6:7 耶穌叫了十二個門徒來,差遣他們兩個兩個地出去,也賜給他們權柄,制伏污鬼;
6:8 並且囑咐他們:「行路的時候不要帶食物和口袋,腰袋裡也不要帶錢,除了柺杖以外,甚麼都不要帶;
6:9 只要穿鞋,也不要穿兩件褂子」;
6:10 又對他們說:「你們無論到何處,進了人的家,就住在那裡,直到離開那地方。
6:11 何處的人不接待你們,不聽你們,你們離開那裡的時候,就把腳上的塵土跺下去,對他們作見證。」
6:12 門徒就出去傳道,叫人悔改,
6:13 又趕出許多的鬼,用油抹了許多病人,治好他們。
7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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主耶穌不只是自己做上帝國的事工,他也差遣門徒去做相同的事工。然而主耶穌差遣他們不是光命令,更是賜給他們權柄,制伏污鬼。做領袖的目的,不是自己高高在上,而是要喚醒跟隨者的生命,使他們也能做領袖所能做的事,這就是所謂的「複製」!
對基督徒而言,主耶穌在我們身上的「複製」,是讓我們也擁有上帝兒女的生命,也就是永生!而擁有永生的人,同樣領受到上帝的同在,所以能叫人悔改,又趕出許多的鬼,又可用油抹了許多病人,治好他們。
因此,我們也有這樣的把握,因為聖經應許我們:「凡接待他的,就是信他名的人,他就賜他們權柄作上帝的兒女。」(約翰福音1:12)
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