ReCreate Church’s Podcast

Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, February 19, 2023

Disciple! Today, Pastor Michael is talking about the Twelve Disciples spreading the Good News. It’s not easy to share it, not knowing who to share it with, but we are disciples making disciples, as the twelve were so many millennia ago. Jesus sent out the disciples, two by two. So everyone had a buddy. Back in those days, under Jewish law there was a requirement for two witnesses for a testimony to be verified. So, in modern terms, try to have someone that you can talk the Gospel with, share your Christian walk with and study together. Jesus made us for community. Jesus told them to take nothing for the journey; it was a minimalist event, to be sure. All but empty-handed, they were sent out to make disciples. They were also told to stay at people’s houses; this was a hospitality culture. Folks in those days would take in strangers, a situation that has pretty much changed these days. And Jesus mentioned not to go house hopping, either. Finally, Jesus allowed that if they were not welcome, to shake the dust off their feet and leave. That was a cultural metaphor, the Orthodox Jews in those days, when they walked through Gentile territory, would shake their shoes off at the border. And they were preaching folks about repentance. Something folks don’t readily accept, but it’s merely realizing you’re on the wrong road. So, who are YOU sharing life with? Who can YOU share the Good News of Jesus Christ with? If we are making disciples, are you being discipled? And, who are you discipling? We believe reaching people is more important than serving our comforts and our preferences. Thanks to Tony Hicks for his powerful testimony! (CSB Study Bible Notes) 6:12-13 That people should repent was the content of their preaching, modeling the messages of John the Baptist (1:4) and Jesus (1:15). The ministry of the Twelve is summarized as preaching and teaching (6:30), exorcism, and healing. Anointing sick people with oil is mentioned here, in a parable in Lk 10:34, and in Jms 5:14. Verses can be found today in Mark 6: 7-12, Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12, and Matthew 28: 18-20. Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

Broadcast on:: 19 Feb 2023

Disciple!

Today, Pastor Michael is talking about the Twelve Disciples spreading the Good News.

It’s not easy to share it, not knowing who to share it with, but we are disciples making disciples, as the twelve were so many millennia ago.

Jesus sent out the disciples, two by two. So everyone had a buddy. Back in those days, under Jewish law there was a requirement for two witnesses for a testimony to be verified. So, in modern terms, try to have someone that you can talk the Gospel with, share your Christian walk with and study together. Jesus made us for community.

Jesus told them to take nothing for the journey; it was a minimalist event, to be sure. All but empty-handed, they were sent out to make disciples. They were also told to stay at people’s houses; this was a hospitality culture. Folks in those days would take in strangers, a situation that has pretty much changed these days. And Jesus mentioned not to go house hopping, either.

Finally, Jesus allowed that if they were not welcome, to shake the dust off their feet and leave. That was a cultural metaphor, the Orthodox Jews in those days, when they walked through Gentile territory, would shake their shoes off at the border.

And they were preaching folks about repentance. Something folks don’t readily accept, but it’s merely realizing you’re on the wrong road.

So, who are YOU sharing life with? Who can YOU share the Good News of Jesus Christ with? If we are making disciples, are you being discipled? And, who are you discipling?

We believe reaching people is more important than serving our comforts and our preferences.

Thanks to Tony Hicks for his powerful testimony!

(CSB Study Bible Notes) 6:12-13 That people should repent was the content of their preaching, modeling the messages of John the Baptist (1:4) and Jesus (1:15). The ministry of the Twelve is summarized as preaching and teaching (6:30), exorcism, and healing. Anointing sick people with oil is mentioned here, in a parable in Lk 10:34, and in Jms 5:14.

Verses can be found today in Mark 6: 7-12, Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12, and Matthew 28: 18-20.

Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.