Matthew 10: 16 Commentary

1. Jesus knowingly sends them out as sheep
a. In the midst of wolves
b. Of whom many will be their own FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
2. It is so that we will know
a. That we have wolves within our own borders
b. That believers are NOT at the top of the food chain
c. That there is a very real possibility we will get eaten
d. That we will need to act in wisdom toward wolves
e. That we should not add needless offense to the Gospel
3. It would have been one thing for Jesus
a. To have said He would send us out
b. As WOLVES AMONG SHEEP
4. The disciples would have the FALSE notion
a. That WE are at the top of the food chain
b. That WE can huff and puff blowing houses down
c. That We can bite and devour all opposition
5. James and John would have LIKED that
a. But they (Samaritans) did not receive Him, because His face was [set] for the journey to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John saw [this], they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” (Luke 9:53-54)
6. But Jesus does NOT candy-coat the truth
a. But tells us BELIEVERS are the SHEEP
b. And the WORLD is full of WOLVES
7. At best we will get MIXED-REVIEWS
a. For not everybody will like our message
8. Some in fact will want to kill us
a. Showing no mercy upon us
9. So we need to act WISELY (1 Peter 3:15)
a. In giving a ready defense
b. Of the hope that is within us
10. Hear the words of Paul
a. Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity (Col 4:5 NLT)
11. We also need to live honorably without deceit
a. As the Gospel is offensive enough
b. We are not to add needless offense to it
12. Hear the words of Paul again
a. We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry (2 Cor 6:3 NLT)

By Tractorman (wrote 3584 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 1/27/2012 14:16 pm

Angel: If POLYGAMY IS A DEVIL DOGMA WHY DID MOSES OBSERVE IT BY MARRYING TWO WIVES? If is is a EVIL’S DOGMA why did King David who love the Laws of God, practiced it by marrying more than 20 wives? If Polygamy is a devil’s dogma why did the Abraham father of the faith practiced it?

You know what Angel frankly speaking-you talked like a BABY IN THE FAITH! Do not be puffed up and in your childishness you exercise yourself into great matters which you do not at all understand!

Dwell on the milk of Christ now…you lack experience yet… so do not involved yourself in things too high for you now. YOU ARE PUFFed UP THINKING OF YOURSELF LIKE YOU ARE SOME KIND OF FAVORITE OF GOD while I am introducing here a DEVIL’S DOGMA! You are s show-off! Repent of your childish spiritual pride lest you fall!

By TIUCHE (wrote 3265 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 1/20/2012 11:24 am

dogs are false teachers that go against GOD and accept dogmas as truth… just like polygamy is a devil dogma!!!

By angel (wrote 400 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 1/20/2012 03:00 am

DOGS TRYING TO BREAK IN TO TASTE & MAR THE drinking FOUNTAINS OF A MAN-hose that are not dogs will understand this parable!

(This is dedicated for all the godly mistresses of a man who remains loyal& faithful to the man whom they loved).

Proverbs 5:18
Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

The man already had a drinking fountain but that fountain of his youth does not anymore taste like it was in the days of his youth. There were now many times when the fountains refuse his thirsty soul. So what did the righteous man do? Than to steal drink from the owned fountains of others or drink from the dirtied fountains for rent, the man opted to add another fountains in his household despite the expenses and responsibility that goes with it. However the man got a problem…in the town where he live it was thought of by the majority that having two or three drinking fountains was unlucky. The added fountains were looked down upon as cheap and dirty. But the man was righteous and he was quite thirsty so he added another one…

Proverbs 5:16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
Song of Solomon 4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

When the dogs in the town knew of it….they ogled the new fountain of the man. Looking at the drinking fountain as far below their standard of what a clean fountain should be. They talked about the new fountains in their pack…circled the man’s house at evening, made a noise…They wander about for drinks and howl w/o satisfaction…snarling throws their secret message and scents into the air …saying:

Proverbs 9:17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

They ogled and ogled at his fountains…without understanding…for they are dogs…the man blurted out to them: Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well you dogs! Mine fountains are mine alone, never to be shared with strangers.

But the dogs never did understand..for they were dogs….and outside the CITY are the dogs and those that makes a lie!

By TIUCHE (wrote 3265 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 1/19/2012 13:16 pm

ARE U A CHRISTIAN? NOT A DOG? SURE? IF SURE……………………………………then…

Philippians 3:2 “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision(short cutters)…

Galatians 5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
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Psalm 22:16 Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 22:20 Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

Revelation 22:15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

By TIUCHE (wrote 3265 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 8/2/2011 14:06 pm