"Your Testimony?"

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Article # 32 – “Your Testimony?”

            In the writings of the Apostle Paul, he is constantly instructing the believer how he should appear in the eyes of the unbeliever.  When instructing the Thessalonians about the rapture of the church, he said they should be alert and sober and not asleep. (1Thes. 5:6-8)  I feel Paul was saying that when the Lord comes for us we must be found busy in the Lord’s work.  The sole purpose of the continued earthly existence of the person who believes in Jesus Christ is to be winning souls for Christ.  We are to be a living testimony of Him.  Paul states; “for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.  Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you appear as lights in the world.” (Phil. 2:13-15)  Paul is very simply saying that it is God who is working within us in order that we may be an effective witness to the world.  We must appear as good in an evil society.  If we allow God to have His way in our lives, that will be accomplished.  If we do not choose to allow Him to have control, the world will not recognize us as children of God.

            In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught His disciples, “You are the salt of the earth, if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again?  It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.  You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the peck-measure, but on a lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.” (Matt. 5:13, 16)

            If you believe in Jesus Christ, you are a light.  Is your light covered or does it appear to those you come in contact with?  Let us not become as salt which has lost its taste.  We cannot change what we have been, but we can change what we are.  Let your lifestyle be a reflection of Christ so those in the dark may be drawn to light.

            You, too, can have victory in Jesus!  More to follow.

Lowell Parrish