Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Luke 9
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,
2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.
4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.
5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
Indeed.
Preaching the Gospel to throughout Judea, and to the ends of the Earth, is not “leaving people alone”.
It’s also not killing them.
And that, I think, is the difference here.
When your lukewarm Jewish friend “gets religion”, he starts keeping Kosher.
When your lukewarm Christian friend “gets religion”, he starts talking about Jesus.
When your lukewarm moslem friend “gets religion” ...