Jesus Sends Out His Disciples From this passage we see that we are ambassadors sent to represent Christ in this world. It is
important to note that God did not promise to duplicate in our age the special ministry and power
He gave His apostles and to the Seventy (Matt 9:1). Our Lord’s commission to us emp …
Return of the Seventy The events of this chapter should not be confused with the sending out of the twelve apostles,
even
though there are similarities in the instructions given. The twelve apostles ministered in Galilee
while these seventy disciples were sent into Judea. In this passage we find …
The Parable of the Good Samaritan A certain lawyer, who was an expert in the law, asked Jesus “What shall I do to inherit eternal
life?” (v. 25). It was a good question asked with a bad motive, because the lawyer wanted to trap
our Lord. Jesus, as He often did, simply answered hi …
Mary and Martha are Contrasted This familiar story appears only in Luke, yet these two ladies, Mary and Martha, are among the
most famous of all Bible characters. The village where Martha opened her home to Jesus was
Bethany, which was just a few miles east of Jerusalem (v. 38). Jesus stays in Bethany duri …
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Jesus Sends Out His Disciples
From this passage we see that we are ambassadors sent to represent Christ in this world. It is important to note that God did not promise to duplicate in our age the special ministry and power He gave His apostles and to the Seventy (Matt 9:1). Our Lord’s commission to us emp …
Return of the Seventy
The events of this chapter should not be confused with the sending out of the twelve apostles, even though there are similarities in the instructions given. The twelve apostles ministered in Galilee while these seventy disciples were sent into Judea. In this passage we find …
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
A certain lawyer, who was an expert in the law, asked Jesus “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (v. 25). It was a good question asked with a bad motive, because the lawyer wanted to trap our Lord. Jesus, as He often did, simply answered hi …
Mary and Martha are Contrasted
This familiar story appears only in Luke, yet these two ladies, Mary and Martha, are among the most famous of all Bible characters. The village where Martha opened her home to Jesus was Bethany, which was just a few miles east of Jerusalem (v. 38). Jesus stays in Bethany duri …