The Silent Witness
Illustration★★★★This story is told of a Christian teacher in a government school in the Orient. He was employed with the understanding that during school hours he should not utter a word on the subject of Christianity. This contract was faithfully kept. He lived before his students the Christ life, but never was a word spoken to them about Jesus. So blameless was his example, so spotless was his character, so Christlike was his spirit shown before these students that without his knowledge forty of the students met in a grove and signed a covenant to abandon idolatry.
The point
A teacher forbidden to speak of Christ lives the Christian life so blamelessly that his students independently covenant to abandon idolatry, proving that character speaks louder than words.
Scripture
1 Peter 2:12Matthew 5:16
Audience
Adults
Tone
Inspiring · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 103 words