Theme: The fellowship of the local church is essential to our faith because of what God provides for us through it.

Theme: This passage shows us the offer of the kingdom through the Seventy whom Jesus sent.

Theme: We need to beware of the ways we hinder ourselves from following Jesus as we should.

Theme: Jesus teaches us, as His followers, to be both tolerant toward those who are on our side, and merciful toward those who are not.