Commissioned with Authority (Mark 6:7)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Mark 6:7, David Platt teaches how God has entrusted us with authority to proclaim the Gospel.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.9	Mark chapter six, verse seven, and he called the twelve and began to send them out
0:10.4	two by two and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
0:15.0	What a powerful picture. Jesus sending out his disciples with his authority.
0:21.0	Jesus gives them authority to deliver people of demons to cast out unclean spirits.
0:29.7	They would go out and do ministry with follow this, the delegated authority of Jesus.
0:36.8	So here are these words in Mark six, seven, and then think about the great commission
0:42.7	that Jesus has given to all of his followers to you and me today.
0:47.6	What did he say before he said go and make disciples of all nations?
0:52.0	He said in verse 18 of Matthew 28, all authority and heaven and on earth has been given to me,
0:59.1	therefore go. So think about this, even in light of what we were praying from Mark chapter five,
1:06.7	Jesus says authority over demons and disease and death. Jesus says all authority is mine.
1:14.2	Therefore in light of this, I'm sending you out to go and make disciples of all the nations.
1:20.4	So you and I go out today with the delegated authority of Jesus with the spirit of Jesus in us.
1:28.7	That's Matthew 28, 20. I will be with you always to the end of the age.
1:32.4	The spirit of Jesus is in you and me today. Just let that soak in, Father of Jesus.
1:38.2	You have the spirit of Jesus in you and you are going out today with the authority of Jesus
1:44.5	delegated to you to do what? To call people to repent and believe the gospel.
1:50.8	That's where if you keep going down and Mark chapter six, verse 12, so they went out and
1:55.1	proclaimed that people should repent. So think about it. Like who are you to tell somebody else
2:01.5	today how they should live that they should turn from their sin in themselves and trust in Jesus
2:07.2	as savior? And Lord, you don't say that based on your own authority. You say that based on
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