Jesus sent 70 disciples to go and preach. He said the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few and therefore we should pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send forth labourers to harvest.
The need is not the call to go but the call to pray.
He sent them as lambs among wolves. Wolves are always stronger than lambs and can devour them anytime. We see thus that the disciples are weak and must rely wholly on the Lord for protection and preservation.
Are you overconfident that you overcome without the Lord's help? You'll be a total failure. You are as weak as a lamb in the midst of wolves and only if the Lord goes with you will you be able to stand and overcome everything. Rely on the Lord for your preservation.
They were not to carry anything or greet anyone. Wherever they were invited they were to say peace be in this house. They were to remain where they were welcomed. They were to heal the sick and preach the kingdom of God. Wherever they were not invited they were to wipe of the dust of their feet. It will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that city.
It is a serious thing when we reject God's genuine servants, but these days there are so many deceivers more than genuine prophets of God. How do you know the false prophets from the true prophets? Study the messages of the old testament prophets, and seek God in prayer for a witness in your heart.
The reason the miracles were performed were to lead people to repentance to to make a name to the miracle workers. The messages of true prophets always lead you back to God in repentance from sin in in faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Listening to the true servants is listening to God because they are leading you to God and rejecting them is rejecting God because it was God who was calling you through them.
When they returned they had great joy and said that even the demons were subject to them in their name.
He told them not to rejoice in what they had done for God but to rejoice only in what God had done for them.
Do you rejoice in what you do for God? The agenda for our rejoicing should be what God has done for us.
Jesus saw satan fall from heaven as lightning . He gave the disciples power to trample over snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means harm us. Hallelujah.
Are you a disciple of Jesus? If yes, you have power over ALL THE POWER OF THE DEVIL. By that authority you can stop the operations of the devil against you. Is the devil surpressing you in any area in your life? First of all before using your authority check whether you have submitted to God in every area of your life, then you resist him and will flee from you.
You can make declarations and against the works of the devil in your life and that will be the end of it, but remember it's only for disciples, those who have given their whole lives unreservedly to Christ. If you are living in sin or having hidden sin in your heart and you try to resist the devil, your words will be powerless and the devil will laugh at you and continue harassing you.
Nothing shall by any means harm a true Christian. Whatever the devil tries to do to harm them, God causes it to work for their good, to become more like Christ. There are no wasted experiences in the lives of the true disciples. Both good and evil experiences leave them better Christians because God is still in control and will never allow an experience without a purpose. Even the disciplining itself is to make us partake of His holiness. Heb 12:6-14
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