Good? (2012)

Jesus of Nazareth – the Model Evangelist? Mark 10 tells a story of an “unsuccessful” attempt at bringing someone to faith in Christ. To make matters worse, the attempt was made by Jesus Himself. In a manner of speaking, we might be tempted to say that Jesus failed to bring this man to Himself. So, is this a good model for evangelism? It seems like it didn’t work. Yet Jesus said He had “accomplished the work which the Father had given Him to do”. Actually, what Jesus did with this man worked just fine - with regards to making the right presentation of God’s message. “Success” is doing what Jesus tells us to do. We can do what “works” according to what we think is “good”; but in reality, “good” is doing what Jesus tells us to do.