Luke 10:10

Luke 10:10 says, But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,  Jesus also told those disciples what to do in a city that would not receive them.  Verse eleven adds, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.  They were to go out in the streets of those cities, shake the dust off their feet, and tell the people there that the kingdom of God had come nigh to them.  They were not to rant and rave, but were simply to tell the people in those cities that they had been given the opportunity to become a part of God's kingdom.  We are not to be angry at people who will not hear us when we witness, but we can at least tell them that they had the opportunity to be saved.  Verse twelve, continues, But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.  These disciples were also to warn the people in those cities that it would be more tolerable for the people of Sodom in the day of judgment than it would be for them.  Those who have a greater understanding of the gospel and reject it will be held more accountable then those who never heard the gospel.  Verse thirteen declares, Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.  There was a warning to two cities in particular, telling them if the mighty works done in them had been done in Tyre and Sidon, that they would have have repented long ago.  Since great works of God have been done in America, and we call ourselves a Christian nation, if people here reject Christ, I believe they will be held more accountable than in places where Christ cannot be preached.  Verse fourteen adds, But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.  Jesus said it would be more tolerable in Tyre and Sidon, Gentile cities, where His message had not been preached,  than in these two cities.  Verse fifteen continues, And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.  There was a warning for the people of Capernaum, another Jewish city where Jesus had preached, that they might think they were exalted to heaven because the were a part of the nation of Israel, but they were to be cast down into hell for rejecting Jesus Christ.  It doesn't matter if we feel that we are exalted by God because of where we were born if we reject the gospel of Christ.  Verse sixteen says, He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.  Jesus said that those who rejected the disciples that He sent rejected Him and the heavenly Father Who sent Him.  This remains true today of those who reject us when we share the gospel of Christ with them.  Verse seventeen adds, And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.  These seventy that Jesus sent out returned telling Him that even the devils were subject to them when they dealt with them by faith in Jesus's name.  We have no less power when we are truly acting in the power of Christ today.  Verse eighteen states, And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.  Jesus said He had seen Satan fall from heaven.  His power had always been limited, and it still is today.  Verse nineteen adds, Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  This did not mean that these disciples were to go out and look for serpents and scorpions to walk on to prove their faith, but that if they were to step on them while proclaiming the gospel that they would have no more power over them than any enemy of God had.  They were secure in their relationship to God through faith in Jesus Christ no matter what.  If we stand for God, nothing can stand against us.  Verse twenty continues, Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.  Jesus told these disciples not to rejoice in their victory over demons, but to rejoice that their names were written down in heaven.  This is reason that we should rejoice today as well.