When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. - Luke 7:20-22 NIV
Sometimes I think the gospel gets lost because we go around telling people how they should act rather than what we have seen. Have we not seen the Savior, have we not heard what He said and received forgiveness and healing at His hands. That's what people need and what they really want to know. Is he the one? Is He the one who can heal my dying child, cure my disease, fill this aching hole in my heart?
More often than not, we're the ones standing around the woman caught in adultery, itching to see her pay for her sins. Jesus's response to those surrounding her, and to us as well, is "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." People would be crowding around us to hear how they could be changed rather than running the other way. Instead of a message filled with unbearably righteous indignation towards the world's sins, our message should always be, 'Look what the Lord has done."
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