Mark 6:7-13

1. Position yourself to hear God

 

2. Pore over the passage and paraphrase the main points

 

3. Pull out the spiritual principles

 

4. Pose the question

 

5. Plan obedience and pin down a date

Mark 6:7-13 New International Version (NIV)

7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. 8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

Paraphrase

• Disciples were sent out in two's and were given authority over unclean spirits
• Jesus told them what they could take with them.  There were to be no extras
• Stay in one place until you leave the town
• If you are not received well then leave the place and shake off the dust as testimony against the people of that town
• The disciples preached repentance, drove out demons and made sick people well

Principles

• There is accountability in pairs
• They had authority from God and carried out only what God told them to do, nothing more
• We are not called to persuade but to share the truth.  If people dont't listen then we move on
• The disciples carried on the work that Jesus had started and we are called to the same

Questions

• Are we doing what God has asked of us or more than that?
• Are we reliant on God for all our needs?
• Are we teaching the truth or doing God's job in trying to persuade people?