Matthew 10:1-4 ~ The Calling of the Twelve Apostles

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There was no failure involved when the disciples went out with the authority of Christ. Failure is impossible with the authority of Christ. There is no such thing as the human frame is too weak, or we just did not pray enough. That is not the Jesus of the Bible.

If you have been called, when you preach God's word, you will have the ministry of Christ in His authority through His word. If no one gets ministered to when you preach the word, then sit down, you have not been called. You think you have, but you have not. If you say you are a faith healer and nobody gets healed, sit down, because you do not have the authority of Christ.

If you approach me proclaiming your calling, you better have the authority of Christ. I am willing to receive everything the Lord has for me. But if you are going to put it back on me, thinking the authority of Christ is not enough. That Jesus is so weak and feeble that He is dependent upon me to believe enough to be able to do it. No. Even Jesus showed the contradiction there, He upped the ante. Not only did He cast out demons, and heal people of all diseases, but He raised the dead. How much faith does the dead guy have? None. It was the authority of Christ.