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1018 Evangelizology
2) And in Luke 22:35, once Judas Iscariot had left, the apostles shared that they lacked
nothing when they were sent out:
“And He said to them, ‘When I sent you out without purse and bag and sandals, you did
not lack anything, did you?’ And they said, ‘No, nothing’” (Luke 22:35)
3) Now what would these traveling preachers [cf. Medieval Wanderprediger, Poor
Men of Lyons, etc.] have needed? (1) food, (2) a place to sleep, (3) his clothing
washed, (3) a place to clean up:
a) Without these necessities what would life be like?
(1) “To this present hour we are both hungry, thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are
roughly treated, and are homeless,” 1 Cor 4:11
(2) “In sleeplessness, in hunger,” 2 Cor 6:5
(3) “Through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold
and exposure,” 2 Cor 11:27
b) Without these necessities, they would receive the curse of Deut 28:48 (as Paul
did, Acts 9:16) for those who disobey the commands of God:
“Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the
abundance of all things; therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD shall
send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He
will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you” (Deut 28:47-48)
c) Therefore:
(1) “Bless those who curse you,” Luke 6:28
(2) “For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death;
because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men,”
1 Cor 4:9
c. Now, as mentioned above, Jesus specifically addressed and changed this command in
Luke 22:35-36, when Judas Iscariot was not among them:
“And He said to them, ‘When I sent you out without purse and bag and sandals, you did not
lack anything, did you?’ And they said, ‘No, nothing.’ And He said to them, ‘But now, let him
who has a purse take it along, likewise also a bag, and let him who has no sword sell his robe and
buy one’” (Luke 22:35-36)
1) It seems like they can have a little more for their journey:
a) A purse—for some money, which Judas was want to have, John 12:6
b) A bag—for some extra clothing
c) A sword—for protection—was urged upon them as more important than a robe!
2) They were still sent out, meaning:
a) They had no long term reputation in the village, town, or city—there goes the
basis for Lifestyle Evangelism!
b) They were strangers, unacquainted with local lore and customs, and possibly
even language (see Acts 14:11-12)
d. Why did Jesus send out His disciples as paupers?
1) Did not God say of the poor man: “All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How
much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are
gone” (Prov 19:7)?
2) Why would Christ set up His disciples for such a fate?
a) Was this because they are men of whom the world is not worthy, Heb 11:38?
b) Was this so that the power was in the message and in nothing else, 1 Cor 1:17-
21?