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Matthew 10:16 · BSB
10:16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
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…And to do that, I want to look back at something that Jesus said. This is one of my favorite things that Jesus has ever spoken. We're gonna go toMatthew chapter 10, verse 16. I'm reading everything, by the way, from the mobile app. If you have that, you can always follow along with the scriptures there. Jesus said, I am…
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…And to do that, I want to look back at something that Jesus said. This is one of my favorite things that Jesus has ever spoken. We're gonna go toMatthew chapter 10, verse 16. I'm reading everything, by the way, from the mobile app. If you have that, you can always follow along with the scriptures there. Jesus said, I am…
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…mess up in life. We all continue to mess up in life. But are we going to allow that to taint us, to mess up our heart to where it is not pure? InMatthew 10, verse 16, it says, Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as dove. I used to wonder, now, why…
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…and innocent as doves. That is very famous verse but people don't often quote what he says, next. The first few verse in Matthew 10, 17, that wasMatthew 10:16after he says, be wise as serpents and innocent as doves, he goes on to say, beware of men. Beware of men. In other words, in your endeavors to…
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We're going to read from Matthew 9, verse 35, all the way through toMatthew 10, verse 16. And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw…
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…down on it. It wasn't their preference, it was their firmly held belief and they staked their lives on it. I'm gonna turn over to math and toMatthew, chapter 10, verse 16. Jesus warned of persecutions. He said behold, I send you out a sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves,…
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…knowing this is the way rulers often work, is part of how we're wise as serpents and we're innocent as doves. Remember, Jesus tells us that inMatthew 10, verse 16. As we look at this first section, then, as we're thinking through how it is that we protect ourselves from cynicism and fear and doubt, we need to…
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Reading comes from Matthew chapter 10. Please follow a line on the screen in your bulletin or your own Bible. InMatthew 10 verse 16we read, Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpent and innocent as those. Beware of men, for they will…
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…an approach where not everyone knows what he's up to. He follows this principle that I'm going to return to again in the book of Daniel fromMatthew 10, verse 16that Jesus gives us. He tells us, I'm sending you out in the world and so I want you to be wise as serpents but innocent as doves. And that's what…
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…3, verse 12. All who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. So opposition is coming and it is beneficial to us.Matthew 10, verse 16, key verse. I'm sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Ouch! That doesn't sound optimistic, does it? I'm sending you out like a sheep…
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…Jesus. It's where we begin to reorient who we are toward Him. It's where we treasure Him above all else, come what may, because we have Christ.Matthew 10, verse 16. Jesus says, Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Romans 8, verse 36. Paul here cites Psalm 44, verse 22, where he says,…
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…were given very explicit instructions as to how to go about this particular season of ministry. Then came the jolting part of being a disciple.Matthew chapter 10, verse 16. Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. I've seen the result of deer, elk, cattle, and sheep being in the midst of wolves.…
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…to be vulnerable. But he's telling them, I've got you. Don't worry. I've got you. And, um, uh, he, he describes sending them out, uh, there inMatthew chapter 10, verse 16, behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. That's how God wants us to go out as sheep in the midst of wolves. And, um, and when…
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…in Matthew chapter 10, verse 16 through 25. Why don't you turn there with me while I try not to choke. I'm so ready to not be sick anymore.Matthew chapter 10, verse 16. We're going to read through verse 25. I want you to see this as a consistent teaching. Jesus took them and showed them what it was going to look…
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…him into their lives, and listen to what Jesus says to these dear group of believers, these little sheep. Jesus is looking at them, and he says,Matthew 10, verse 16, says, Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves. But beware, for you will be handed over to the…
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