Each laborer in the present harvest should note well the Lord's instruction in these verses. Wherever the Lord's representatives go, peace should go, not strife, confusion, turmoil, quarreling. True, the Truth will prove to be a sword that will arouse opposition, yet it should be the Truth that causes the opposition and division, and not any rudeness or unkindness of word or action on the part of the Lord's representatives. There are plenty of things to aggravate mankind in this our busy day, and all who have received the Truth should receive also its spirit "speaking peace through Jesus Christ".
The Lord always prepares for His servants a welcome in such families as He desires to entertain them. Wherever His servants are not welcomed, He has made no preparation for them; and it would be well for them to move on. Wherever they go, they are to manifest the Lord's Spirit, prepared to confer spiritual blessings far superior to the earthly blessings bestowed upon them. If their blessings are not desired or appreciated, let them be withdrawn. Let them content themselves with the thought that elsewhere a worthy family awaits their coming.
1 Sam. 25:6, 17; Isa. 9:6; 57:19; Matt. 10:11-13; Psa. 35:13; 1 Cor. 9:4-7; 1 Tim. 5:18; Luke 19:5-9; Acts 10:36; 2 Cor. 5:18-20; Eph. 2:2, 3; 5:6; 2 Thes. 3:16; 2 Cor. 2:15, 16.
HYMNS
275, 23, 170, 107, 139, 179, 303.
POEMS OF DAWN
148 : THE SERVANT'S PATH IN A DAY OF REJECTION
