Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ 1 Cor 11:1
A missionary was once sent out to preach the gospel in the South Sea
Islands. His boat was shipwrecked on the rocks and he was the sole
surviving member of the group. The inhabitants of the island were
hostile, but allowed him to live among them on the condition that he
did not speak about his God. The man quietly and patiently lived his
dedicated Christian life. Day after day, year after year the life he
silently lived witnessed of the saving love and redemption of Jesus.
When he died they buried him on the island. Some years later another
group of missionaries arrived. This time the Polynesians welcomed them
and listened carefully. The missionaries were amazed at the people’s
interest in the gospel. “Do you know about Jesus ?” they asked. “Oh
yes!” said the islanders. “Who told you about Him?” the missionaries
asked. “He lived on our island” they said. “The man you are talking
about is buried here.”
They took the missionaries to the spot where the man of God had been
buried. “He is the man you are speaking about,” they said, pointing to
the grave of a man who was not allowed to speak about Jesus, but whose
dedicated life lived the pattern of Jesus every day.
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