The Great Commission - Share the Gospel (Mark 5:20)

【那人就走了，在低加波利，傳揚耶穌爲他作了何等大的事，衆人就都希奇。】（可：5：20節）

那人就是曾被二千隻鬼附着，受盡鬼的折磨，後來得着主的拯救、釋放的人。經上提到他懇求和耶穌同在，耶穌卻不許，乃吩咐他到自己的親屬那裏，告訴他們住在他身上所行的大事。

從上述所論之事，我們看見主對每一個蒙恩得救的人都有相同的託付；要回到自己的家中、親友、同事、同學當中，見證祂在我們身上所行的是何等大的事------如何改變我們，救我們脫離撒旦的權勢和罪惡的捆綁，把如何得着救恩的平安、喜樂都見證出來。爲此，若我們得救已久，但還未向家人傳福音見證主的作爲，那我們就是虧欠主的託付，也欠了家人【福音的債】。

有人或以爲自己沒有足夠的裝備，不知怎樣傳揚福音；固然我們需要更多的裝備，但主乃是託付我們從見證講起。見證主的作爲，是我們應盡的本分。當日那人不但照着主的託付到自己家中、親友那裏，且在低加波利傳揚耶穌爲他做了何等大的事。雖然衆人並沒有因此都信主，如經上說：【衆人就都希奇。】但他仍然忠心傳揚、見證主名，這實在是我們的榜樣。今天我們傳揚福音，即使沒有果效，也應忠心於主的託付。

再說，昔日那人能忠心傳揚，因他認識、經歷了主在他身上所作的是【何等大的事】。今天除非我們對於所蒙的救恩不覺得是何等大的事、何等的恩典，否則我們都應忠心見證主名。試問，你如何回應主的託付呢？

Mark 5:20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed. 

That man was once possessed and tormented by two thousand demons, then he was saved and released by the Lord.  It is mentioned that he begged to be with Jesus, but Jesus refused, but told him to go to his relatives and tell them the great things that lived in him.

From the things discussed above, we can see that the Lord has the same commission for every saved person; to go back to our home, relatives, friends, colleagues, and classmates to testify how great He has done in us  ------How to change us, how to save us from the power of Satan and the bondage of sin, and testify how to obtain the peace and joy of salvation. For this reason, if we have been saved for a long time, but have not preached the gospel to our family members to testify to the Lord’s deeds, then we are in debt to the Lord’s entrustment, and we also owe our family a “gospel debt.”

Some people may think that they are not equipped enough to spread the gospel. Although we need to be equipped and trained,  the Lord entrusts us to start with our own testimony.  It is our duty to bear witness to the Lord's deeds.  At that time, the man not only went to his home, relatives and friends according to the Lord's commission, but also preached in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him.  Although everyone did not believe in the Lord because of this, as the scriptures say: "All the people were amazed." But he still faithfully proclaimed and testified the name of the Lord. This is really our example. Today when we preach the gospel, even if it is ineffective, we should be faithful to the Lord's commission.

Besides, the man in the past was able to faithfully spread it because he knew and experienced what the Lord had done to him [what a great thing].  Today, unless we do not feel the greatness and grace of the salvation we have received, we should all faithfully bear witness to the name of the Lord.  Let me ask, how do you respond to the Lord’s commission?