called Peter, and Andrew his :brother;
kai IAko-bos ho tou Ze-beDAIou, kai IoAnes ho a-delPHOS auTOU;
and James the son of :Zebedee, and John his :brother;
PHIlip-pos, kai Bar-tho-loMAIos; ThoMAS, kai MathTHAIos ho teLOnes [5057];
3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;
IAko-bos ho tou AlPHAIou, kai ThadDAIos;
James the sonof :Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
SImon ho Ka-naNAIos, kai IOUdas ho I-ska-riOtes, ho kai pa-raDOUS [3860] auTON.
4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas :Iscariot, who also delivered him up.
4. 10:5a SENDING OF THE TWELVE: CHALLENGE
TOUtous tous DOde-ka aPEstei-len [649]ho IeSOUS, pa-ragGEIlas [3853]auTOIS, LEgon,
These :twelve :Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying,
NOTE: 9:36-10:1 - In Hebrew thought, human emotions are linked with body parts. Deep feelings of pity and compassion are linked with the intestines (e-splagchNISthe). This is easy to see. When we see an animal being hit and wounded by a car on a road, many people feel an inner pain of hurt or pity. This is what Jesus as Son of man felt for the shepherdless people of His day.
Notice next that He immediately offered a practical solution. To His disciples He said, Pray the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Straightway He commissioned His 12 disciples with authorityto do the same miraculous ministry of healing and casting out demons that He did. As wepray to the Father in Jesus' Name - Hewill raise up leaders like the apostle Paul in these last days!
Judas too received authority in this way, but it did notguarantee his salvation. Instead, he fits into the passage in Matthew 7:15-23 of false prophets, who felt because they prophesied in Jesus' name, cast out demons and in His Name did many mighty works, that He would surely receive them! But He called them workers of lawlessness, of whom Judas was one, and some of the professing evangelists of our day.
Be not deceived - all that glitters is notgold; and all professing Christians will not make heaven's pearly gates. Weoften lower the bars of the Kingdom of heaven to encourage goats in. But God's Kingdom rules refusethe goats, and only receive true sheep. Jesus advised us to make our calling and election sure. We should notjust hope so - we should press in until we know so! He who endures to the endshall be saved - Jesus' words! J.A.W.
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