Chosen …2…

Chosen…2…

So many people followed Jesus, but he chose 12 to stay with him, to mentor, to befriend in close relationships…

(I have often wondered if these chosen were from 12 tribes…often thought the good size for a small group was 12-not too big, not too small.)

They came with different personalities, different talents, different backgrounds, but they were chosen specifically….

When you look back over your life, are there “12” whom you felt closer to among your friendships…?  I think of mine and have been so blessed in different chapters of the ones that God placed me with for specific seasons of life… those who encouraged, those who held my hand, those who challenged, those who we still pray for one another, those who stay in contact, those who my children still can go to for advice, those who I can count on no matter what…and many more reasons…and I thank God for them all…no matter where they are…

Jesus had these twelve whom he shared life with,  until the end….except for Judas, they went on after him, telling the world of the Savior…giving their lives for the truth of the Gospel. They walked with Jesus…along his path…along their paths… chosen…

 Afterwards he went up into the hills and summoned certain ones he chose, inviting them to come and join him there; and they did.  Then he selected twelve of them to be his regular companions and to go out to preach and to cast out demons.  These are the names of the twelve he chose: Simon (he renamed him “Peter”), James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus called them “Sons of Thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (a member of a political party advocating violent overthrow of the Roman government), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

Mark.3.13-19

 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Luke.6.12-16

https://bibleseo.com/gospels/jesus-disciples-names-meaning-occupation/

Thank YOU…

 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Col.3.12-17

Oh Lord, you’re beautiful….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEa1Uo9UZc

A VBS song about the disciples….fun…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfi3JRR1Nfc