
Sermons - Redeemer City Church
When God Speaks, Listen - Luke 9:1-6
“Shake the dust off your feet” gets used like a tough-love slogan, but Jesus meant something far more serious. In this sermon, Pastor Trent opens Luke 9:1–6 where we see Jesus commission the twelve apostles, giving them real authority and a temporary empowering for ministry. He sends them out with a surprising strategy: travel light, depend on God’s provision, and keep moving even when people refuse to listen. That’s not just logistics, it’s training for a lifetime of gospel mission. Then the message camps out on the line that should stop us cold: when a town refuses to receive the messengers, they’re told to shake the dust off as a testimony against them. In its original Jewish context, dust-shaking marked separation from unclean pagan territory, which is why it’s shocking that Jesus applies it inside Israel. The warning lands on us too: proximity to the things of God is not the same as knowing God. Church background, Christian habits, and religious language can sit right next to a heart that still rejects Christ. Send us Fan Mail

