(Verses 7-13)7 Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.
8 These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
9 Wear sandals but not an extra tunic.
10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.
11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them."
12 They went out and preached that people should repent.
13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
This passage is true and real, however it is also a good metaphor of Jesus sending us out to share the Gospel. He instructed the disciples to take along the basics. (The clothes they wore, staff and sandals.) I believe they were to trust in God for their needs to be provided otherwise.
It is the same for us. To share the Gospel we only need to take the basics. (Our story, our Bible and the Gospel message.) Otherwise we need only to trust in God, for the opportunity to share our faith, and the words to do so.
In a few words:
The Holy Spirit speaks through believers.
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