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Christ’s School
Christ gave them “power and authority.” Power is the ability to do
something, and authority is the right to use that
ability. He didn’t regard them as threats, or as people to
keep busy, but as arrows in the hand of God. He sent them out!
Christ also gave them a very specific job,
including how to do that job (Luke 9:3-5).
Then the apostles reported back to Jesus
(Luke 9:10).