The Good News in the Gospel

Mark 7:35-36 (NIV)
35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

Mark 8:29-30 (NIV)
29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus asked his disciples and other people not to tell about Him. It can be well seen that Jesus did not adopt strategies to promote Himself. As as far as we have seen in the gospels Jesus did not actively involve bringing people to Himself.  To one man Jesus advised him to go back to his house and share with his family the good news of what God did to him (Mark 5:18-19); to another Jesus laid a criteria for following Him (Mat 19:21) and to some He simply asked them to follow Him (Mark 4:19, John 1:43).Why do you think that Jesus gave different instructions to different people? Jesus could very clearly read the heart and the intentions of men and advised people accordingly.

Jesus did preach the good news of the kingdom of God. It is something like the vast difference between the white and the black, the light and the darkness.He never took efforts to attract people to Himself. There is a difference between telling the truth and bringing people to Jesus. Instead of bringing people to Jesus for healing, blessing, prosperity and other good tidings, it is always better to allow people to make their choices to choose Jesus based on their individual personal experience knowing the fact that those who are thirsty will be filled from the living waters (Isa 55:1, John 7:38).