Shake The Dust From Your Feet

In Matt. 10:14 Jesus told the disciples to ’shake the dust from their feet’ when they are leaving an unbelieving town. What did He mean by that?

Q. In Matt. 10:14 Jesus told the disciples to ’shake the dust from their feet’ when they are leaving an unbelieving town. What did He mean by that?

A. Jesus was telling the disciples not to waste any time or energy on people who refused to listen to the Gospel. We can’t debate, argue, coerce or threaten anyone into accepting God’s Word. They are either open to it or not. Arguing the point only polarizes people and makes it more difficult for them to accept it in the future. Once we lay out the Gospel for someone we’ve done our job. If they accept it and want to know more, great. But if they don’t, all the discussion in the world won’t help.