Called and Sent out

“And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.” (Mark 6:7 NKJV)

Who are the disciples of Jesus? The disciples are called and sent out. No one chose God, but God chose each individual, even before the foundation of the world. “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” (John 15:16 NKJV) Apostle John reveals the truth plainly, saying “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:44 NKJV) When we are called in His grace and mercy, we obeyed to the calling of God by faith in Christ. 

We are called for His glory and sent out into the world as the light of the world and the salty salt of the earth. Jesus sent out the twelve disciples two by two and gave them power over unclean spirits. Unclean spirits indicate the evil spirits of the devil who stubbornly disobeys and diabolically opposes God. The devil is the father of all lies and the murderer. The vicious and malevolent Satan twists and distorts the truth cunningly and craftily, so he makes the hosts of people the captives in his palace. All humans are under the power of evil. There is none righteous, not one, says the scripture.

But we have been delivered from the bondage of confusion and darkness by the power of God through the faith in Christ Jesus. All Christians have been given power over impure spirits. In His mercy and grace, we don’t have to yield to the power of evil any longer. That iron grip has been loosed by the blood of Christ because He is incomparably stronger than the devil. The power of God is manifested in the resurrection of Christ from the dead which is, “far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.” (Ephesians 1:21 NKJV)

That old man died with Christ, so we live a new life with Christ now and forevermore. We have been made alive and imparted the life of God by His grace and mercy. It has been given for us to live eternal life right now, not to hold it until we go to heaven after this life. God has changed us into sons of light. That is what has happened to all the believers in Christ Jesus. The scripture declares a marvelous statement, saying “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14 NKJV)

Therefore, we can choose refusing the evil and obeying the Spirit. Apostle Paul exhorts us, saying “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” (Romans 6:12-13 NKJV) That’s the good news. We have Christ in us, the hope of glory. So, we have been given power over evil spirits. That power is Christ Jesus!