This morning we will be starting the 10th chapter in the Gospel of Matthew.

In our text we will see Jesus call and send out his disciples as apostles. They will be given the authority to do miraculous things to demonstrate and authenticate their being sent by the Lord.

Jesus will be giving them specific instructions of what to take, where not to go, and how they are to proceed.

It is absolutely amazing to think about who Jesus would choose to be sent out as His apostles. On paper it makes absolutely no sense. These men were mostly blue collar workers not professional orators or seminary graduates. However, in 1 Corinthians 1 it is written:

27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong (1 Corinthians 1:27).