“…and salute no man by the way.” Jesus is going to make a tour of various cities, and so He sends out the seventy, two by two. They’re His advanced evangelistic team, to prepare for His arrival in each town. It is in this setting that He admonishes them to not get side-tracked from their main goal. Even to the simplest thing, like a greeting to others (2Kgs.4:29). Jewish greetings were not like ours, but rather long and drawn out. Involved in this was asking a whole list of questions related to the individual and his or her family’s condition. It was time consuming.
The Christian’s one main objective in life is “to know Christ.” Everything and everyone else is to stand by the roadside as we travel the main thoroughfare. Not family, friends, or even Spiritual ministries are to distract from our relationship with Him, no matter how virtuous. Not preaching, not singing, not prophecy, not politics, not missions, not the Church, not Bible study, not soul-winning, not ministering to others, as good and worthy as these may seem. NOTHING COMES BEFORE HIM! “He is before all things.” As the writer of Hebrews tells us, “For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
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