Matthew 10

Qualifications for The Twelve Apostles

Right after Jesus’ injunction to ask for laborers we find the twelve apostles listed (vv. 1-5). The qualifications for being an apostle were as follows:

1. Must have seen the risen Christ (1st Corinthians 9:1) …

The Service of Christian Workers

If you tell others about me, I will tell others that you belong to me, but if you reject me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you don’t belong to me (vv. 32-33). Once we have identified our self with Jesus Christ, we are part of a war that started between God and Satan back in Genesis 3:15 …

Religious Opposition to Christ’s Followers

Jesus spelled out that living for Him would not be easy and that it would be like sheep living among wolves (v. 16). The words of the Lord had application in His own lifetime and was certainly demonstrated in the lives of the Apostles after Jesus had ascended into heaven. It seems that the …