June 14, 2026
"How We Go": Part 1 - Matthew 10:9-20

Jesus has provided a thorough training to his disciples.  They've listened to him teach, and he was like no one they'd ever heard.  Even "the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." - Matthew 7:28, 29

The disciples witnessed him do amazing things; heal the sick, touch the 'unclean' and set them free, praise the 'faith' of a pagan Gentile, banish demons and command the storm, raise the dead, and forgive sins, and challenge those with more power and status.

And now he turns to those who want to follow him and calls them to go into their own community and do what he has done.  He doesn't simply tell them what to do, but says more about how they are to do it.  His instructions are specific to their situation, but do his words inform how we are to proclaim the nearness of the Kingdom?

For Sunday... read Matthew 10:9-20

Going deeper...  read all of Matthew 10. 

If they were to take nothing with them (no money, clothes or anything extra) what did they have to offer?  Why would anyone want whatever it was that they offered?  

What were they saying that people would find offensive or threatening?  Why does Jesus offer such dire warnings?  

Going deeper still...  Meditate and pray, asking, "to whom did Jesus say they were to go?"  Is there an equivalent group of people in our context?  Is there someone he is calling you to go to in a similar manner?