The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 9:3
Luke 9:3Take nothing for your JourneyTravelling without any burdenIt is easy travelling if you have no burden.They were on His business, sent by Him, and He assumed their care, and forbade them to trust themselves, or any other but Him. What a load of care goes off with this, what a burden of responsibility is removed; but what faith and humility is needed! Some of them had been called away from full nets (Luke 5:11), and it takes faith to follow under such circumstances. Many would start if... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 9:1-2
Luke 9:1-2Then He called His twelve disciples togetherThe apostolic authority1.Its extent. 2. Its grounds. 3. Its propose. 4. Its limits. (Van Oosterzee.)Charge of our Saviour to the twelveI. TO WHOM THEY WERE TO GO. 1. Not to the heathen. It was more favourable to the progress of Christianity, even among the Gentiles, that the Jews should be first instructed, because, as they already believed in the unity and attributes of God, and possessed the prophecies, they were much better fitted than... read more