Today is Wednesday, June 10, 2020, and here is your daily devote. All followers of Christ have a mandate to tell those who don't know God about what He has done for them. Jesus told him to go home to His own people and tell them what happened to Him. This is the power of a personal testimony.
While God does sometimes use seminary trained preachers who proclaim the word of God to leave people to faith in Christ, the great commission is not reserved for preachers alone. Rather, the great condition is for ordinary Christians to take the good news of Jesus, the new people and places. Our mission is local, but at the same time it is also global. Jesus wanted this man to share what the Savior had done for Him at home.
So wherever you live, in whatever city or area God has placed you, there are people like this demoniac, men and women who are created to be in a relationship with God, who suffer under the power and reign of sin. They are in desperate need of the healing power found only in the gospel. The demoniac serves as the embodiment of the damaging effect sin can cause and causes us to ask. How can we who have experienced the gospel share it with those who are on the fringes of society?
Think about this. Jesus' instructions to the man to go and spread the good news apply to us. How does this account challenge us to be bold and not shy away from people who may be labeled as difficult or on the fringes of society? Do you need spiritual help?
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