Read: Mark 5:1-20

Go home to your friends, and
tell them what great things
the Lord has done for you.
-Mark 5:19

As I talked with a skeptic about the moral standards
of the Bible, I could tell that he remained unconvinced.
Then I asked him if he knew any cruel, greedy people who
had become kind and unselfish when they became believers
in Christ. His demeanor changed abruptly when he
admitted that he did know such people. I could tell
that they were having a greater impact on him than he
wanted to acknowledge.

Many years ago the head of a rescue mission in London
accepted the challenge to debate a well-known skeptic,
but with this condition. He would bring with him 100
people who would tell how believing in Jesus had changed
their lives. He invited his opponent to counter with
witnesses to the benefits of unbelief. On the appointed
day the believer came with his 100, but the skeptic
never showed up.

Even though we should be prepared to give a reasonable
answer to a person who asks about the hope we have in
Christ (1 Pet. 3:15), our Christlike character and
conduct remain the strongest argument for our faith. In
Mark 5, Jesus told the formerly demon-possessed man to
go home to his friends so they could see what He had
done for him (v.19).

Are you telling others what Christ has done for you?
-Herbert Vander Lugt

You may be tempted to debate
To change another’s view,
But nothing speaks more powerfully
Than what Christ did in you. -Sper

WHEN YOU KNOW CHRIST,
YOU’LL WANT OTHERS TO KNOW HIM TOO.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.

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