Luke 9,1-6

1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in your purse:
4 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
5 And he said unto them, Into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart.
6 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye depart out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

Hello everyone, I am kiki. Chinese name of our second phase of the program is “读经大讲堂“. The English name is “Bible study”.

We will adopt a relaxed also enjoyable learning mode to take you into a new learning world. Each time I will make a personal summary and analysis from the perspective of a learner, and then Sister Ingrid will help me conduct in-depth learning and problem discussions with everybody.

I hope that such an interesting and interactive process can bring new knowledge experience to you all. The following is my interview with sister on related issues. Today is thetwenty-twolecture on the Gospel of Luke.

Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion!

2.My summary of Luketwenty-two -time study:

Well, everybody! Firstly, is still my today’s personal study summary.

It is just a short section also easy for understanding.

Jesus called His twelve closest followers—the disciples—and gave them supernatural power to drive out demons and heal every kind of sickness.

He then sent them out two by two to tell people about God’s kingdom and to heal the sick everywhere.

Jesus told them to travel light: don’t bring extra staff, money, or clothes. Instead, they should stay in the first house that welcomed them and live off its hospitality.

If a town refused to listen or help them, they were to leave and shake the dust off their feet as a symbol that the town had rejected God’s message. So the disciples went through villages preaching good news and healing people all along the way.

Now let Ingrid sister make a go further summary.

Hello everybody: This mission of the 12 aposteles was really interessting: First they got power to help others by healing them and drive out demons, but the mission was a spiritual training for them too: They had to learn to live only by Gods grace and dependence.

They had to confide, that there will come somebody who supplies their material needs or that God does a miracle for to fullfill them, as the scene when they found a coin in the mouth of a fish or when Israel was in dessert, they walked and their clothes did not fade away.

Often, when we do things in the name of the Lord for others, we learn about the caracter of God and the life with Jesus, too.

Another outstanding point to me is, that Jesus does not discriminate, Judas Iskariot, who was identified by Jesus as a betrayer has got the same powers as the others disciples. At the end it was he himself who refused this powers.

The next point to consider is, that these powers did not end with the death and resurection of Jesus. When we go to the book of acts, the apostels have still these powers.

3.Sister’s comment from my studying summary:

4. Q list part: base on Luke 22th items:

Okay. Base on above bible study content, now let me ask sister some related questions.

We hope the following questions can be helpful to our brothers and sisters who have just become Christians.

1.What special authority did Jesus give to His twelve disciples?

He gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

2.Did Jesus mean should send the disciples out “two by two”?

In this text, we do not learn if he sends them out two by two. When he sends out the 70 disiples later, he sent them out two by two.

3.What were the disciples supposed to preach on their journey?

He sent them to preach the kingdom of God

4.What instructions did Jesus give about what to pack for their trip?

They should not take anything with them on their journey.

5.Why were they told to stay in one house rather than move around?

When someone preaches the kingdom of God, it is not a ministry for one day.

Jesus himself stayed in the town of the samaritians various day until all have understood the message of the kingdom of God.

Preaching the Gospel takes time and one should not leave before the person has understood.

6.What does shaking dust off their feet symbolize?

Shaking the dust from the feet means, you don t want to have anything in common with that place. You would like to be as you had never been there.

7.How do you think traveling light helped the disciples focus on their mission?

Traveling light helps to focus on God. They had to pray, that God provides everything and that all their earthly needs are supplied.

Jesus preached before: Search first the kingdom of God and his rightiousness and you will get all other things added.

With this instruction, to travel without anything, they could proof if they understood the lesson of seeking God first.

8.What does this passage teach about trusting God versus relying on money and supplies?

They gave up a part of their independence. It is a challenge for us, too. Do we believe in our education an strength or do we think on Jesus when we ask for daily supply.

9.Can you imagine a modern example of “preaching the kingdom of God” and “healing the sick”?

I had in the South of Germany two friends, who tried it: They traveled one month in the area there around and took nothing with them. They were preaching the Gospel and they got everything they needed. If I remember right, they took their sleeping bags with them, but nothing more. When they came back, they told, that it was amazing.

At lunchtime today, we talked about many years ago, when I was sick and God healed me. The lady who was with us, told, that her sister was already death, her heartbeat stopped, but she arose again from death.

10.How would you feel if you were sent out to help people with just the clothes on your back?

Like a girl-scout. When I was in the girl-Scout group, we took only the esential things with us, but we had intense times of prayer and a lot of children we had in our group opened their heart for Jesus.

Material things often are a lot of baggage on the way to heaven.