92nd Post Jesus Said On Deeds Rewarded - Matthew 10: 40 - 42

Matthew 10: 40 - 42; Mark 9: 41; Luke 10: 16 He who receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
There was a question raised last night, as to what the prophet's reward was. I told them I would look into this and include what I found in this blog. If you look at the passage written above, you will notice that Jesus starts off with Jesus Himself, then He went to the prophets, and then to the disciples. There is a progression of importance, and a progression of importance in the rewards also. Jesus represents God the Father directly. The Prophet represents God directly, but his being sent from God is not always clear at the time he is being used by God. Sometimes, the prophet was not taken seriously until after they had killed him and his words started to come true.
The disciples were going out before they were really known to be followers of Jesus. All of them were to spread God's Word. The reward given to the believer that listens to them is based on their importance and influence in spreading God's Word. Those who received Jesus would reap a larger reward, those who listened to the prophets a lesser reward, and disciples those who listened to the disciples would not lose their reward. These rewards would be given in this world and the next.