by Van Robison

Jesus Christ is the absolute standard of all human conduct and life. When Jesus first began His earthly ministry, He quoted a prophecy about Himself from the book of Isaiah and we read at Luke 4:18, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." Also in Matthew 11:5, "...and the poor have the gospel preached to them." Jesus told His disciples when He sent them out, to preach "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 10:7). And in the next verse (verse 8), He said "...FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE." It would be obvious that as the disciples traveled around and preached the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, that someone had to feed these men and also provide them shelter for the night's lodging. But that aside, they still nevertheless at the command of Jesus Christ, did not charge money to convey Christ to others. If they had, it would have been a betrayal of their commission from Christ. Read more...