Wednesday, August 12
Seeing and Hearing
And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies.
John 3:32a
Recommended Reading
Luke 7:20-23
An eighteenth-century English jurist named William Blackstone is responsible for how the United States views the foundations of common law—especially regarding rules of evidence and testimony. His Commentaries on the Laws of England are still in use today.
The Bible has something to say about evidence as well, calling it "that which we have seen and heard" (1 John 1:3). In other words, a testimony is an eyewitness account. And that standard also forms the basis of a Christian's testimony of salvation through Christ. The evidence in a Christian testimony consists of the changes in one's life after an encounter with Jesus Christ, much as the blind man said in John 9: "One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see" (verse 25). No one can deny the changes brought about in your life by the working of the Holy Spirit in you. Those changes are the evidence on which a person hearing your testimony may be encouraged to believe in Christ as well.
Make a list today of the changes that Christ has made in your life. Organize them in a way that can be communicated to others when God gives you that opportunity.
"Testimony" is not a synonym for "autobiography"! To witness is to speak of Christ.
John R. W. Stott
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Jeremiah 46:1 - 48:47
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