{"id":2651,"date":"2020-12-03T20:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T19:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2020-12-03T20:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T19:38:23","slug":"to-point-out-that-we-are-to-testify-of-god-by-our-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=2651","title":{"rendered":"To point out that we are to testify of God by our actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We live in a time when many of us follow the example of the lives of others. Some would like to dress like this or that star, others would like to have such abilities as this or that the athlete, and others do not even hide the fact that they would actually want to be this or that the personality of public life personally.<\/h2>\n
In the Gospel, Jesus healed two blind people and then forbade them to do so to say when they are threatened, “But let no one know” (Mathew 9:30). Today we know exactly why Jesus forbade the healed survivors a miracle not to talk about it. His hour has not yet come. However, always in the gospel at he remarks to such a plea that these people are doing the exact opposite of what Jesus asks of them. To some extent, it is natural because the one who has survived a miracle or some great thing can not keep quiet. He feels he has to tell others. After all, let’s imagine that a very well-known person came to us, and even would she also gave us some great gift. Could we be silent? Don’t tell anyone anything about a visit or a gift? In such cases, a person lasts a maximum of one day without at least in hints he didn’t tell his closest or neighbor what had happened to him because of his we do not reveal inner feelings and joys outwardly only with words, but with all our behavior, the whole attitude. For example, when someone is sad, they don’t have to tell everyone. They see it in his face, in his movements. Like sorrow, there is joy, astonishment, anger, etc.<\/h2>\n
He who leads a religious life is also evident in him. He doesn’t have to shout down the street that he is a Christian. He should behave in such a way that everyone can feel it from his attitudes. Saint Francis of Assisi once told his brothers to prepare to preach after lunch to the town. They passed silently throughout the city and returned. Why didn’t we preach? The brothers asked him. We preached, by our example, the answer was. Today’s world is full of words but eager for examples. Young people, and not only them, long have some pattern, some example. And they are right because of one example; they will learn much more than hours of teaching. But here, for the most part, one emerges: “Yes, he’s right, so am. I like it when someone shows me an example; it’s just a pity that there are so few of those examples. \u201dAnd here we are, another question arises: Why are there so few examples? The answer is simple: Because those who should give them do not give them. And who should give them? Well, all of us, dear brothers and sisters. Because by giving us through the Church, the sacrament of baptism and confirmation – he has received us into his chosen people and has poured out his Spirit on us, to be heralds his kingdom. Both by word and by example and especially by example.<\/h2>\n
Therefore, let us behave in such a way that our lives are an example of the Christian life for others, lest we be like two blind men, who disobeyed Jesus, but to do his will, and so they preached the kingdom of God among men by our deeds.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"