I was talking with a missionary friend of mine. We were talking about the stories in the book of Mark that we are going through in Homiletics Class. A theme that has come up a couple of times is this: Jesus heals someone and tells them not to say anything, yet they always seem to not be able to contain themselves.
It's interesting that these people just were not comfortable if they were not sharing the fact that their life had been touched by Jesus. They were only satisfied when they shared what Jesus did for them.
And then there's us. We have been touched far more than just being healed of a fatal disease, or of having our legs given strength to walk. Jesus touched us in such a way that our eternity has changed: The hope of eternal life, with an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, passing from death to life, being quickened, made alive... Yet we need to be begged to share that with others.
Jesus healed us in a far greater way than physical healing. He then tells us to go out and tell others. And our response will be... to be determined.
Just a thought
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(1 Cor 8:3) But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
I'm not a Bible scholar but have always thought.... these people had an outward healing. People couldn't help but notice and ask how they were healed. Shouldn't we as Christians be so "glowing" with Christ that people have to ask what makes us different? Christians should "do" evangelism through daily living.
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