I am extending the conversation from my Sunday morning message on Matthew 10. There is so much to discuss on “The Marks of Discipleship” that to do justice to this passage would take several weeks of examination on Sunday morning. Instead, I am inviting people to join me through the week as I reflect on some of the things we began to unpack on Sunday morning.

Two things Jesus has his disciples do: Proclaim the message of the Kingdom and demonstrate the power of the Kingdom.

The disciples are not going out ignorant. They have heard Jesus teach and they have watched him perform powerful miracles. He has demonstrated the Kingdom to them.

Apprenticeship is not about knowledge alone. It is also about doing. We see, take it in, and then lay it back out. That is the call of the 12. It is our call as well.

We are to proclaim that which we have heard and learned. We proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are also called to demonstrate the power of the Kingdom. We get a little more hesitant on that one.

Here are some questions:

1. What is “proclamation” for us as believers?

2. What is “demonstration” today?

3. Does the lack of seeing the miraculous or other activities demonstrating the power of the Kingdom make you hesitate on that second part of Jesus’ command to the disciples?

Join the conversation.