EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/5/2026
8:25 PM
My
Worship Time
Focus: PT-1 “A Profile of a Christian
Messenger”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
9:1-9
Message of the verses: “9 Now He called the twelve together
and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and the power to
heal diseases. 2 And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom
of God and to perform healing. 3 And He said to them, “Take
nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a [a]bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even
have two [b]tunics. 4 And whatever house
you enter, stay there [c]until you leave that city. 5 And
as for all who do not receive you, when you leave that city, shake the dust off
your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 And as they were
leaving, they began going [d]throughout the villages, preaching the
gospel and healing everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about
all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by
some that John had risen from the dead, 8 and by some that
Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. 9 Herod
said, “I myself had John beheaded; but who is this Man about whom I hear such
things?” And he kept trying to see Him.”
Every once in a while I have trouble
saving my SD’s and loose what ever I had written, and that happened this
morning and so to be honest it upsets me and so I had to walk away and will do
it this evening.
My recent practice is to quote all
the introduction from John MacArthur’s introduction.
“This passage marks a significant
transition for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Approximately half of His three-year ministry is over, and His death on
the cross is about eighteen months away.
Up to this point, Jesus had ministered by Himself. He alone performed miracles, preached the
gospel, answered questions, and handled conflicts with those who opposed
Him. His ministry was isolated to wherever
He was, since He was the only preacher, teacher, and healer. As a result, the crowds that followed Him all
over Galilee grew larger and larger. In
addition, the Lord’s Galilean ministry was rapidly drawing to a close. As Luke 9:51 indicates, He was about to leave
Galilee for Judea, adding time pressure to that from the increasing crowds.
“Obviously, the one who created the
universe in six days could have continued to minister effectively on His
own. Instead, Jesus chose to multiply
His ministry by using the twelve men whom He had called to be apostles
(6:12-16).”
(Luke 6:12-16)
“12 ¶ In these days he went out to the mountain to
pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples
and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother,
and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of
Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas
Iscariot, who became a traitor.”
“In an
internship that would prepare them to minister later on their own without Him,
the Lord sent the Twelve throughout Galilee to preach His kingdom. Up to this point they had been hearers and
learners; now they needed to begin the transition to becoming preachers and
messengers. The apostles needed to be
trained to carry on Jesus’ ministry after His death. They were ordinary, common
men (cf. 1Cor. 1:26), with no human credentials to qualify them for the most
monumental task in human history.”
(cf. 1Cor. 1:26)
“26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many
of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not
many were of noble birth.”
“Even
after three years of following Jesus and eighteen months of intensive training
by Him, they all abandoned Him in His hour of need (Matt. 26:56) and cowered in
hiding from the Jewish authorities after His death (John 20:19).”
(Matt. 26:56)
“56 But all this has taken place that the
Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples
left him and fled.”
(John 20:19)
“19 ¶ On the evening of that day, the first day of
the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
“It was
not until the Holy Spirit filled them on the Day of Pentecost, empowering them
for service (Acts 1:8) and bringing to mind all they had learned from Jesus
(John 14:26), that they became the men who turned the world upside down (Acts
17:6).”
(Acts 1:8)
“8 But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
(John 14:26)
“26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your
remembrance all that I have said to you.”
(Acts 17:6)
“6 And when they could not find them, they
dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting,
"These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.”
Lord willing I will pick up where I
just left off, and I suppose it will take a few more SD’s in order to finish
this introduction.
10/5/2026
9:19 PM
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