Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 6:7-13
by: Tim Bond.
Prior to this text, the disciples had been called to follow Jesus. While following they had seen Him pray, preach, teach, and heal, as well as instruct them personally. That was their classroom education. Now Jesus had paired them up and was sending them out for practicum. The disciples had knowledge, but Jesus knew some of their experiences would be successes and others failures. Jesus Himself had just been unsuccessful in His own backyard, and He told His disciples how to cope if they were rejected.