The Lifestyle of the Messengers of Christ, Part 24 (Just Jesus Evangelistic Campaign, Day 920)

TEXT: Matthew 10:40-42

In the days of the sixteenth-century Reformation when there was a price on the head of Menno Simons, a “Free-Church” leader, persons who dared to offer hospitality were arrested and in at least one case executed. Of such, Jesus says, the reward is commensurate with the service of the messenger. We are a team, and the supporting players are participants with the lead players. The church is a symphony rather than a series of solo recitals. We do together what no one person can do alone. It takes more than missionaries to accomplish Jesus’ mission; the whole community of faith must be involved. Those who support God’s missionaries will receive an equivalent reward.