Faith
Trying to spread the Good News to non-Christian family members may sometimes pose problems. The foremost problem is their questioning of the depth and scope of your understandings. They begin to question your authority and fail to continue to listen to the Good News.
In a way, this is similar to the situation when Jesus was back in his home town, where Jesus said: "A prophet is respected everywhere except in his own home town and by his relatives and his family" (Mark 6:4). People in Jesus's home town still questioned His ultimate authority as the Son of God.
Although Jesus was not able to perform any miracles at his home town, he still managed to place his hands on a few sick people and healed them (Mark 6:5). From this, we are reminded that although we may not be able to have a strong and big influence on our family members that do not have faith when we spread the News, we should never neglect the small influences that we could make.
They may not have faith. But you should not lose faith!
In a way, this is similar to the situation when Jesus was back in his home town, where Jesus said: "A prophet is respected everywhere except in his own home town and by his relatives and his family" (Mark 6:4). People in Jesus's home town still questioned His ultimate authority as the Son of God.
Although Jesus was not able to perform any miracles at his home town, he still managed to place his hands on a few sick people and healed them (Mark 6:5). From this, we are reminded that although we may not be able to have a strong and big influence on our family members that do not have faith when we spread the News, we should never neglect the small influences that we could make.
They may not have faith. But you should not lose faith!
Read Mark 6:1-6 (NIV from biblegateway.com)
"Faith"... the word is thrown around too much... People use it to mean all sorts of things. We need to be more clear on what kind of faith we are talking about and what is it that we have faith in.
Jot..
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12:02 am, September 11, 2004