THE POWER OF A TESTIMONY (Friday Church News Notes, January 2, 2015, wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) - One of the most effective ways to witness is to give your personal experience of being converted, of a changed life, of answer to prayer. Testimonies must be very effective, since they are modeled in the Bible (Acts 2:22-36; 4:8-12; 5:29-32; 9:10-22; 10:34-43; 13:16-38; 17:22-31; 26:1-23). We are commanded to be witnesses for Jesus (John 15:27; Acts 1:8). Peter used personal testimony (2 Pet. 1:16-19). John used it (1 Jn. 1:1-3). A testimony is accepted in courts of law. In fact, positive testimony can overthrow negative testimony. If two men are sent into the woods to gather mushrooms and one returns and says he saw no mushrooms while the other returns and says he saw mushrooms, which one will the people believe? Likewise, if one man says he has never experienced God while another says that He has, the positive testimony will be more memorable.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:02:25 +0000
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