Expository sermon on Mathew 10 verses 1 to 4

1. The Master’s men - Part 1
Introduction 1st part
Mathew 10:1 to 4

2. INTRODUCTION to the topic and contextual background
Until this stage of His ministry, Jesus
had ministered alone. He had the
. companionship of the twelve disciples
but none of them participated in His
ministry except as an observer. Then
He began the first stages of
commissioning those twelve to join
Him as fellow workers. The major
thrust of Jesus’ commissioning
process begins in verse 5 of Matthew
10 and continues through the chapter
as the Lord sets forth His foundational
instructions for ministry. But in the first
four verses Matthew gives three
essentials of the commissioning.

3. I – THEIR INITIATION
And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave them authority
(10:1a) “Ug ang iyang napulog-duha ka mga tinun-an iyang gitawag
ngadto kaniya, ug .
iyang gihatagan silag kagahum. . . ”.
The verb behind having summoned is proskale, a compound of kale (to
call) and pros (toward, or to). It is an intense term that means to call
someone to oneself in order to confront him face to face.
When Jesus summoned His twelve disciples, He was making more than
a casual request. The choice of verbs seems to imply that this
summoning was connected to an official commissioning to the Lord’s
service. Here Matthew refers to the twelve as disciples, whereas in the
next verse he calls them apostles. Mathts (disciples) refers to those who
learn under the instruction of a master teacher. Apostoloi (“apostles,”
v.2) refers to qualified representatives who are sent out on a mission.

4. There were four general phases in Jesus’ training of the disciples to be
apostles.
1.) Their conversion - Where they believed him to be the Messiah
.
2.) Their initial calling to follow Him. – Where the twelve were
handpicked out of all those who followed Christ.
3.) Their training (internship), which they experienced as they lived with
Jesus constantly for three years, to be taught both by His instruction and
by His example. It is this phase that is highlighted in Matthew 10.
4.) The fourth and final phase of the disciples’ training began after
Jesus’ resurrection and ascension.

5. Behind Jesus’ training of the twelve are several observations
1.) These men were chosen sovereignly by God - None of the twelve
initiated the idea of following Jesus and becoming His disciples, much
.
less His apostles. It was entirely God’s planning and doing. (John 15:16)
2.) The twelve were chosen after prayer - The men were Christ’s
choice, and His choice was His Father’s choice. Jesus sought the
Father’s will in everything He did, doing absolutely nothing
independently or on His own initiative (John 5:19, 30; 8:28). (Luke 6:12).
3.) The twelve were chosen to be prepared - Even though they were
converted and called, they were far from ready to serve the Lord.
Training is an essential part of any work, including the Lord’s. For three
years they walked with Jesus—watching, listening, observing, learning.
4.) They were chosen to be sent (Mathew 28:19,20)

6. The disciples were just human beings just like you and me and had
several human weaknesses among them are:
1.) Their lack of spiritual understanding. – (Matt. 15:15-16, Luke
18:31-34, John 21) .
2.) Their lack of humility. (Mark 9:33-34, Matt. 20:20-24)
3.) Lack of faith. (Mark 4:40). (Mark 16:14).
4.) Lack of commitment (Mark 14:50)
5.) Lack of power (Mathew 17:16-20)
Despite their many weaknesses, God used these men mightily that later
on in Acts the disciples whom the religious leaders knew to be
“uneducated and untrained men, began to recognize them as having
been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13).

7. II – THEIR IMPACT
He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to
heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. (10:lb) “gihatagan
silag kagahum batok sa mga mahugawng espiritu, aron sa pagpagula
.
niini, ug sa pag-ayo sa tanang mga sakit ug sa tanang kaluyahon”
Exousia (authority) is from a verb that means “it is lawful,” and it
therefore refers to a right or power that is legitimately delegated. Jesus
granted the twelve disciples God’s divine authority to do exactly what He
Himself had been doing.
The apostles manifested the kind of kingdom power that their Lord had
manifested, and by their faithful obedience they turned Jerusalem and
then the world upside down (Acts 17:6). Jesus promised that they would
do “greater works” (in extent, not power)