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Lessons About Evangelism (Matthew 10) Matthew 10 focuses in on Jesus’ charge to His apostles from which we can learn some lessons as we spread the gospel. |
Lessons About Evangelism (Matthew 10)
Matthew 10 focuses in on Jesus’ charge to His apostles from which we can learn some lessons as we spread the gospel:
- Go With Wisdom, Love, and Truth (v16-20)
- Use wisdom and love, yet some would still be set against them; also they were to speak as God would have them to.
- Today our charge is still to go forth with the gospel wisely (Eph. 5:15-17), in love (Eph. 4:15), speaking the Word of God (Matt. 28:19; Gal. 1:6-12).
- Fear God, Not Man (v21-31)
- They would face danger and persecution in doing Jesus’ work, but that should not cause them to cease; they must be more interested in pleasing God rather than man.
- We still are to spread the gospel to the world even in midst of persecution? (2 Tim. 4:2; Matt. 28:19-20; Gal. 1:10)
- Put The Lord First (v32-39)
- They were to confess Christ by the lives they lived, regardless of the consequences faced in this life. This meant giving Him priority even over family and life.
- God and spiritual interests must always come first and such should show in the way that we live (Matt. 6:33; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:27; 1 Thess. 1:6-10; Matt. 16:26).
- Support The Work (v40-42)
- Jesus praised those who would receive His disciples and as they would be supporting Him, and God who sent Him; even small acts of kindness would not go unnoticed.
- Even today we need to do our part but also encourage and support those who are doing the work of the Lord (v10).
