THURSDAY- 25^th  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –A

Gospel: Luke 9:7-9: I beheaded John, so who is this I hear such reports about?

I Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11: There is nothing new under the sun.

Jesus Commissions His Disciples, 9:7-9

Jesus sent out his disciples for the first time with commission to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

1. Their effect (v.7-9)

a. Herod was disturbed by their message

b. The people speculated about Jesus’ identity

c. Herod desired to know Jesus’ identity

Thought: The method Jesus chose for evangelizing was the method of home evangelism (10:5f). The disciple was to carefully investigate and search out a receptive family and home. It emphasis the family ministry, stability, security, settledness, preaching and ministering in the community and spreading from family to family and village to village. He was to make that home the centre for ministry. The early church was definitely centred in the homes of committed believers (Acts 5:42; 12:12; 16:40; 20:20; 1Cor 16:19; Col 4:15; Philemon 2).

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