When God Says …
“And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.” (Luke 9:6 KJV).
This passage tells us that the twelve Apostles, after having been given their marching instructions, left to do their appointed mission. They went from village to village, to carry out the Lord’s commission, proclaiming the gospel and performing miracles to heal people’s diseases, casting out demons and raise the dead. This event marks a significant moment where the Lord Jesus empowers and commissions His twelve closest disciples to actively participate in His ministry. This serves as their training ground of their life's mission that they will carry on, pass on to other disciples and to us now that follow them by faith in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Lord Jesus Christ ordained them with power and authority to heal, to cast out demons and to raise the dead (Matthew 10:8). The miracles are meant for signs to validate the good news about the kingdom of God—which in this instance they are instructed to share only with the Jews that are willing to hear the Lord’s message of the Gospel that the Kingdom of God is at hand (Matthew 10:5-7). Everywhere they go, in the context of their basic ability and capability to travel, they freely healed those who need healing that come their way.
This empowerment is for us too. With Apostle Paul's edifying words to Timothy, we too are commissioned. As children of God by faith in our Jesus Christ we are charged to be ready in every season for our call to share the Good News of the kingdom of God. It is written Scriptures say: “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching” (2 Timothy 4:1-2 ESV).
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.
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