EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
10/6/2026 9:20 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “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 bag, nor bread, nor
money; and do not even have two tunics. 4 And whatever
house you enter, stay there [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 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.”
I will begin where I left of in copying MacArthur’s
introduction to the verses above.
“This was the penultimate stage of
the Lord’s calling of the apostles. The
first phase was when He called them to saving faith (cf. 5:27-28; John
1:35-51).”
(cf. 5:27-28; John 1:35-51)
“27 ¶ After this he went out and saw a tax
collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow
me.” 28 And leaving everything, he rose
and followed him.”
“31 I myself did not know him, but for this
purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."
32 And John bore witness: "I saw
the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me
to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,
this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that
this is the Son of God." 35 The
next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and
said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 ¶
The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said
to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means
Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He
said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was
staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two who heard John speak
and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said
to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him
and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which
means Peter). 43 ¶ The next day Jesus
decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found
Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also
the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good
come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and
said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig
tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered
him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you,
‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things
than these.” 51 And he said to him,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God
ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
“The
second phase was their call to permanent, full-time discipleship (5:1-11).”
(Luke 5:1-11)
“1 ¶ On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing
in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the
fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was
Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and
taught the people from the boat. 4 And
when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let
down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon
answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I
will let down the nets.” 6 And when they
had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were
breaking. 7 They signaled to their
partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both
the boats, so that they began to sink. 8
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,
“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9 For he and all who were with him were
astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and so also were James and John, sons of
Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be
afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 11 And when they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything and followed him.”
“The third
phase was their call to apostleship, as noted above. The short-term mission assignment described
in this passage was the fourth phase.
The final phase was the Great Commission when Jesus, just before His
ascension, commanded them to ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with
you always, even to the end of the age’ (Matt. 28:19-20).”
“In a further act of grace and
mercy, Jesus later sent seventy of His other disciples throughout Galilee on
another preaching tour (Luke 10:1-20).”
(Luke 10:1-20)
“1 ¶ After this the Lord appointed seventy-two
others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place
where he himself was about to go. 2 And
he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into
his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am
sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals,
and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever
house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace
will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking
what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to
house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and
they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to
them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not
receive you, go into its streets and say, 11
’Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against
you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that
day for Sodom than for that town. 13
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty
works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented
long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable in the judgment
for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15 And
you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to
Hades. 16 “The one who hears you hears
me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects
him who sent me.” 17 ¶ The seventy-two
returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your
name!” 18 And he said to them, "I
saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall
hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not
rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your
names are written in heaven.’”
I usually do not stop in the middle
of a paragraph, but because of so many verses I have quoted I think it best to
stop here and then continue working on this in the morning.
10/6/2026
9:47 PM
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