TESTIMONY...
You’ve all seen it on Perry Mason, Justice, Shark or Judge Judy; someone gets up on the witness stand and gives their account of what happened, their testimony.
The testimony of the witnesses either frees or condemns the person on trial.
God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. John 1:6-7
Now the light that John was referring to was Jesus. Jesus said in John 8:12,
I am the light of the world.
John’s task was to tell people about Jesus Christ so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. Some believed some did not. Some were condemned because of their disbelief and some were set free from their sin to receive eternal life offered by Christ.
Each of us that claim Christ as Savior is a witness for Him. Jesus himself said,
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in
We are a witness just by the way we live our life. Our life is a testimony to what we believe or do not believe. If we live according to God’s word, we are an effective witness for Christ. If we do not, people see us and find our actions do not line up with our words. So, our goal is to seek His help daily in living the way that he would desire us to in order to improve our testimony.
There is also a spoken testimony about Christ that each of us has. We can testify to what he has done in our own life. This is extremely powerful because it is testifying to actual events that we have been through. For example, I know that Christ is who he said he is, because after I came to accept, acknowledge and surrender to him, he totally changed and improved my life. My selfishness started to change to caring for others. He changed my self-destructive bad habits into a more positive life-style, a more positive testimony for Him.
Think about your testimony: both lived out in the flesh and spoken. If either needs to be improved, work on it. Use your testimony to be an effective witness for the One who saved you and the One that can save all who would believe.
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM…
