Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with Preach the Kingdom as we pick up in Luke, 9 verse 1 and now with today's message here's

pastor chuck let's turn in our bibles to the gospel according to Luke chapter 9

Luke here records the sending of the 12 to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

This is not to be confused with the time that he sent out the 70.

We will get that in the beginning of chapter 10.

But here he is sending out the 12 to go throughout the area of the Galilee, in fact, to go as

far as they can, they're to travel light, which means that they will be traveling fast, and

they'll be getting out as far as they can in this period of time.

So he called his 12 disciples together,

and he gave them power and authority over all devils

and to cure diseases.

And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. And he said unto them, take nothing

for your journey, neither staves nor script, neither bread, neither money, neither two coats apiece.

And whatsoever house you enter into there abide and from there depart. And whosoever will not receive you when you go out of

that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. And they departed

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