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Matthew 10:5\u00a0 <\/span>These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, \u201cGo nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.\u2019 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. As you enter the house, greet it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0Because so many were so spiritually neglected, Jesus sent these apostles out. \u201cThe beginnings of the mission to the neglected \u2018lost\u2019 sheep of Israel. \u00a0Who were the\u00a0lost sheep of Israel<\/b>? In a sense, all of them were.\u00a0All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way<\/i>. (Isaiah 53:6<\/span><\/a>). Yet in another sense, there were also\u00a0lost sheep<\/b>\u00a0that were abused and neglected by their spiritual shepherds, the scribes, priests, and Pharisees. This is the sense of\u00a0Jeremiah 50:6<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The disciples both had a message to preach and a power to display. In this, they were truly followers of their Master. They were not to seek or desire payment – \u201cYou received without paying, give without pay\u201d. They should expect\u00a0God<\/i>\u00a0to meet their needs, without taking undue concern for their own needs. Furthermore, they should expect that God would normally meet their needs through the inspired hospitality of others. Even though the twelve could expect their needs to be met through the people they served, they should never require their needs to be met as payment. The foundational principle was\u00a0freely you have received, freely give<\/b>.<\/p>\n
All we have we have been given by the author and creator. We are stewards of what He has given us.\u00a0 <\/span>We do well to keep this in mind and live humbly before God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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