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YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME (III)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Acts 1:1-11
Acts 1:8
“Ye shall be witnesses unto me.”
YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME (III)
We cannot witness for someone we do not know nor give others what we do not have. We must truly know Jesus, believe and receive Him as our personal Lord and Saviour. It is the Holy Spirit that testifies (bears witness) of the Lord Jesus and glorifies Him (John 15:26; 16:14) and also bears witness with our spirit (Rom 8:16). Then with the witness and power of the Holy Spirit, we are able to witness for our Lord Jesus.
Next, we are to testify of our Lord Jesus Christ, not only in our sharing or preaching but also in our lives. It is fine to tell others about our Lord, but only with the power of the Holy Spirit can we testify of our Lord Jesus by our lives (Gal 2:20; 5:24; 6:14). Do others see the death of our Lord Jesus in our lives as “I am crucified with Christ”? If we still love our “self ” more than God and His will, still live in sin, or still love the world and are conformed to this world, how can we be true witnesses to His death? Every time we partake of our Lord’s Supper, we are to show the Lord’s death (1 Cor 11:26) through our lives. When others may see that in all things we only want to do God’s will, stop living in sins, and are not of the world, we are then living witnesses unto our Lord and His death. When others may see a new life in us – a holy, godly, humble but victorious life, then are we living witnesses unto our Lord and His resurrection. When others see that we are not building our home in this world but only living here as pilgrims and looking forward to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are living witnesses unto our Lord and His soon coming!
THOUGHT: It is important to be living witnesses for our Lord.
PRAYER: Father, please make me Thy living witness.