NOTES for Luk 10:1-12
1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. |
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. |
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. |
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. |
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. |
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. |
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. |
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: |
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. |
10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, |
11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. |
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. |
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And so He sent laborers into His harvest - and what happened? Our labor looks more like a stroll of wolves than the life of lambs. We are always right in everything; the world is divided into "them" and "us." The fewer people listen to us personally, the narrower the circle of "us" becomes, smoothly turning into "I," and the wider the circle of "them" becomes. They do not understand, do not know, do not hear, but I know, understand, and hear, so I must insist on my own way. Otherwise it will be worse for them than for Sodom and Gomorrah, so I can impose no limits on myself in words or deeds.
How convenient it is to apply to ourselves what the Lord said about Himself. But let us read in the Gospels that "whoever is not with Me is against Me." Yet concerning the laborers who must bring the news of His death and resurrection: "Whoever is not against you is for you." It is not our task to judge which of us is with Him, how, or to what extent; what matters is that in Him we are not against one another, but together. And then Psalm 65 will become reality, when "You tested us, God; You refined us as silver is refined."
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