All the ways to be a Witness

All the ways to be a WITNESS

1 Peter 3:15~Instead you must worship Christ as Lord of your life, and if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.

1 Peter 2:1-5~So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:1-5~My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him

Proverbs 14:25~A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Isaiah 43:10~“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me

James 5:16~Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

The last thing Jesus said to his Disciples was “you will be my witnesses throughout the whole world.” It is so important for us to not just go to church on Sunday, but to live our life everyday, even behind closed doors as a witness of our LORD. These are the following ways to be a witness:

~first of all obey the 10 commandments

~show Love to others

~have a Godly attitude

~be kind and helpful

~be a joyous giver

~be compassionate

~be God's light everywhere you go

If you are going to give your life to God, the easy part is obeying what God wants you to do, but the hardest part is to adjust your attitude. Our attitude is what others will notice about us the most. You can give tons of money to your church or to charity, go to church every Sunday, pray everyday, but if you have a bad attitude, forget it you have lost your witness. There are ways that we lose our witness. Some of us can think of examples of people who attend church, but maybe there attitude does not reflect someone who studies God's word. When believers see this it is hard, but imagine non-believers who see this, where is there hope, why would they consider following Jesus? These are some of the ways we can lose our witness.

~being hateful

~judging others

~being unforgiving

~gossiping

~having fear/living in fear

~being full of doubt

~complaining

~being angry

I believe with all my heart if you are hearing this right now, that God has chosen you to be his witness. He has placed his hand on you, and if you let him he will remove the layers around you that are blocking his light from shining within you. When you give your life to him, other people will notice. I promise you that.

I myself had went to church for seven years, was praying daily, teaching Sunday school, and I was learning a lot. Mostly due to the fact that I was full of everything I just mentioned above (the ways to lose your witness), that I could not be a good witness. I have surrendered my life, and my family to him. I Love him so much, and I want everyone to know it. He has been working on me all this time. Dealing with the things I need to get rid of so that I can honor him. I need so much more work, but I also know that in my soul I am the best I have ever been. I know now what Born Again means. To be new, to be given a new life. To hear God, to discern evil thoughts from Godly thoughts. In the scripture we heard earlier, he said “be like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into spiritual salvation”.

I praise God for letting me have a new life, through HIM!