<p>16:16<i> He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned</i>-In the very context of the Lord upbraiding them for their slowness to believe the Gospel of His death and resurrection, they were asked to go and teach others that he who didn&rsquo;t believe this same message would be damned (Mk. 16:15,16). Their witness, as it is recorded in the Gospel records, is therefore shot through with recognition of their own weakness. They record how Peter their leader was described by the Lord as a &ldquo;satan&rdquo; (Mk. 8:33). They were good fishermen- yet their records show that never do they record themselves as catching a fish without their Lord&rsquo;s help. In this they set a model for our witness; it must be shot through with a full recognition of our weakness, our own struggles to believe that which we invite others to believe. And the more real, the more credible. Not only did the Gospel writers portray their own weakness and slowness to believe; they write in such a way as to minimize their own personalities and presence. They don&rsquo;t continually harp on about the fact they were really present.</p>