Luke 9:1 And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. ASV
Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave
them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. KJV
Luke 9:1 And having called together His twelve disciples, He gave
them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases.
2 And He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the ones being sick. LITV
Luke 9:1 And He called His twelve disciples together and gave
them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
2 And He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. MKJV
Luke 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. NKJV
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COMMENTARY
12 Sent Out
Mar_3:14 Luk_9:1-2 Of the 12 that were sent out by Jesus we know
for sure that at least one was unregenerate. His name was Judas
Iscariot. Now it does not say outright that Judas preached or
healed or cast out demons but we do have firm Biblical grounds to say
that he did perform these activities along with the other 11. For
example we have the passage in; Mat_7:21-23 specifically verse 22 where
it is plainly stated that many will claim to have engaged in such
activities as the basis upon which they should be given an open door
into heaven. There Messiah Himself announces that He never knew such
people. So even if one wanted to argue that Judas did none of the
activities mentioned here by Messiah we still have testimony that there
will be others who did and were yet lost & unregenerate all the
time they were active in religion.
So a person can prophesy, preach, write books, ~~host radio programs~~! & do many wonderful
works.. such as casting out demons while they are still unregenerate.
Not only that but a person can also exhibit a form of godliness, which
is to say that they look like Godly people, but they deny the power of
true godliness while they are still unregenerate. 2Ti_3:5
Not only that but people can actually change themselves into what looks
like an Apostle. They can make themselves look like an angel of light
and ministers of righteousness and appear to be true messengers
of righteousness while they are still unregenerate. 2Co_11:13-15
Not only that but people can actually hear & believe the truth and
endure for a time while they are still unregenerate. Luk_8:13
Not only that but people can believe the Gospel and be baptized while they are still unregenerate. Act_8:13
This is why God says not to believe every Tom Dicken Harry but Test
them. 1Jo_4:1-3. This applies -Especially- to people who claim to be
teachers, leaders and pastors. And don't just ask them if they "believe
the Bible" or they "believe in Jesus". Grill them intensely. And if
they refuse to be examined by the Scriptures, they must be judged false
teachers and Christians are to have nothing to do with them. As well it
applies to those who are dead but have written books. Don't swallow
everything you read just because a man had letters after his name, was
the "pastor" of the xyz church or wore a black robe and a long wig!
Examine ~Everything~ by the Scriptures and if it doesn't match the
Bible then Reject it. This is what the Bereans did and they did it with
an Apostle! If an Apostle was subject to being examined by the
Scriptures then who dares to raise himself above an Apostle and not
allow himself to be examined by the Scriptures?
There were, and are too many Fakes & Charlatans going around leading people
down the wrong path of false doctrine, and in many cases leading them
to their doom!
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