Kingdom Living - The Commands of ChristSample

Commands of Christ: 41 

Shake the dust off your feet where no one receives you or listens to you. 

This seems harsh. This is part of the basis of the old adage that we are only responsible for sharing the good news, not for people’s response to it. This can be the merciful thing to do, however, because the more revelation and opportunity a person has, the more severely they will be judged if they do not respond. This also increases the opportunity for those who will respond to hear the message since the message-bearers will not be absorbed with the unresponsive for long periods of time. Also, those who fail to respond now may well become more responsive later, and some of the people who do respond now may be the ones to take the message to them at that time.