"It is a faithful thing you do for the brothers - foreigners/strangers as they are," 3 John 5.
Who's talking? Old man John, the last living apostle of Jesus' twelve. Who's he talking to? A man walking in the truth, named Gaius. What's Gaius doing to show John his faithfulness to Jesus? He supports fellow Christians who have gone out for sake of Jesus' name (sounds like missionaries, doesn't it?), even though these brothers are foreigners, strangers to Gaius. John says that when God's people support these folks, they become workers together in the truth. How cool is that? (Note, it's not just anybody, willy-nilly, Gaius supports - these are clearly brothers; just not of Gaius' own worldly cultural people.) Yes, the old apostle says they don't depend on unbelievers - believers must support these brothers. Sky kingdom.
Today, with a brother or sister, we join with workers in the truth of Jesus to put the name of Jesus before a lost world. And, together, we offer thanks that God received us, strangers, into his kingdom.
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