Do you keep your witness at home? Do you minister to and pray for those at home like you do at church? Are you as kind and polite to your family as you are the people you meet out on the street? Do you keep a servant's heart behind closed doors?
To be honest, I can't always answer those questions with a yes. There are a lot of pastor's I have personally known that don't believe they are to minister to, or witness to their own family. You may too. When Jesus sent the Legion of demons into the herd of pigs and healed the demon possessed man, that man wanted to follow him, begged to! But Jesus said no! I never understood why Jesus would let the disciples follow him, but not this man that he he freed. It seemed like a contradiction.
But as I read it again today, I realized something. Maybe the point was, this once demon possessed man didn't need to follow Jesus to learn who he was, because he already understood everything he needed to know about his Lord? (Like Luke 7:47 says, those who are forgiven much, love much.) And since he understood deep in his spirit who Jesus was, he needed to go tell others. And Jesus told him to start at home.
Mark 5:18-20
As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him. But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.
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