E8: The Calling of his disciples
Word: Luke 9:6 “So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere”
After Jesus had tempted the devil in the wilderness, he went to the Sea of Galilee, and said to Peter and Andre, fishermen, "Follow me."(Mt 4:19). He also calls James and John (Mt 4:21). Then they immediately left the boat and their father and follow Him. Luke says, "They forsook all and followed Him(5:11)." It's perfect obedience. And they have been disciples of Jesus for more than three years.
Jesus called his disciples, choose twelve of them, and named them apostles (Lk 6:13), and gives them power and authority to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick (Lk 9:2). They departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere around the villages. (Lk 9:6)
Jesus called and made his chosen disciple, and taught with him, and gave him authority as an apostle, that he might proclaimed the Gospel. Jesus was sent to deliver the Gospel to heaven. In Mark Chapter 1, verses 38, "For this purpose I have come forth". Luke says through Isaiah's prophet in 4:18, "He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor." We who believe in the Lord, with Jesus Christ, are those who have been called by Jesus for the proclamation of the gospel. I pray in God's name that you may be completely obedient, as Peter and Andre were, and so did James and John. We are all called for the proclamation of the gospel, and I hope that we will become missionaries who live a life worthy of being called.
Thank you
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