Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-30

We learned last week that it was
a part of the method Of Jesus, the
great missionary, to take with Him
those to whom He would entrust
His mission and thus train them
for future service. On three occa-
sions afterward He sent them out
to do His work. Two of these we
study today-the sending out of the
twelve and the seventy.
He had made three tours through
Galillee during the first two years
of His ministry; and at the close of
the third journey, just before the
end of the second year of His min
istry, He sent the twelve out alone.
His motive for this was that He
saw that the work was too great for
Him to accomplish alone. Mark tells
us that He sent them out two by
two. He gave them power and au-
tnority over all devils and to cure
disease, and sent them out to preach
the same gospel that He was preach
ing, the gospel of the Kingdom of
God, and to heal the sick.
Matthew gives Us the most COM
plete account of the instructions He
gave them. The thing that strikes
you first is that He particularly COM
manded them not to go to the heath
en- (Gentiles), but to confine their
message and ministry to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel. This
instruction, however, is easily I'M
derstood when we remember that we
learned last week-that He was Of
fering Himself to the Jews as the
king long promised by all the proph-
cts as the one who would set up the
Kingdom of God. 1t was not until
their rejection of Him and His death
to save all the lost that He could
instruct His disciples to go into all
the world and preach the gospel of
the grace of God to every creature.
The program of Jesus included every
man, but not at the first part of it.
He instructed them further, going
into many details. These were-give
freely, take nothing, stay put, shake
off, don't worry, endure the cross,
receive the crown. Boiled down it
was thistle wanted them
to be free of the impedimenta so
that they would not be hindered in
doing their work; He wanted them
to be SO filled with the Importance
of their mission that nothing else
could take first place, He wanted to
fOrewarn them that they would be
treated as He had been, but that
identification with Him involved the
complete forgetfulness of self. This
service and sacrifice would not be
forgotten by Him. however, but
would surely. have it's reward.
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turned. During their mission such
mighty works had been done by
them that the news of it reached
the palace in Caesarea. Herod was
nOn-plusSed. He had beheaded John;
he was wondering if John could
have come back to life. 1t is prob
able that the activity of Herod had
something to do with Jesus next
move, to take these men to a quiet
place where he might be with them
and where they might rest a while
and be free from any attack of He
rod. Sc He crossed the lake with
them, going into another tetrachy,
out of Herod's jurisdiction. He could
not get away from the crowds, how
ever and after teaching them all day
He fed 5000 men, beside the wom-
en- and children, from the lads lunch.
The Seventy Sent Out
The sending out of the twelve was
in the spring. During the summer
many events occurred. Among other
things He went out of Galilee up
into the region of Decapolis. His own
people to whom He had come and
Offered Himself as the King long
promised and looked for had rejected
Him, but on this journey the Syro-
PhoenIclan woman recognized Him
as the One who would and could
fill her need. One Gay He was talk
ing up there with His disciples and
asking them who men thought that
He was, and drew from Peter that
great confession of faith upon which
He said that He would build His
church. Then lie gave the inner cir.
Gle a vision Of His real glory on the
mount of Transformation, and set
His face steadfastly thereafter to go
to Jerusalem even though He knew
that it meant His death on the cross.
1t was just before the feast of
Taberna Giles in October of that year
that lie looked on the people and
had compassion on them. The fields
were white for the harvest Ito