Telling Phrase 19: "Preach the Gospel. If necessarry use words."

This trite little statement is something that I heard over and over again in Bible College. Although it is well-intentioned, it is also often misunderstood. For Christians, Christ commanded his disciples to go into all nations proclaiming the Good News that Christ died and became our atoning sacrifice, thereby giving us the opportunity to accept his forgiveness and mercy. Most people know that actions speak louder than words, but many Christians refuse to tell the message of the Bible because they say that they would, "Rather witness through their actions." That's the lazy way for Christians to spread the Gospel though. It makes it so they don't have to speak, handle objections, and know the words of the Bible. At the same time, sometimes actions do preach the greatest sermons. It takes a mixture of the two.