Monday Devotional: Ministry, Faith, and Shaking the Dust from their Feet
The apostles get to work.
He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them (Mark 6:7-13).
Jesus has come to defeat Satan, and now he deploys his disciples to help in this effort. In 3:13-19, he appoints the twelve. He names them “apostles” (3:14), which means “sent ones.” They are “to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons” (3:14-15). Here in chapter 6, they’ve been with him for some time, and now he’s sending them out.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to David’s Substack to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.