Matthew 10:1
Outline:
I. \\#Matt 1:1-3:17\\ The Presentation of the King
II. \\#4:1-7:29\\ The Person of the King
III. \\#8:1-11:1\\ The Power of the King
A. \\#Matt 8:1-39\\ Jesus’ Power and the Common People
1. \\#8;1\\ The Multitudes
2. \\#8:2-4\\ The Willingness of Jesus
3. \\#8:5-13\\ The Conduit of Jesus’ Power
4. \\#8:14-15\\ The Compassion of Jesus
5. \\#8:16\\ The Power of Jesus over Disease
6. \\#8:17\\ The Cost of the Power
7. \\#8:18-22\\ The Sacrifice of Jesus and His disciples
8. \\#8:23-27\\ The Power of Jesus over Nature
9. \\#8:28-34\\ The Power of Jesus over Demons
B. \\#Matt 9:1-42\\ Jesus’ Power and the Religious People
1. \\#9:1-17\\ The Religious Wondered (They had
questions.)
a. \\#9:1-8\\ Did Jesus blaspheme? Can He forgive
sins?
b. \\#9:9\\ Jesus continued to minister, calling His
disciples?
b. \\#9:10-13\\ Did Jesus defile Himself with sinners?
c. \\#9:14-17\\ Did Jesus ignore the Law?
2. \\#9:18-26\\ Jesus continued to minister, His Power
over Dire
Sickness and Death.
3. \\#9:27-31\\ Jesus’ Power over Blindness
4. \\#9:32-34\\ The Religious Are Deciding
5. \\#9:35-38\\ Jesus continued to minister, making
shepherds out of the sheep.
C. \\#Matt 10:1-42\\ Jesus’ Power and the Disciples
1. \\#10:1-4\\ Jesus Calls and Empowers the Disciples
2. \\#10:5-15\\ Jesus Charges the Disciples
a. \\#5-6\\ Where to Go
b. \\#7\\ What to Preach
c. \\#7-8\\ What to Do
d. \\#8-10\\ How to Pay
e. \\#11-13\\ Where to Stay
3. \\10:16-42\\ Jesus Warns the Disciples
a. \\#16\\ The Condition
b. \\#17-22\\ What to Expect
c. \\#23-31\\ How to Respond
d. \\#32-33\\ God’s Most Solemn Warning
e. \\#34-38\\ God’s Requires All
f. \\#39\\ The rewards concerning discipleship
g. \\#40-42\\ The rewards for those who serve.
4. \\#11:1\\ Jesus continues to minister.
Matt 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
I. \\#Matt 10:1-42\\ Jesus’ Power and the Disciples
A. \\#10:1-4\\ Jesus Calls and Empowers the Disciples
1. Introduction
a. This is the first "outreach" of the Christian era.
Nothing like this was ever done in the Old Testament.
b. It is interesting that the only power displayed here
is that of giving power to the disciples.
c. \\#Luke 9:1-6\\ records the same event while
\\#Luke 10:1-17\\ gives us a second, larger event.
d. Luke 10 gives us a summary of the power these servants
had.
Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,
even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means
hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject
unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in
heaven.
2. \\#1\\ Jesus gave the disciples power:
a. "against unclean spirits"-The term "against"
implies a conflict between. Jesus and the devil
were not of the same "house."
b. "to cast them out"-The term "against" is now
explained. The disciples could displace the
demons out of their victims.
c. "and to heal all manner of sickness and… disease"
(1) Like the Shepherd, these sheep could heal
others.
(2) That means that Jesus gave the disciples
power to "forgive sins" in His name.
Matt 9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or
to say, Arise, and walk?
John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my
Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose
soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
(3) That is a notable power in that those sins
would be placed on Jesus’ account.
3. \\#2-4\\ Matthew gives the names of the Apostles.
a. The list of names do not always agree in all the
gospel accounts because of the use of secondary names
(i.e. Matthew is called Levi, Peter is called
Simon), but they are always the same individuals.
b. The names:
(1) Andrew
(2) John
(3) James the Greater (John’s brother, first to be
martyred)
(4) James the Lesser (Thought to be James of
Alphaeus who is only mentioned three times in
the Bible.)
(5) Philip
(6) Bartholomew
(7) Matthew (also called Levi)
(8) Thomas
(9) Thaddeus (also called Lebbaeus)
(Called Jude \\#Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13\\)
(10) Simon (also called Zealots \\#Luke 6:15\\
\\#Acts 1:13)
(11) Judas Iscariot
(12) Peter (also called Simon)
B. \\#10:5-15\\ Jesus Charges the Disciples-This charge is not
primarily to the church. It was a charge made to the
disciples as is clearly seen in the command not to go to the
Gentiles. Even so, it reaches beyond that first evangelistic
outreach both in prophecy and in application.
1. \\#5-6\\ Where to Go
a. \\#5\\ "Go not into… the Gentiles… Samaritans"
(1) While God has always loved the Gentiles and
intended the gospel to them, at this point, the
Old Covenant is still in effect and will remain
so until the Jews either accept Messiah and
begin to serve Him as a nation of priest as He
desired; or until they reject Messiah and
crucify Him.
(2) Until then, Gentiles were welcomed under the Old
Covenant but they basically had to find their
own way. Very few did.
b. \\#6\\ "go… to the lost sheep of the house of Israel"
This was primarily a rescue mission to the Jews. If
they will be rescued, God will use them to reach the
Gentiles. If they will not be rescued, God will set
them aside and reach the Gentiles another way. (Of
course, God always knew what they would do.)
2. \\#7\\ What to Preach-"the kingdom of heaven is at hand"
As long as this is the message, the Jews have an
opportunity to accept Christ as their Messiah.
3. \\#7-8\\ What to Do-Jesus empowered the disciples to do
all that He was doing.
a. \\#7\\ Preach
b. \\#8\\ "Heal the sick"
c. "cleanse the lepers"
d. "raise the dead"
e. "cast out devils"
4. \\#8-10\\ How to Pay
a. \\#8\\ "freely ye have received, freely give"-They
were not to charge for their services.
b. \\#9\\ "Provide not"-Neither were they to labor to
find it.
c. \\#10\\ "for the workman is worthy of his meat"-They
were to trust God to provide for them through the
people to whom they ministered.
5. \\#11-13\\ Where to Stay (while ministering in a city)
a. \\#11\\ "enquire who… is worthy"
(1) They were to ask in the city concerning those who
were worthy.
(2) Worthy here probably meant those who were
financially able and desired to serve God.
b. "and there abide"
(1) Apparently, they were to also ask the one
recommended to them for housing.
(2) While this may seem very forward to us, it was
common to stay with those able to provide and it
was a great honor in status to host strangers in
that culture.
c. \\#12\\ "when ye come into an house, salute it"
(1) To "salute" means to greet or embrace it.
(2) Some think that this means more than to just say
hello.
(3) They believe the disciples were to see if their
potential hosts truly wanted them and their
message under their roof. While hospitality and
courtesy might require the hosts open their
house, if they were not "worthy" or receptive to
the message, the disciples should not stay there.
d. \\#13\\ Depending on the reception received from the
potential hosts, they were to give them a blessing or
not.
6. \\#14-15\\ How God Will Repay
a. \\#14\\ If a household or a city would "not receive
you, nor hear my words… shake off the dust of your
feet"-A picture that you do not want to have even
the least bit to do with them.
b. \\#15\\ "It shall be more tolerable for… Sodom and
Gomorrha" in the day of judgment"
(1) Sodom and Gomorrha were guilty of great sin, but
not so great as rejecting Christ!
(2) If a people reject the message of Christ, they
have no hope of mercy at all.
C. \\10:16-42\\ Jesus Warns the Disciples.
1. \\#16\\ The Condition
a. Their reaction to us (how they will treat us)
(1) "I send you forth"-Let there be no question,
Jesus was and is aware of how the world will
treat His people. If they treated Him with
hatred, how much more shall they treat His
people with hatred? \\#Matt 10:25\\
(2) "as sheep in the midst of wolves"
(a) Sheep are prey in the midst of wolves.
(b) There is no other way to understand this
than to understand that the world will hate
and feed upon the saved.
(c) Christ has not promised us power to overcome
them or immunity from them.
(d) What He has promised is that the rewards
will make the suffering worthwhile.
b. Our reaction to them (how we are to treat them)
(1) "be… wise as serpents"
(2) "be… harmless as doves"
(3) Christians must make certainty that we do not get
those backwards!
(a) Make sure we are not as wise as doves and as
harmless as a serpent.
(b) Doves are not known for being very smart.
I read on a hunting site where one man said
when hunting doves with his friends, they
shout out the locations of the doves and
fire away like it was target practice, but
the doves keep coming.
(c) Most consider snakes to be an intelligent
creature. Regardless of what man thinks,
God implies that it is and that we are to
likewise show intelligence and wisdom.
2. \\#17-22\\ What to Expect
a. \\#17\\ From the Jews
(1) \\#17\\ "they will deliver you up to councils"
(2) "they will scourge you in their synagogues"
b. \\#18-20\\ From the Gentiles (Since the disciples were
originally told not to go to the Gentiles, this moves
into longer term prophecy.)
(1) \\#18\\ "ye shall be brought before governors and
kings"-Since the Jews were under Roman
authority, these would be Gentile leaders.
(2) "for a testimony against them and the Gentiles"
God will allow the Gentiles leaders to examine
and reject Christ for a testimony against them
when they stand before God. Leaders and the
rich seldom make the right decision when it
comes to eternal things.
(3) \\#19\\ "But when they deliver you up, take no
thought how or what ye shall speak"
(a) When persecuted, Christians are not to
attempt to persuade their persecutors with
human logic.
(b) "it shall be given you… what ye shall
speak"-The "Spirit of your Father" shall
speak through us in that hour.
(c) This command is not a command to never
prepare in advance to speak. It deals
specifically with the persecuted before
their persecutors. There is no wrong in
study and preparation for those who
proclaim God’s Word.
c. \\#21\\ From Family
(1) "brother shall deliver up the brother"
(2) "father the child"
(3) "children shall rise up against their parents"
(4) We have not yet seen this type of betrayal and
persecution on a mass scale. While there may
be a few occasions in history, by and large,
this is an end-time prophecy which could only
happen when the love of many has waxed cold.
d. \\22\\ From the Public
(1) "ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake"
(2) There was a time when the general public thought
highly of Christianity. There will be a time
when they will distain and hate it.
3. \\#23-31\\ How to Respond
a. \\#23,27\\ What to do
(1) \\#23\\ "when they persecute you in this city,
flee ye into another"
(a) The disciples were not to resist or to
foolishly sacrifice themselves; rather,
they were to keep moving.
(b) "Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
Israel, till the Son of man be come"
i. With this promise, there is little
wonder that the disciples believed in
the imminent return of Christ.
ii. The sad truth is that as hard as the
disciples worked and as much as they
sacrificed, Israel was never fully
evangelized. The book of Acts
follows the power of God in
evangelizing the Gentiles because the
Jews largely resisted the message.
(2) \\#27\\ Keep preaching.
(a) That which we have been told in darkness
and "in the ear," both terms to mean
quietly, we are to proclaim boldly and
publically—even in times of persecution.
(b) This is a direct command of Christ on the
most important question that will be asked
during times of persecution; namely, do we
quit? The answer is NO!
b. \\#24-25\\ What to think
(1) \\#24\\ "The disciple is not above his master"
(a) Stay humble.
(b) God is not asking us to do anything for Him
that He has not already done for us.
(2) \\#25\\ "It is enough for the disciple that he be
as his master"
(a) Expect it.
(b) This is what they did to our Lord. It is
what they will do to His followers.
c. \\#26-31\\ What not to do
(1) \\#26\\ "Fear not them"
(2) This command is given repeatedly \\#28,31\\.
(a) \\#26\\ Do not fear them for God will reveal
what has been done.
i. "there is nothing covered, that shall
not be revealed"
ii. This thought speaks to those who have
been secretly persecuted.
iii. As hard as it is to continue for Christ
when all know and can see what is
happening, it must be even harder to
continue when no one knows.
iv. Take heart, Christian, God sees, and He
will reveal it.
(b) \\#28\\ Do not fear them for they can only
kill the body. God holds the keys to
eternity, and He will reward both the
persecutor and the persecuted according to
their works.
(c) \\#29-31\\ Do not fear because God knows and
we are precious to Him.
i. Jesus spoke of God being aware of a
sparrow falling.
ii. If God sees that, we can be assured
that He sees what is done to us.
iii. In \\#31\\ Jesus tells us plainly that
we are of more value than a sparrow to
God. (Good to know!!)
4. \\#32-33\\ God’s Most Solemn Warning
a. Confess Him; Be confessed. Deny Him; Be denied.
b. \\#32\\ "Therefore"
(1) "Therefore" ties this verse in with what has
already been proclaimed.
(2) Knowing that there is only so much the enemies of
Christ can do and that there is no limit to
God’s power and ability, if we deny Him, we have
no excuse.
c. "confess… before my Father"-Jesus will gladly
acknowledge to the Father those who have acknowledged
Him in a hateful world.
d. \\#33\\ "deny before my Father"
(1) To deny means that Jesus will refuse those who
have refused to stand for Him.
(2) Such a statement certainly sounds like the one who
denies will be denied heaven, meaning that person
is lost.
(3) Does that mean that one who denies Jesus will
lose their salvation?
(a) This is another of those passages that,
if it stood alone, I might say yes;
however, it does not stand alone.
(b) It stands with other passages:
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Joh 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Joh 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of
all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
up again at the last day.
Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
(c) Taking the Bible as a whole, that means
that if the one who denies Christ is not
saved, he never was.
(d) Jesus has repeatedly stated that there
is more to being a Christian than a mere
"confession" among men.
Mt 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in
thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from
me, ye that work iniquity.
5. \\#34-38\\ God’s Requires All
a. \\#34\\ A Wrong Notion
Matthew 10:34 …I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(1) While most would think the coming of the Prince of
Peace would bring peace to the world, Jesus
decries such thoughts as false.
(2) Jesus’ coming manifest the rift between God and
man. Man in his rebellion rejects, rebels, and
refutes God.
(3) To accept Jesus means that a follower must give
his all to Christ, or he will not be faithful.
b. \\#35-36\\ Examples of the required sacrifice.
(1) \\#35\\ "a man… against his father"
(2) "daughter against her mother"
(3) "daughter in law against her mother in law"
(4) \\#36\\ "a man’s foes shall be… his own
household."
(a) All of these examples are and continue to be
within the family.
(b) The divisions caused by following Christ will
be among the most intimate, personal, and
important relationships known to mankind.
c. \\#37-38\\ The sacrifice clearly stated.
(1) \\#37\\ "He that loveth father or mother more than
me is not worthy of me"
(2) "he that loveth son or daughter more than me is
not worthy of me."
(a) I define devotion as the distance between your
first and second loves.
(b) How much more do you love Jesus than the
closest family you have?
(3) \\#38\\ "he that taketh not his cross, and
followeth after me, is not worthy of me"
(a) The "cross" is the symbol of a slow,
agonizing death.
i. Such is the life a Christian may be
called to live.
ii. In some situations, it would be easier
to be a Christian if the pain could be
quick and permanent.
iii. But to die on a cross is slow and
painful, giving the victim plenty of
time to think and second guess the
decisions that brought them to that
point.
iv. Many Christians have "thought"
themselves out of doing right because
they had time to do so.
(b) "taketh… his cross"
i. But Christians are not merely required
to face such prolonged agonizing, we
are required to carry the instrument
of death to our tormenters so that
they can inflict the pain upon us.
ii. This means that we are not only willing
but anticipating and prepared for this
type of suffering in life.
iii. There is no more revealing and graphic
verse to illustrate the high cost of
following Jesus than this verse.
iv. Jesus Himself illustrated the high price
to be paid in His own death.
6. \\#39\\ The rewards concerning discipleship
a. \#39\\ To the one who refuses to take up his cross:
(1) This person has "found his life." He has put his
own life and desires ahead of serving Christ.
(2) He "shall lose it." Trying to live life for self
will cost one all.
(3) This would again seem to indicate that the person
is lost \\#10:32\\. If so, their selfish living
merely reveals their spiritual condition.
b. To the one who takes up his cross:
(1) This person has "lost his life." He has
sacrificed his life to serve the Savior.
(2) He "shall find it." Giving up all for Christ will
give the convert everything God has offered.
7. \\#40-42\\ The rewards for those who serve. The rewards
are divided into three groups.
a. \\#40\\ Those who will receive a disciple. They are
rewarded as if they had received Christ Himself.
b. \\#41\\ Those who receive a servant of Christ in
his service.
(1) Those who will receive a prophet will receive the
reward the prophet will receive.
(2) Those who receive a righteous man will receive the
reward the righteous man will receive.
(3) They appear to receive the same reward as the one
who came to do the ministering.
c. \\#42\\ Those who will help a "little one."
(1) "little one" means to be less, especially in age,
number, or stature. It seems probable to refer
to a child.
(2) Those who will do no more than give a "little
one" a drink of water, shall have a reward that
shall not be taken from them. Although the
reward is not detailed, it is promised.
D. \\#11:1\\ Jesus continues to minister.
1. The last location reference had Jesus beginning an area-
wide crusade.
Matt 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
2. It would appear that before Jesus began that work, He
first instructed and sent forth His disciples. Perhaps
they went before Him to help prepare the people.
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