But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” [Acts 1:8]
WITNESSES
We may have heard the phrase “witness for Christ.” But what does it mean? Witnessing simply means telling others what we’ve personally experienced of the Lord Jesus.
For instance, when we received Jesus as our Savior, maybe we told our friends or family about our salvation experience and how wonderful it was. That was our witnessing to them.Numerous verses in the New Testament tell us we should witness for our Lord and Savior so sinners can be brought to salvation.
The resurrected Lord commissioned us
In the gospels of Matthew and Mark, the Lord’s indisputable command to His believers is recorded. Matthew 28:19 says:
“Go therefore and disciple all the nations.”
And Mark 16:15 says:
“Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all the creation.”
Before the resurrected Jesus ascended to heaven, He gave His believers one commandment: to go and preach the gospel. This was His commission to His church, which means it includes all of us who have been redeemed and born again.
Each one of us has been commissioned by the Lord to proclaim the good news of His salvation. The Lord Jesus commanded us to go forth with His precious gospel to all the creation, meaning everywhere, and to all the nations, meaning all people of every race.
So we must proclaim the gospel because our Lord, the One who died for us and rose from the dead, commanded us to do so. He has given us the responsibility to preach the gospel to sinners all around us, and even to the whole earth.
WITNESSING AT HOME, AT CHURCH, AT SCHOOL, AT WORK, IN THE COMMUNITY, WHILE TRAVELING, AND BEYOND
GOD'S TRUE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE
God Loves Us.
God Wants Us to Love Him.
God Wants Us to Love Each Other.
God Wants Us to Join Him in Heaven.
It is a Message brought to us by Jesus in the Gospels of the Bible.
It is an invitation to find joy and peace in our lives and to look forward with hope to the promise of spending eternity in the presence of God’s love in heaven.
It is a Message that leaves us with a choice.