Bible Questions Answered:
“How do you justify the fact that
Christ excluded the gospel, from the gentiles, Matthew 10: 6?...”
Melony/ Arlington, New York U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Matthew 10:1,5,6 KJV
1 And when He had called unto Him
His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to
cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and
commanded them, saying, Go not
into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans
enter ye not:
6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
This verse found
only in Matthew's gospel, is it an indication of some form of bias on
Matthew's part?
Mark 6:30-44 NLT
(Jesus Feeds Five Thousand.) (Mark also uses a similar phrase to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel.
In verse 34.)
30 The apostles returned to Jesus
from their ministry tour and told Him all they had done and taught.
31 Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place
and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people
coming and going that Jesus and His apostles didn’t even have time
to eat.
32 So they left by boat for a quiet
place, where they could be alone.
33 But many people recognized them
and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the
shore and got there ahead of them.
34 Jesus saw the huge crowd as He
stepped from the boat, and He had compassion on them because they
were like sheep without a shepherd. So He began
teaching them many things.
Should we think
that the gospel message was totally exclusive to the Jews and not to
the Gentiles, what then of the following verses.
Matthew 15:21-28
KJV (The Faith of a Gentile Woman. Mark 7:24-30.)
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went
north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there
came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me,
O Lord, Son Of David! For my
daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not
even a word. Then His disciples urged Him to send her away. “Tell
her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her
begging.”
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I
was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of
Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped Him,
pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t
right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She replied, “That’s true,
Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath
their masters’ table.”
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to
her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her
daughter was instantly healed.
Luke 7:1-10 NLT
(The Faith of a Roman Officer.)
7 When Jesus had finished saying all
this to the people, He returned to Capernaum.
2 At that time the highly valued
slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death.
3 When the officer heard about
Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask Him to come and
heal his slave.
4 So they earnestly begged Jesus to
help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said,
5 “for he loves the Jewish people
and even built a synagogue for us.”
6 So Jesus went with them. But just
before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to
say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am
not worthy of such an honor.
7 I am not even worthy to come and
meet you. Just say The Word from where you are, and my servant will
be healed.
8 I know this because I am under the
authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my
soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’
and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, He was
amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following Him, He said, “I
tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!”
10 And when the officer’s friends
returned to his house, they found the slave completely healed.
John 4:1-42 NLT
(Jesus and a Samaritan Woman.) (In Acts 8:5-25 The
message of salvation was preached to Samaritans before it was given
to Gentiles.)
1 Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard
that He was baptizing and making more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself didn’t
baptize them—His disciples did).
3 So He left Judea and returned to
Galilee.
4 He had to go through Samaria on
the way.
5 Eventually He came to the
Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his
son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there; and
Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about
noontime.
7 Soon a Samaritan woman came to
draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give Me a drink.”
8 He was alone at the time because
His disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
9 The woman was surprised, for
Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to
Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you
asking me for a drink?”
10 Jesus replied, “If you only
knew The Gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would
ask Me, and I would give you Living Water.”
11 “But sir, you don’t have a
rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where
would you get this Living Water?
12 And besides, do you think you’re
greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you
offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who
drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.
14 But those who drink the water I
give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring
within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman
said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and
I won’t have to come here to get water.”
16 “Go and get your husband,”
Jesus told her.
17 “I don’t have a husband,”
the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a
husband—
18 for you have had five husbands,
and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now.
You certainly spoke The Truth!”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you
must be a prophet.
20 So tell me, why is it that you
Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we
Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors
worshiped?”
21 Jesus replied, “Believe Me,
dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether
you worship The Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans know very little
about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, for
salvation comes through the Jews.
23 But the time is coming—indeed
it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship The Father in
Spirit and in Truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship
Him that way.
24 For God is Spirit, so those who
worship Him must worship in Spirit and in Truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know The
Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When He comes, He
will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus told her, “I am The
Messiah!”
27 Just then His disciples came
back. They were shocked to find Him talking to a woman, but none of
them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why
are you talking to her?”
28 The woman left her water jar
beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,
29 “Come and see A Man who told me
everything I ever did! Could He possibly be The Messiah?”
30 So the people came streaming from
the village to see Him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples were
urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But Jesus replied, “I have a
kind of food you know nothing about.”
33 “Did someone bring Him food
while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: “My
nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent Me, and from
finishing His work.
35 You know the saying, ‘Four
months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look
around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.
36 The harvesters are paid good
wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life.
What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!
37 You know the saying, ‘One
plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true.
38 I sent you to harvest where you
didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will
get to gather the harvest.”
(Many Samaritans
Believe.)
39 Many Samaritans from the village
believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me
everything I ever did!”
40 When they came out to see Him,
they begged Him to stay in their village. So He stayed for two days,
41 long enough for many more to hear His message and believe.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now
we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have
heard Him ourselves. Now we know that He is indeed The Savior Of The
world.”
So, was Christ's
message exclusive to the Jews, No!
To whom, is the
gospel call directed?
Matthew 24:14
KJV
And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a witness unto
all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 28:18-20
KJV
18 And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
The Father, and of The Son, and of
The Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15,16
KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
II Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
And after The
Lord's resurrection?
John 12:20-32
KJV
20 And there were certain Greeks
among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21 The same came therefore to
Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired Him, saying,
Sir, we would see Jesus.
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew:
and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying,
The hour is come, that The Son Of Man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth
alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25 He that loveth his life shall
lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto
life eternal.
26 If any man serve Me, let him
follow Me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man
serve Me, him will My Father honor.
27 Now is My soul troubled; and what
shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came
I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then
came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and
will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore, that stood
by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake
to Him.
30 Jesus answered and said, This
voice came not because of Me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this
world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up
from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.
John 3:16 KJV
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have everlasting lif
