John 5:39 KJV
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 15:26 KJV
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Acts 10:42 KJV
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 20:21 KJV
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:24 KJV
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Testifying of Him. That is our mission statement.
We live in a world where God's name is increasingly unheard of in secular spaces.
The ancient world knew there was a God but did not know Him or how to find Him.
The context in our generation is different, many do not even know there is God, the presence of God all around us has been drowned out by science (evolution, archaeology, climate change etc.) and secularism such that man has become tone deaf to the fact that He is all around us and all we need to do is seek Him and listen.
The media including social media speak of man and his existence in the universe as if there is no creator and we are to do to the universe whatever we want. They are right that the earth is ours because The One who created it gave it to us and said to us
"Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth".
But to do whatever we want was not the intention of the Creator, We are stewards of His creation and being created ourselves we were made for His pleasure.
So then, what must we do.
Now more than ever, We must be those who continue to testify of Him. We must shout it out for all to hear that we have a Creator and we are His masterpiece and He loves us so much.
In John 5:39, Jesus chastised the Pharisees for searching the scriptures and thinking that was were they would find eternal life, the Pharisees were wrong because eternal life was in Him and unfortunately they did not know that eternal life was in front of them even though the scriptures did point them to Him.
It's sort of a parallel for our world, God has created all that is in the world to testify of Him but Man has made him secondary to His creation, a misplaced emphasis.
In John 15:26, Jesus talks about how the Holy Spirit is given to His disciples to testify of Him. The Holy Spirit's work is to prevent us from having a misplaced emphasis. He reminds us that in the midst of science, secularism, climate issues, church, religion, work and all good things that there is only one important thing. Jesus Christ.
Why?
Because He is The One who holds all things together, without Him, All of creation is headed in one direction to destruction. But in Him, there is Everlasting life and a Sustaining of All things.
We, His people must rise above the noise of COVID, governments, sports, music, climate change, wars, poverty etc that seek to drown out the singular thing that solves every problem and let the world know that Jesus is the Cure for everything that ails this world of ours and an answer to every personal problems we have.
While the Holy Spirit testifies of Christ to the Church our work is to testify of Christ to the world. The world cannot receive the Holy Spirit because He is Holy but they can receive the testimony given to us by the Holy Spirit to them. When we testify, He will do the work of convicting people of sin, righteousness and judgement. Reconciling men to God though is our work, we are priests of the Great High Priest.
We must continue to let the world know about God and His love for us and the great plans He has for all those that love Him and His Creation.
We must shout His Praise and make His name Glorious.
We must tell them of Amazing Grace, of Salvation full and free
We must tell them of the Kingdom that cannot be shaken and has no End.
We must tell them that God is not dead and that He is alive and is working in the lives of all who call to Him Everyday.
We must shout it from the rooftop, put it on every media space (Facebook, Netflix, Installation, Twitter, TV etc), in our streets, in Antarctica, in our homes, in every place man can be found and let it ring through every age/generation till He sets up His reign of peace in all the world.
We must Testify of Him.
Lastly, in testifying lies our victory, we are more than conquerors when we testify.
Revelation 12:11 KJV
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Testify.
