Peter Barnes | Matthew 10:8b-15
SERMON NOTES
GRACE AND AUTHORITY
2 Kings 4:8-37; Matthew 10:1-15
– no ‘take it or leave it’ attitude
1. The apostles are to travel light.
– 10:8b-10; see Mark 6:8-9; not rules for all time
– support for the gospel worker (1 Cor.9:14; 1 Tim.5:17-18; 1 Kings 17:8-9; 2 Kings 4:8-10; hence 3 John 5-8
– God saw that they were looked after (Luke 22:35)
2. They are to greet all households.
– 10:11-13; a little like Gen.39:5
– see Matt.10:40; Lydia is a good example in Acts 16:15
3. To reject the apostles is to incur God’s judgment.
– 10:14; see Acts 13:50-51; 18:5-6
– 2 Cor.2:15-16
– 10:15 and Gen.19:24-29
– the judgment is greater where there is greater light given (Luke 12:47-48; Matt.11:23-24; 12:41-42; Heb.10:28-29)