“Those who receive you are also receiving me, and those who receive me are receiving the one who sent me. Those who receive a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Those who receive a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. I assure you that everybody who gives even a cup of cold water to these little ones because they are my disciples will certainly be rewarded.” (Matthew 10:40-42, CEB)
If you receive a prophet you will get a prophet’s reward…
If you receive a righteous person you will receive a righteous person’s reward…
If you give a cup of cold water to these little ones because they are my disciples you will be rewarded…
Why do we do good?
From this passage, we do good for what we get. But that is not why we should do good.
The reward is the cherry on top. We do not do good for the cherry. We do good because good was done to/for us and doing good is the loving thing to do.
We love because we are loved. We do not love to be loved.
So do good, not for what you get but because of what you already have.
Loving People. Loving God.
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