" Ye Shall Be Witnesses "

Acts 1:8   "But ye shall receive power, after that the HOLY GHOST is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto ME both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

     As believers in JESUS CHRIST, we are to be witnesses of HIS person, HIS work, HIS saving power, and HIS ability to give victory over sin in the life. Sadly, many Christians today are poor witnesses. They are good witnesses of the world and all it offers but poor witnesses of the SAVIOR WHO delivered them from the power of the god of this world. The Bible is full of examples of good and bad witnesses. Consider Daniel and his three Hebrew Friends. They held true to their convictions by not defiling themselves with the food and drink of the Babylonians (Daniel 1:3-20). They testified, through their godly obedience to the LORD, of the goodness and power of their GOD.

     Notice once again the instructive words of the late T.C.Horton, a godly author and Bible teacher: "Our LORD is entitled to clean-cut testimony from the lives of HIS followers; and the needy world is also entitled to the testimony of GOD's power to sustain HIS followers in their separation from the things which defile and demean . . . . Who else can testify and witness for HIM if we who are redeemed by HIS precious blood and exalted to the position of sons of GOD, fail HIM ? The test of Daniel and his friends was a three years' test, and they stood it and proved the rightfulness of their claim. Oh, that the church might rise to the privilege which is hers and be able, by the lives of her members, to be saying, 'Here is the proof.' " Carefully read today's text once again. GOD is not asking us to be witnesses. We are HIS witnesses to a lost world. Are we accurately representing our SAVIOR and testifying of HIM when the opportunity arises ? Are we standing out from the world as lights in the midst of darkness ? MDC
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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